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We performed a comparison between HPE Wireless WAN and Ruckus Wireless WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Wireless WAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed HPE Wireless WAN vs. Ruckus Wireless WAN Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The most important is that the solution is stable.""The most valuable feature of this solution is flexibility.""The support has been responsive and helpful.""The most valuable features of this solution are it supports the newest virus technology, which helps with bandwidth, and is very stable.""HPE Wireless is easy to use. Integration is not an issue. It is easy to integrate HPE Wireless with any operating system and other brands of switches.""The main benefit of this product is the lifetime warranty, up to 99 years. For example, if your switch card fails after 10 years, and the hardware fails, it will be replaced with the very same switch or the equivalent model available at the time.""The tool is easy to manage.""It is a new product backed by HPE's expertise in networking and telecommunications. We can also work with 3Com products."

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"The analytic solution is good and should be improving further.""Provides great coverage and performance.""It’s reliable.""We found the technical support to be helpful.""It's highly scalable as long as the licenses are in place. You can expand it easily.""The solution is easy to use and offers good management for wireless.""Ruckus Wireless WAN is an easy-to-use solution.""The stability provided is very nice."

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Cons
"The installation is easy. However, my implementation is complicated and you would need special training to complete it.""The license cost of the product is an area where the prices are neither expensive nor cheap, leaving a scope for the prices to be lowered further.""The price of HPE Wireless WAN should be reduced.""The scalability is good, but it could improve.""In the next release of the solution, there should be better integration with other platforms.""The scalability and the support could be better.""Technical support could be improved. They could respond a bit faster.""HPE should improve performance and stability."

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"In comparison to Cambium, I find Cambium to be more robust in terms of performance.""There could be more power supply for the radio features.""I would like to see IoT device support available with WiFi six. IoT is used by all businesses. They are now using IoT devices. It is required.""The captive portal should be more customizable because right now, it is very limited.""I have been working with WiFi for more than 17 years. I am not able to convince customers because of the pricing of the solution. Otherwise, we could have sold lots of this tool to the customers.""Of course, we'd always like it to be cheaper, but that's for every product.""What needs improvement in Ruckus Wireless WAN is the initial setup. It could be easier. Availability is also another area for improvement in the product. Another huge disadvantage of Ruckus Wireless WAN is the cost you must continuously pay for the licenses.""Pricing could be improved in Ruckus Wireless WAN because obviously, everybody wants things to become cheaper. Another room for improvement in the product is from a delivery perspective, particularly the heavy delivery delays because of the chip shortage that a lot of manufacturers have to deal with. The chip shortage is not coming to an end, but Ruckus Networks has to make a plan because the ETA has slipped out from the average of three months on switches to fourteen months, which is very, very rough on the industry at the moment. Ruckus Wireless WAN could lose business to Chinese competitors, for example, HTC has a good wireless solution that I haven't tested yet, other than on POC, and it works great. I haven't yet experienced the HTC wireless solution in large deployments, so you never know how it's going to go, but HTC has managed to circumvent the chip shortage, so the ETA provided by HTC is much more preferred than the ETAs provided by Ruckus Networks, Cisco, and Aruba products."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I find the price to be reasonable."
  • "Price wise, it is on the medium end of the scale. It could be lower."
  • "We don't pay a licensing fee, we purchased the product."
  • "There is a license for this solution and the license is normally paid annually but this depends on the contract."
  • "The solution is quite expensive. You have to pay for every node and it can get expensive fast, it is approximately £3,000 per month."
  • "We have been satisfied with the price."
  • "The price of HPE Wireless WAN is high."
  • "Customers pay for HPE Wireless WAN based on the contract. It's usually paid yearly. There's an additional cost, particularly for the hardware."
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  • "The solution is a little pricey, so customers sometimes select other products because of the price."
  • "This solution offers a yearly subscription. The price is not high, other solutions are much higher than Ruckus."
  • "This is a wonderful product for the price."
  • "It's expensive but you get more coverage."
  • "Here in India, Ruckus is chosen often because it is priced low."
  • "Licensing for Ruckus Wireless WAN when you compare it to other vendors, it's on par and not expensive. For me, all licensing is expensive by default, but you do get lifelong licenses, and what's cool about it is the license for Ruckus Wireless WAN, especially on the LAN controller, is not linked to an access point. It's just a quantity access point deployment, so you can rip out old APs, and put new ones in and they'll work on the wireless LAN because the license is not linked to a specific access point which is much easier to work with."
  • "In terms of the license of Ruckus Wireless WAN being cheap or expensive, it would differ based on your country. As I'm living in Turkey, it's expensive, so far. There is a big challenge about the chip crisis or the silicon crisis lately, and all vendors are fighting, so not enough equipment could be sold and the vendors must earn money, so it's very fair for vendors to push software and licensing to keep working and earning, so it's hard to answer a question on how cheap or expensive the license is for the solution."
  • "The price of Ruckus Wireless WAN is in the middle price range compared to competitors. You will find Cisco is the most expensive, the second is HPE and Aruba, and the third is Ruckus Wireless WAN. You then have all the follower solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The cost is based on the features offered in the product. According to the features that my institution wants, we selected the product. There is no need to make any payments on a yearly basis towards… more »
    Top Answer:Aruba has taken over HPE, and my institution is still evaluating HPE Wireless WAN. The license cost of the product is an area where the prices are neither expensive nor cheap, leaving a scope for the… more »
    Top Answer:Ubiquiti Wireless is extremely easy to set up and is an excellent option for small businesses, offering enterprise features for a one-time fee and no ongoing licensing fees. Ubiquiti Wireless is very… more »
    Top Answer:Ruckus Wireless WAN is an easy-to-use solution.
    Top Answer:On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten.
    Ranking
    8th
    out of 10 in Wireless WAN
    Views
    90
    Comparisons
    62
    Reviews
    4
    Average Words per Review
    321
    Rating
    7.8
    2nd
    out of 10 in Wireless WAN
    Views
    7,122
    Comparisons
    5,638
    Reviews
    26
    Average Words per Review
    530
    Rating
    8.3
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Wireless WAN, HP Wireless WAN
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    Overview
    HPE Wireless WAN, a Software-Defined WAN dynamically selects the best path for each app based on policies and real-time network measurements. Flexibly and securely connect users to apps with higher visibility into vital traffic. WAN Portfolio include the following: HPE OfficeConnect OC20 802.11ac Series Access Points, HPE FlexNetwork MSR2000 Router Series, HPE FlexNetwork HSR6800 Router Series and HPE FlexNetwork VSR1000 Virtual Services Router Series.

