We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Meraki MS Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Many PeerSpot users feel Aruba Switches is the better choice. Aruba switches are stable, easy to manage, and support stacking. The Aruba Switches audit feature gives full transparency of the network and the layer three switches are reliable and easily scalable.
"The most valuable feature is the lifetime warranty."
"a value-for-money product and comparatively a very reasonable price compared to competitors like SAP or IBM."
"With Aruba, I like its stability and lifetime warranty."
"It is slightly more price effective than Juniper and it has a slightly larger range."
"The most valuable features are the stability and compatibility with other products."
"There is a limited lifetime warranty with the switches, so if we have any problems, the switch is replaced very quickly."
"Management-wise, this is a good solution."
"Licensing costs are competitive with other solutions on the market."
"Meraki MS Switches have a very user-friendly dashboard and the policies are straightforward for sending them to the devices and blocking sites."
"The dashboard and the interface, in general, are good features."
"With Meraki, there is the advantage that you have dashboard access via the internet and you can work on it from anywhere."
"It is easy to configure and provides complete visibility of the graphic end point."
"Setting up a switch can be performed prior to having your hands on the device. Once you purchase a Meraki switch you will get an email from Meraki with a code to add to your dashboard and then you can start setting up your switch so when it arrives it will download its configuration and be all setup."
"The most beneficial features of Meraki MS Switches are the visibility and convenience they provide."
"Overall, the switches are really good."
"The performance is pretty good."
"The element of security always can be improved. If the solution continues to improve its security functionality, it will continue to be a great product."
"I think that the performance is getting better but they need to have more powerful switches on the market so that they can capture medium and large businesses."
"I would like to see a lower price on the device."
"The initial setup is relatively complex."
"There is an issue with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), but it is escaping me. We aren't using this feature yet, but it is something we are considering."
"We have needed to upgrade software to fix some challenges we experienced. After downloading the latest version of Aruba, these were fixed."
"The delivery time for this product is slow and is something that needs to be improved."
"We had an issue with the hardware where one or two interfaces went down after one and a half years. This issue impacted only one or two interfaces, not the whole hardware."
"The MS Switches are incapable of doing trunking."
"In this solution, you are lacking a feature that Cisco Classic has that allows you to save your configuration with a serial cable."
"Their subscription model could be better. Some of our customers prefer a one-time payment to a monthly or yearly subscription model, so they don't buy the product. Technical support could also be better."
"If they added the option to manage it locally, not in the cloud, it would be better."
"In terms of troubleshooting, if we get more tools there is an issue."
"The traffic reporting should be better in Meraki MS Switches. We want to be able to see all the traffic and where it is going. Additionally, detailed device utilization information would be very helpful for the security personnel."
"Meraki MS Switches could improve the process of installing firmware."
"The troubleshooting could be better."
Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Arista Networks Platform. See our Aruba Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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