We performed a comparison between Aruba Networks Wireless WAN and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Ubiquiti Networks, Ruckus, Cambium Networks and others in Wireless WAN."The most valuable feature of this solution is the streaming of screen sharing."
"I like the solution's ability to add multiple SSIDs on different levels such as enterprise and guest networks."
"The solution's strong security mechanism and user-friendly web console are great."
"We don't know this product very well yet, but what we have used so far and what we like are user control, bandwidth, and access."
"I have found the technical support to be one of the most valuable features."
"Aruba makes use of "Direct Tunnel" as its best security feature."
"The GUI offered by the product is good."
"Once Aruba Wireless is set up and configured correctly, you just walk away. That's what we like about it. We have some devices that are six or seven years old, which is rare in the wireless world because everything changes so quickly, but in some banks and municipalities, it just keeps working."
"The solution has worked very well in our campus environment."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of deployment."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the single pane of glass management and reliability."
"The product has been very stable over the years."
"The management and upgrades are very simple and straightforward."
"It will allow me to integrate another system very quickly, as we continue expanding for our client."
"The most valuable features are the multiple types of user groupings and access management."
"The monitoring device enables you to see the network health."
"From the commercial-side the pricing side is fine but in other aspects, it could be lowered."
"The initial setup is complex."
"They have to work on their Aruba Central cloud platform. There are still some glitches such as not showing proper user details. When we removed the AP from the Aruba Central cloud, it showed up as being connected to Aruba Central. They need to fix these issues."
"When it comes to configuring rules for file security tests, any issues that arise can be referred to as "glitches". Despite the extensive configurations required, the process itself is not overly complicated."
"It would be better for customers if Aruba provided more license options, like 5-year licenses"
"This product needs more flecibility with switching technologies."
"Support is a little expensive. It's also a little tricky to configure Aruba sometimes. For example, if we want to whitelist a device, it works in unexpected ways. I want to allow this device to connect somewhere, and it lets it connect to any device in the network. Let's say I want to allow my phone to connect to the network printer, but if I add my phone to the white list, I automatically allow my phone to connect to any other devices, and it's not secure."
"Support is not good...The support can be improved, especially in India, since whenever I require support, it takes some time."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The only concern is when the license has expired and it will no longer function, the entire network goes down, without any notification, or warning."
"Cisco offers pretty expensive devices."
"Recently I have seen that the Meraki access point, maybe due to congestion, just kicks off my customers, mostly when they are in Zoom meetings or Teams meetings and they have to reconnect."
"This solution could benefit from a heat mapping ability so that you can tell where the hotspots are, and where the good signals are."
"The licensing model is a terrible idea."
"The technical support from Cisco is good, but they can improve themselves in some areas. Sometimes it takes a while to provide a solution or an answer to our problem."
"In the next release, I would like to see the central control plane have the flexibility to control and distribute policies to all LAN networks, balance the traffic, and the performance based on application monitoring."
Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is ranked 5th in Wireless WAN with 46 reviews while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews. Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is rated 8.4, while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN writes "It's reliable, cost-effective, and easy to troubleshoot". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is most compared with Cambium Networks Wireless WAN, Ubiquiti Wireless and Fortinet FortiWLM, whereas Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless and Mist AI and Cloud.
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