We performed a comparison between Aruba Wireless and ExtremeWireless based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Wireless LAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The simplicity is great."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) is the ability to troubleshoot ports on the network. Additionally, when there is an update on the APs they are able to reboot quickly reducing downtime. Other solutions have a longer downtime when updates are done."
"The virtual controller has options for updating and remotely restarting any AP from one controller panel."
"I really like the user interface."
"The solution is well designed so you can easily integrate it in an infrastructure network."
"I like the analytics feature."
"Its manageability of APs is the most valuable feature: ease of adding APs and the ability to configure the APs on the fly. Also, their support engineers are great to work with."
"HA: Apps failover without reboot."
"We appreciate the integration options that are available."
"The web-based GUI is much simpler to use than similar products by Cisco."
"The most useful feature is how the product integrates with the Microsoft directory in the cloud."
"I like Cloud IQ, ExtremeWireless' cloud controller and analytics platform. It's full of information, easy to use, and provides excellent visibility into my network."
"The solution is easy to use and manage. Overall it is very simple to understand and users do not know it is a cloud solution."
"It's reliable and works well. It's pretty stable."
"It's cloud-based and very easy to deploy."
"The initial setup process is simple."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-managed aspect."
"The stability of the solution has been fine."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"The solution is expensive."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"It would be helpful to have even stronger security features to help protect against interference from other nearby access points that aren't part of our network."
"We have an issue with the integration of Aruba Wireless with our LDAP servers."
"Aruba is missing some features that are available in other solutions, such as the email notifications. It's a bit complex to configure the notification part. Mainly I'm talking about the rogue WiFi detection. This email notification is crucial for us, but it isn't possible to configure with the built-in software. You need something else, like an external system log collector or another Aruba software. These notifications are essential in hospitality for PCI compliance. My colleagues in famous luxury hotel chains need that report."
"Because it's cloud-based, it takes time for the floor maps and the heat map to load."
"Better integration with equipment from other vendors would ease the deployment process in some cases."
"The speed could be better. I heard that Aruba is trying to shape the speed inside the wireless controller, but that has not been adopted yet. If they put some kind of mechanism inside the wireless controller for the speed such that, "Okay, this many users will have 20 by 20 - 20 in the upload, 20 in the download. Just this many users. And this many users will have that type of speed." I think it would be very good if they actually bring that functionality inside the wireless controller."
"There is a long queue whenever we reach out to support, and we have to wait for them to answer calls. Once we get in touch with them, we have to coordinate with different teams, so our engineers struggle to understand who are the correct team members. I think support is another area where Aruba needs to improve."
"The solution is now taking eight to 12 months to deliver the product."
"There has been a recent decrease in the level of support."
"The user interface of ExtremeWireless could be better. It is not user-friendly."
"The reports could prove in ExtremeWireless. However, we are in the early stages of use and we might be able to configure them better."
"In the next release, I would like to see more security features."
"The troubleshooting feature for the cloud version is challenging."
"The solution should offer better support."
"ExtremeWireless should fix some general bugs and make the user interface more user-friendly."
"It is a subscription model, so it is maybe a bit pricey."
"The onsite controllers are not as good as the cloud controller. I would also like ExtremeWireless to add web filtering on the access point. This feature is available from other vendors but not ExtremeWireless."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 138 reviews while ExtremeWireless is ranked 14th in Wireless LAN with 21 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while ExtremeWireless is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Wireless writes "The portal for centralized management and virtual controller for APs are very valuable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtremeWireless writes "An easy to deploy solution that can scale and expand". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Juniper WLC Series, whereas ExtremeWireless is most compared with Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, ExtremeCloud IQ, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and Cisco Wireless. See our Aruba Wireless vs. ExtremeWireless report.
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It also depends on the integration with your LAN network and Network Access Control. Both have campus and cloud-native solutions.
One single pane of glass for all your end devices is very advisable. So be sure to integrate your LAN with your WLAN and NAC, and if possible with your firewall gateway and endpoint security.
Aruba Wireless has a very rich feature set and integration possibilities. Extreme has a very high level of automation and easy to deploy virtual services on their SPBM fabric.
So it all depends on your expectations and business case...