We compared Aruba Wireless and Huawei Wireless based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Aruba Wireless and Huawei Wireless both offer strong connectivity, user-friendly interfaces, and reliable performance. Aruba Wireless stands out for its seamless integration, extensive security measures, and high scalability, while Huawei Wireless is praised for its sleek design, long battery life, and efficient signal strength. Both products have competitive pricing and positive customer service experiences, but Aruba Wireless users highlight superior customer service and support, while Huawei Wireless users emphasize the need for improvements in signal strength, compatibility, and device durability.
Features: The valuable features of the Aruba Wireless product include strong and reliable connectivity, user-friendly interface, seamless integration with existing networks, extensive security measures, and high scalability. On the other hand, the Huawei Wireless product is highly praised for its efficient performance, sleek and compact design, easy setup process, and ability to seamlessly connect with multiple devices. It also offers long battery life, extensive coverage range, and advanced security features.
Pricing and ROI: Aruba Wireless's setup cost is straightforward and does not require extensive technical knowledge. Users find its licensing flexible and customizable. Huawei Wireless also has a straightforward and hassle-free setup cost, allowing for a smooth installation process. Its licensing is easily obtained and offers flexibility., Based on user feedback, Aruba Wireless has shown positive ROI with its product, while Huawei Wireless also contributed positively to ROI.
Room for Improvement: Aruba Wireless could improve in response to user feedback. In contrast, Huawei Wireless could benefit from enhancements in signal strength, device compatibility, user interface, and durability.
Deployment and customer support: The Aruba Wireless users have mixed experiences with the duration required for a new tech solution, with some users taking three months for deployment and an additional week for setup. In contrast, Huawei Wireless users also have varying durations, with some taking three months for deployment and a week for setup, while others take a week each for both phases., The customer service of Aruba Wireless receives high commendation for its quality, responsiveness, and professionalism. Users appreciate prompt assistance and efficient problem-solving. Conversely, users praise Huawei Wireless' prompt and helpful customer support, highlighting their expertise and efficiency.
The summary above is based on 66 interviews we conducted recently with Aruba Wireless and Huawei Wireless users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The simplicity is great."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"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."
"Aruba Central is a valuable feature because I can monitor access points remotely, even if I'm not in the office."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Wireless are the seamless feature and the concurrent user."
"Clearpass solution from Aruba."
"The technical support is very good."
"The most useful feature of this product is the configuration that allows us to have several areas covered with one unit."
"Installation is relatively easy."
"The solution is well designed so you can easily integrate it in an infrastructure network."
"The initial setup was very simple."
"The best feature of Huawei Wireless is the quick and fast setup."
"Huawei Wireless's most valuable feature is smart antenna, a combination of informative capabilities and advanced technology."
"What I like most about Huawei Wireless is that it's customizable. It has many unique features, such as encryption, spatial streams, hiding features for different scenarios, low-density and high-density areas, and smart antennas."
"The solution has high performance and we are using Wi-Fi 6 that we have found to be the best coverage."
"You can add a lot of features, such as cloud, integration with IoT, etc. They have a lot of options available but the top feature is the performance."
"The solution offers very good value for money."
"It can scale."
"From an implementation perspective, it's easy. I rate it a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup, and ten is an easy setup."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"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."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"The solution is expensive."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"Aruba needs to be more competitive with newer products. Their legacy makes that more difficult for them."
"When we connect to Wi-Fi devices it could be easier because sometimes, it takes a lot of time to complete."
"Making the setup more simple is an area for improvement in Aruba Wireless. Security-wise, this solution also needs work."
"I would like to see the management improve."
"The new 8400 failed at Lab, plus its integration with Aruba Central."
"Initial setup was complex."
"Aruba Wireless is a good product, but it still has some issues, especially at the beginning, where there's inconsistent syncing between the cloud and the APs. Sometimes, there's also a little lag when accessing the query."
"Most of the access points don't include the chargers."
"Huawei Wireless is not scalable. We have had a problem with the solution because it cannot integrate with other servers as the other competitors can."