    Ruckus Wireless’s WAN (Wide Area Network) suite of switches and solutions provides companies and organizations with a wide variety of products that enable them to deploy and manage the kinds of WANs that best meet their needs. Ruckus Wireless is a leader in the field of WAN creation, deployment, and management. Their solutions are designed with the user in mind. They are sleek products and solutions that are easy for administrators to use and maintain. This makes it a valuable suite for any and every kind of industry. The level of ease that it provides makes it possible for companies and organizations to reap a high level of benefit from whichever product they choose to use. 

    Ruckus Wireless WAN Benefits

    Some of the benefits of using the Ruckus Wireless WAN suite of switches and solutions include:

    • Simplified network deployment and management. Ruckus Wireless WAN uses Campus Fabric technology to create a streamlined network creation and management process. This technology takes many of the processes used to create and manage networks that usually require many different solutions and combines them so that a single solution can accomplish the same amount of work.
    • The ability to operate on a massive scale. The Ruckus Wireless SmartZone 100 solution gives administrators the power to handle 1,024 access points and 25,000 users from a single device. Companies can operate at a high level with fewer devices than their competitors require to accomplish a similar level of work.
    • Ease of use. Solutions like RuckusZoneDirector 1200 can be easily deployed and used by administrators who may not have a background in the use of wireless solutions. Companies that choose Ruckus Wireless WAN do not need to train administrators to deploy it. This makes it extremely valuable to companies looking to keep their budgets to a minimum. 

    Ruckus Wireless WAN Features

    Organizations that choose to use the Ruckus Wireless WAN suite of switches and solutions have a large number of capabilities from which they can choose. 

    • Centralized network management.  Ruckus Wireless WAN’s RUCKUS Network Director feature enables administrators to manage their networks from a single location. All of the controls and data that users need to monitor and control the network can be managed from one interface.
    • Advanced security features. Ruckus Wireless WAN has the capability to encrypt and demand that traffic that is trying to pass through the network be authenticated before it is allowed access. This protects the data that leaves the network and the network itself.

    • Seamless interoperability. The various solutions and products that make up Ruckus Wireless’s WAN solution suite have the ability to integrate and operate together seamlessly. Users can mix and match solution pieces to best fit their needs.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Ruckus Wireless’s WAN suite is a truly versatile selection of solutions that offer users a complete package of capabilities and features. This suite makes it possible for users to meet all of their networking needs. Their wireless access points are the kind that is mostly employed in industries like resorts, which have to cater to large volumes of people over extended periods of time. They provide companies with the highest possible level of coverage. Users working in any number of fields would find Ruckus Wireless to be up to the task of handling their networking needs. This suite is appropriate for large corporations and small businesses alikes. 

    An information technology project manager at a university writes, “The actual wireless access points themselves are very powerful. We get very good coverage from just one access point.  The throughput is very good and the centralized management is excellent.  Also, the ease of deployment is very good.”

    A video conferencing administrator at a technology services company states, “The solution is suitable for many types of environments, such as small businesses.

    Sample Customers
    Bell Canada
    American University of Sharjah, Dordt College, Drew University, Lamar University, Raroa School
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm17%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Government8%
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider33%
    University8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Educational Organization6%
    Construction Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise35%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise26%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise47%
    Buyer's Guide
    HPE Wireless WAN vs. Ruckus Wireless WAN
    March 2024
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    HPE Wireless WAN is ranked 8th in Wireless WAN with 17 reviews while Ruckus Wireless WAN is ranked 2nd in Wireless WAN with 45 reviews. HPE Wireless WAN is rated 7.8, while Ruckus Wireless WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE Wireless WAN writes " A tool that ensures to provide seamless connectivity to its users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ruckus Wireless WAN writes " Offers robust outdoor connectivity, but signal strength and support need improvement". HPE Wireless WAN is most compared with , whereas Ruckus Wireless WAN is most compared with Ubiquiti Wireless and Cambium Networks Wireless WAN. See our HPE Wireless WAN vs. Ruckus Wireless WAN report.

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