We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN 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 solution is stable."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The solution is very secure."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The simplicity is great."
"I like the notifications. I really like that it gives me those reports in terms of whether those access points are on or off."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that the tool offers a ZTP feature."
"Has many advanced features: Built-in firewall, local radius, application visibility and control, not locked into support agreements."
"I like that the solution is not complex."
"Aruba Instant is cloud-based, and thus, it improves wireless network performance on cloud platforms. The solution allows network monitoring through devices like mobiles and desktops, which is a feasible option. The tool also has Bluetooth settings so a user can deploy Aruba Instant through a serial number or the Bluetooth option."
"Aruba Instant's best feature is the ability to manage it in the cloud."
"The solution provides a very good end-user experience."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Instant is security."
"The tool's most valuable feature is report generation. Its dashboard helps me a lot with user analytics."
"The solution is easily scalable. There are not really any limits for the customer in terms of expanding if they need to."
"Its ability to be cloud-managed is the most valuable feature so if there's a reconfiguration or an issue, we have excellent visibility into the network and we can usually resolve the problem online without having to go onsite."
"The big draw is the ease of installation. It's easy to manage, and it's easy to implement."
"The product is super stable. I would rate the stability a ten."
"You can scale the solution easily."
"It is cloud-based. It has a GUI rather than a command line, and it just works."
"Cisco's technical support is very good and better than other vendors."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"If you need to access the master access point the integration between the two becomes quite expensive."
"I think they're missing roadmaps to the partners and the customers. They're releasing the products, but there are no quick updates to the partners and the customers."
"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."
"I think that the next release should offer IP phone security/firewall."
"This solution would be improved if they supplied free software controllers."
"Aruba Instant can improve by increasing the gigabit range of the switch or by adding additional management features and tools. It can be helpful."
"The reach of the solution could be improved. It could be a bit stronger."
"I believe there's room for improvement in monitoring, especially when troubleshooting issues. Currently, there's limited intelligence around monitoring. It needs to improve stability and scalability."
"The price could be slightly lowered to make it more competitive in the market."
"Meraki should share their viability roadmap. It is really hard to know which functionality will appear or when they will be available. It is also hard to know which features are available now but are not visible on the dashboard."
"I would like to see Cisco Meraki improve the accessibility by region level here in Latin America."
"We face a bottleneck on the gateway while using the solution for large enterprises."
"I would like to see more cybersecurity. I would like the ability to go in and enhance security. Because WPA2 is becoming obsolete, many devices are now WPA3, but the challenge is that a lot of devices are not yet there. I would like to be able to go in and do monitoring, similar to ASPM. ASPM has the ability to monitor who's joining and who's active. It supports two-step monitoring. The stability of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN can also be improved."
"if there is a better feature, they write it as beta so you have to be careful."
"Currently, only a limited number of clients can connect to these devices."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 44 reviews while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2. 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 Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Ruckus Wireless, Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud and Cambium Networks Wireless LAN. See our Aruba Instant vs. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN report.
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