"Price is one of the major problems of the solution, and because of this, our company's customers want to migrate to some other product from Huawei."
"The scalability could be a bit better."
"Improving the visibility, control offered, and cloud management would all be very helpful. Also how you can monetize the information you get from Wi-Fi controllers should be improved."
"The technical support needs to be improved. They also need to produce some more technical guides."
"The stability could be improved."
"I have encountered connectivity issues with the tool. I am not sure if it is due to Wi-Fi inference. I would like the solution to include some marketing analytics features like evaluation of user behavior."
"The speed could be a bit better."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 138 reviews while Huawei Wireless is ranked 9th in Wireless LAN with 33 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Huawei Wireless 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 Huawei Wireless writes "Customizable and has many unique features, such as encryption, spatial streams, and smart antennas". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Huawei Wireless is most compared with D-Link Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, Ruckus Wireless and Fortinet FortiWLM. See our Aruba Wireless vs. Huawei Wireless report.
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1 Ruckus
2 Aruba
3 Cambium
It depends on your enviroment.
Greetings
Here's my recommendation in order.
#1 Aruba
#2 Ruckus
#3 Ubiquiti
Hi Vinny,
I recommend you the following devices:
1. Ruckus: Easily to deploy. Expensive but effective. Don’t ask for the advanced license - you don’t need it. Buy only the basic one. A great option for hard users performance and large venues.
2. Ubiquiti: Easy to deploy, cheap but limited hardware. This is an option for basic performance.
3. Aruba: Easy to deploy, expensive, bad UX experience.
4. Cambium networks: A good option, between Ruckus and Ubiquiti.
5. Huawei. Never. Never. Never. Bad UX, bad support experience, bad hardware, bad everything.
6. Meraki. Too expensive. Don’t!
Regards!
If you want high performance and stability, you should definitely go with Ruckus Wireless.
Ruckus Wireless APs have:
- Adaptive antenna technology (called BeamFlex)
This technology analyzes different paths to reach the client and electronically turns itself to a directional antenna, choosing the path that gives the best performance to reach each specific client. If the client is mobile or if the environment changes (such as a warehouse) the selection of paths/direction also changes instantly.
Transmitting in a directional way allows a good Signal-to-Noise Ratio and also causes less interference for other nearby APs outside the path of the directional transmission.
- ChannelFly technology
This technology chooses the best channel based on performance rather than background scanning for noise.
- Polarization Diversity
This technology allows the clients not to lose signal strength when held at different angles (important for mobile devices such as tablets and telephones).
- Better receive sensitivity compared to the competitors
All these features make Ruckus Wireless a better choice than any other competitor (better performance, better coverage area, more stable and surprise-free communication especially in not so easy conditions such as noise, too many clients, too much traffic).
Selecting an AP depends upon a couple of factors which include (the number of users per AP, coverage area and required speed/throughput)
My recommendations are:
1. Ruckus
2. Aruba
3. Cisco
Ruckus:
Performs well in a high-density environment, with unique adaptive antenna technology & PD-MRC gives more coverage and interference mitigation. Ruckus offers a reliable Wireless network solution.
Aruba:
Good but not the best with better security features.
Cisco:
Complex deployment, is costly but it has better compatibility.
I have a smaller venue where I am using Unifi: Dream Machine UDM, Aggregation Switch, U6-Lite APs and Pro Switches...fiber optic backbone.
I am extremely satisfied with its performance. I can't tell about the other brands.
Have a look at Juniper Mist solution - it used in large retail stores and corps as well as a full integrated AI suite.
You can implement hundreds in just a few hours using foundation staff as it can all be programmed up on the cloud, no need for expensive network engineers to deploy
https://mist.com
Malcolm
Hi Vinny,
I'm biased toward Ubiquiti Unifi, but successful Wi-Fi deployment is hugely dependant on the type and number of Wi-Fi users, and more importantly, the layout and environment of the area you would like to cover.
Please feel free to PM me to discuss your application.
Regards,
Steve Pender