We performed a comparison between Aruba Networks Wireless WAN and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Ubiquiti Networks, Ruckus, Cambium Networks and others in Wireless WAN."The solution's strong security mechanism and user-friendly web console are great."
"Aruba Wireless's best feature is that it's very, very robust."
"All the features are available, even including the security. The access point enables the matching of any connectivity."
"We don't know this product very well yet, but what we have used so far and what we like are user control, bandwidth, and access."
"I like the solution's ability to add multiple SSIDs on different levels such as enterprise and guest networks."
"The product gives good stability and concurrency."
"The initial setup of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN can be done quickly, and everything functions smoothly."
"I rate the support an eight out of ten since it is good."
"The interface makes it easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of deployment."
"Cisco Meraki is HIPAA compliant."
"Cloud management, wireless infrastructure, and implementation are all valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the application visibility, which is one of the main features."
"You can scale the solution easily."
"Great architecturally based dashboard and the solution is accessible from anywhere."
"The solution is fast."
"What needs to improve in Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is the support because it takes quite a long time for the support team to resolve issues. Whenever a new version or update is released, my company sees many bugs and issues, so that is another area for improvement as well."
"Its technical support service could be better."
"The solution has bugs. It really has bugs, and you have to wait until it happens, then you realize it."
"In the next release, the security should be improved by including support for WPA3."
"The only issues are the configuration problems that impact the stability of the solution."
"Sometimes, the configuration part of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN can be complex, and if you fail to understand the product at once, you may not even know about some features that you can apply to your network, and they may go unused."
"It is a little bit cumbersome to configure. If you're designing a WLAN and you want to do and cover certain types of clients, you really have to know different settings and how they interact with one another. If they could automate that so that if you are designing for one type of equipment, you could, in essence, run a wizard. That would certainly save on a lot of calls to tech support."
"In a meshed environment, the handoff between access points is sometimes not smooth when users are mobile. For example, a connection is occasionally interrupted when a user takes their laptop from the gym to the cafeteria."
"There is only one particular thing that needs improvement. Sometimes, for example, when you need to open a ticket, although it's under the umbrella of Cisco, you still need to go to the Meraki support."
"They should introduce a grace period of 60 days after license expiry because as it is now, it automatically goes down and there is no grace period."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The technical support from Cisco is good, but they can improve themselves in some areas. Sometimes it takes a while to provide a solution or an answer to our problem."
"Initially, I liked some of the filtering features, but that's one of the components that we ran into problems with."
"The Meraki platform needs better on-premises management options."
"Meraki leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to the technical capabilities in terms of throughput, spectrum, management, higher-level functions, etc"
"In the next release, I would like to see the central control plane have the flexibility to control and distribute policies to all LAN networks, balance the traffic, and the performance based on application monitoring."
Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is ranked 5th in Wireless WAN with 47 reviews while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews. Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is rated 8.4, while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN writes "It's reliable, cost-effective, and easy to troubleshoot". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is most compared with Cambium Networks Wireless WAN, Ubiquiti Wireless and Fortinet FortiWLM, whereas Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless and Mist AI and Cloud.
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