We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Ubiquiti UniFi Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both solutions provide quality, durable switches. Aruba Switches is the go-to solution for many PeerSpot users. The Aruba Central Platform provides complete visibility and gives users greater control regarding applications, protocols, and VLANs. The solution provides great open architecture. The high number of available throughputs and the solution's flexibility to allow different speeds of ethernet cards and fiber-optic SFPs help make Aruba Switches the preferred solution.
"The solution is very stable."
"I find the most valuable feature is it is part of the Aruba family."
"Aruba Central is very valuable to us."
"This solution is easy to use."
"The cloud configuration is the most valuable feature of this solution. Watching in the cloud, propagating the actual devices themselves and the management of devices that are remote."
"a value-for-money product and comparatively a very reasonable price compared to competitors like SAP or IBM."
"The solution is easy to use and quick to deploy."
"Aruba's SameNet platform allows for a seamless transition from the data center to access switches, unlike Cisco, which has different operating systems for each."
"The performance is good. They also have good prices."
"Overall the solution functions very well."
"The product's initial setup phase is very straightforward."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"It's very easy to deploy – much easier than MikroTik. It's very seamless and well-designed."
"It is very easy to deploy. The deployment time for a single device is a near instant."
"I haven't found the cost of the solution to be too high."
"The switches' PoE capabilities have made device deployment very easy."
"I would like to see them integrate a monitoring solution."
"It's a little less convenient for more simplified management needs."
"There is an issue with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), but it is escaping me. We aren't using this feature yet, but it is something we are considering."
"I would like to see easier learning and configuration from previous switch deployments."
"The firmware in this solution has a lot of bugs that become noticeable when you have complex implementations."
"Aruba's operating system changes with every version."
"There are some growing pains with Aruba Central. When you first launch the wireless access points or switches, a lot of updates are needed to get Aruba Central ready, especially on the access points, so the initial deployment time could improve. I would hope that I could just turn it on and leave the updates until later on. The switches themselves probably did okay. I'm primarily referring to the wireless access points. There was a lot of back and forth before everything was in sync. It took hours."
"It takes a long time to import Aruba switches to Ecuador."
"Functionalities can change quite quickly without notice."
"I would recommend changing the solution to a recognized one, such as Check Point or Fortinet."
"I think they need to provide a better firewall solution."
"The solution needs to improve its documentation because it is quite poor."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"Ubiquiti tends to end-of-life things faster than other companies do. Cisco tends to be in the 8-, 10-, 12-year time frame, and Ubiquiti tends to be in the 4- or 5-year time frame."
"It would be beneficial for us if Ubiquiti had a team of advanced data transportation specialists that we could get feedback from. We are not experts in data transportation, so having this sort of resource would be helpful for us."
"If Ubiquiti UniFi Switches had some live support instead of community support, that would go a long way."
Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is ranked 3rd in Ethernet Switches with 46 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubiquiti UniFi Switches writes "Offers a good controller, seamless design and easy to deploy ". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches, whereas Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, NETGEAR Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches, Meraki MS Switches and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Aruba Switches vs. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches report.
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