We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Wireless and Ruckus Wireless based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Ruckus Wireless has an edge over Cisco Meraki Wireless in this comparison. It is easy to deploy and high performing. In addition, Ruckus Wireless has an impressive ROI and is less expensive than Cisco Meraki Wireless.
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"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 simplicity is great."
"The captive portal feature is my favorite. It allows us to keep track of how many people are entering our client's businesses."
"The solution is easily scalable. There are not really any limits for the customer in terms of expanding if they need to."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The monitoring device enables you to see the network health."
"The automatic VMware update is very useful because you don't have to worry about outages and planning for VMware updates. It is very advantageous from a management point of view. The ability to restrict and review the clients connected to each of our segments. Additionally, the solution is easy to use."
"The tool's most valuable feature is report generation. Its dashboard helps me a lot with user analytics."
"The flexibility, since it's a cloud service, is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The Ruckus Location-Based Services (LBS) Solution is the highlight that enables businesses to enhance the way of interaction with their customers on the basis of precise location."
"Our IT staff can quickly issue guest passes for vendors and the instructions are very straightforward, requiring very little effort to get connected."
"In my experience, Ruckus devices are much more reliable than other vendors when it comes to consistency, coverage, and client density. Ruckus is very simple to configure and troubleshoot."
"The most valuable feature of Ruckus Wireless is its exceptional performance and reliability. The signal is highly reliable. We have not received a single complaint in the past year, which is a marked improvement from our prior equipment."
"The most valuable feature is the portal."
"The most valuable feature is the coverage, which is exceptional."
"The solution enhances the user experience."
"The product is extremely easy to manage after it is implemented."
"The solution is expensive."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"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 pricing should be made cheaper."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"The price could be better."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"There could be more functionality."
"They should introduce a grace period of 60 days after license expiry because as it is now, it automatically goes down and there is no grace period."
"It is expensive. Juniper seems to have a lot more to offer for future expansion. Juniper has some features that are not there in this solution."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"Licensing is, in my opinion, the least appealing component. It can be difficult to keep licenses up to date in order for the system to function properly."
"Currently, only a limited number of clients can connect to these devices."
"The technical support for Meraki needs improvements made to the waiting times."
"The price is an area that requires improvement. The pricing could be better."
"The interface should be mobile friendly."
"I have not got any major problem using Ruckus, but the price and technical support could be better."
"They could add more flexibility for switching over to another radio if a radio is poor. I am not able to change the radios from 2.4 GHz to 5 GHz. I am yet to figure it out. I want it to be a bit more explicit or a bit easier to change radios. When you shut it down, you lose some of the information. It would be good to have a controller where I can store the information, and later on, I can retrieve the information. There should be some form of small storage to keep the information. Its price should also be improved. Its price is currently quite high."
"The biggest adjustment improvement will come from a price adjustment because the price is quite high; it feels like premium pricing. I suggest shaving off 10 percent to 20 percent. That would help grow users and increase the number of clients."
"The solution should have more analytics capabilities."
"Ruckus seems to have removed the built-in help from the appliance, urging the user to log on to the support web site to obtain it. This is simply a nuisance if one wishes to look up what a particular field on the configuration page does, for example."
"The solution's pricing could be cheaper."
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews while Ruckus Wireless is ranked 3rd in Wireless LAN with 96 reviews. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2, while Ruckus Wireless is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ruckus Wireless writes "Great wireless, good reliability, and excellent connectivity". Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco Wireless and Huawei Wireless, whereas Ruckus Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, ExtremeWireless and Omada Access Points. See our Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs. Ruckus Wireless report.
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