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.
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"The simplicity is great."
"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 artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The fact that Cisco Meraki is cloud based and is reasonably priced has been most valuable."
"We rarely encounter any issues. The solutions have been very stable."
"Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is a user-friendly solution that has good performance and stability."
"The tool's most valuable feature is report generation. Its dashboard helps me a lot with user analytics."
"The initial setup of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN was very easy."
"It is very stable, very resilient, and very robust."
"The most valuable feature is the stability. It works and doesn't stop."
"The most amazing part is that their Access Points have the ability to connect to multiple conference devices at different times, and it shows you the very in-depth Wi-Fi analytics through their dashboard."
"The most valuable feature of Ruckus Wireless is the Beamforming feature."
"The solution has an easy configuration."
"Because of Zero-IT, it is easier to get people connected to the correct SSID without providing a passphrase."
"It's very scalable."
"Provides us with the features we need: walled garden, client isolation, 802.1x with dynamic VLAN, guest passes, etc."
"The scalability has been very good."
"One of the most valuable features I appreciate is auto channelization, facilitated by a proprietary product called ChannelFly."
"Ruckus Wireless is a valuable solution. It's both scalable and reliable."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"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."
"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."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"It would be nice to have licensing that stays in place while the system is being renovated or changed."
"I would like to see integration with sensors."
"Documentation could be improved, but everything else has been spot-on."
"In the future, I would like to see IP telephony in Saudi Arabia."
"The customization needs to be improved because it's pretty locked down."
"Meraki is still very much a small office type of solution. It is not a fit for large enterprise networks, as it doesn't have tunneling functionalities."
"I'd like better integration with security providers."
"Overall the solution needs to have more time to mature."
"We use this solution in a certain way, and it works very well. So, I don't expect it to do a lot more, but to do what it's doing probably better or faster. But it's not a problem with the features; it's more the operations."
"From my point of view, portal features are something missing in Ruckus Wireless. I want to see Ruckus Wireless integrate a Wi-Fi portal into its product. This would allow for easier user authentication for vendors."
"It is extremely difficult to send videos in Ruckus live sessions. Zoom streaming, or using Teams Streaming live sessions to send videos, for example, could be more effective."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward. It would be better if we could seamlessly integrate security tools like a firewall or IPS with Ruckus Wireless."
"The pricing of the product can be a bit expensive. They should work on making pricing more competitive."
"The switching could be improved. The active component requires a data center. Cisco and HPE have a complete solution for data centers. Ruckus has a core solution, but the data center aspect needs to be improved."
"The Ruckus platform in general could be improved — it could be more user-friendly."
"They lack in some hardware stratification."
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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 97 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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