We performed a comparison between Aruba Wireless and Juniper WLC Series 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."You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"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."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"The simplicity is great."
"The solution is very secure."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"The technical support is 24/7 from the UA."
"Reasonably priced and great for small to medium size organizations."
"Installation is relatively easy."
"Overall, it's a very strong solution."
"The biggest selling point was the ability to create two different SSIDs to control public versus private wireless networks."
"It has helped in making deployments easier."
"ClearPass is a unique product that contains multiple solutions like BYOD, Guest, NAC, AAA, UEBA, etc. There is also quick support from Aruba TAC."
"For my organization, the most critical feature of Aruba Wireless is guest management."
"It prevents a large number of unauthorized modifications of access point devices."
"Juniper WLC Series is a very high-performance device designed for indoor wireless deployment."
"The installation process is very easy."
"There weren't any scalability issues, the product did what it had to do."
"The installation process is nice and easy."
"The Artificial Intelligence on offer is very useful."
"It's easy to set up, and I feel it's very secure. I also prefer its reporting feature. The devices are quite good."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"The price could be better."
"Configuration could be made easier with more bandwidth than they offer at the moment."
"The Return Material Authorization procedure is time-consuming and needs improvement."
"The solution could be improved on the security side."
"We have had issues with the availability of the equipment."
"Some additional reporting features about the clients would be nice when not combined with the AirWave management package."
"The enterprise controller. I'm planning on getting more information on that."
"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."
"Needs improvement in point-to-point deployment products."
"The solution should create configuration documentation."
"The solution could offer more integration with other products."
"There could be a high level of security."
"The biggest issue was that Juniper stopped developing, so we had to look for another solution."
"We would prefer it if the solution could be less expensive."
"The support on offer to other vendors switching - like Aruba or Ruckus - could be improved."
"There could be more information from the controller, and it could be easier to work with the controller lights. It's not easy to bring up the upgrades."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 138 reviews while Juniper WLC Series is ranked 21st in Wireless LAN with 10 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Juniper WLC Series is rated 8.4. 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 Juniper WLC Series writes "A high-performance device designed for indoor wireless deployment, but it should create configuration documentation". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and NETGEAR Insight Access Points, whereas Juniper WLC Series is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN. See our Aruba Wireless vs. Juniper WLC Series report.
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