We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and Ubiquiti WLAN 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 most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"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 solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The simplicity is great."
"The solution is very secure."
"I like the Instant On switches and the AP22"
"I find network management features related to monitoring Wi-Fi usage and visited sites particularly valuable. Content filtering is also important to prevent access to malicious or inappropriate websites. It is reliable and simple."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Instant is security."
"The features I have found most valuable is that the solution creates a guest portal for guest networks, and setting up SSID authentication to the regular server."
"In terms of stability, Aruba Instant is the best on the market."
"The most valuable feature of this product is that it is easily deployed."
"I like the notifications. I really like that it gives me those reports in terms of whether those access points are on or off."
"We like being able to merge Aruba Instant to mobile via Bluetooth. You are also able to perform a lot of functions remotely such as creating an SSID IP."
"I have found Ubiquiti WLAN scalable. We have approximately 200 users using the solution in my organization and do not plan to increase usage."
"You can save backups of this controller locally and then I can export it to wherever I want."
"The pricing is very competitive and the feature sets are very good. It compares well against more expensive options."
"would rate the scalability a nine out of ten. It is very scalable."
"It is similar to the switches, where it is one of those things where it just works. They are very reliable."
"Ubiquiti WLAN has been stable and is easy to install."
"Ubiquiti WLAN's best feature is the free controller system software."
"Ubiquiti WLAN's most valuable features are that it works well in a hybrid environment and isn't heavy on resources."
"The price could be better."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"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."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"It uses a different portal and has limitations from the customer side as it's not refined for MSP."
"The only issue we've had is getting equipment supplies. The availability of the APs that I want to use has been an issue. It took almost two months to get them the first time. I've ordered a few more for another client, and they're still on back order. It has been over a month now."
"There was only ever one case in which an access point failed, but it was reintegrated. The issue was more of a matter of oversight. One part of the network had covered ten access points."
"I think that the next release should offer IP phone security/firewall."
"My biggest problem with Aruba Instant was the DHCP implementation. The DHCP server needs to ping an IP address to connect to the internet. In some cases, we don't have a DHCP server in the network, and it was really a problem."
"The Central cloud management (optional) is far behind the competition in features, ease of use, and dependability. I have tried Aruba Central a few times over the years and, in my option, it is not where it needs to be for serious consideration in production environments."
"This solution would be improved if they supplied free software controllers."
"Doesn't support enough access points in one cluster."
"The downside is the interface changes, where they are constantly doing firmware updates."
"When they release new products, you should know if there backward compatibility, or do you have to replace the entire forklift, It is useful to understand their strategy and where they are headed."
"The solution should support a larger bandwidth or distance between the access points and the main stations."
"Ubiquiti WLAN would be improved with the addition of individual AP configuration, which would allow for fine-tuning of individual access points and logins."
"Its scalability, UI, and security features could be better."
"Ubiquiti WLAN only supports 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio and would be improved by including support for 5GHz."
"The coverage could be increased."
"The strength of the signal from the access points could be improved."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 43 reviews while Ubiquiti WLAN is ranked 5th in Wireless LAN with 38 reviews. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while Ubiquiti WLAN is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant writes "A highly stable and easy-to-deploy solution that is free and provides excellent deployment guides". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubiquiti WLAN writes "Helps to build VPNs but improvement is needed in stability ". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Aruba Wireless and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Ubiquiti WLAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Huawei Wireless and WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi. See our Aruba Instant vs. Ubiquiti WLAN report.
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