Aruba Instant vs Aruba Wireless

Aruba Instant is ranked 12th in Wireless LAN with 1 review vs Aruba Wireless which is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 33 reviews. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant writes "Provides a built-in firewall, local radius, and application visibility and control". The top reviewer of Aruba Wireless writes "Some of the implementations or features do work as advertised. Urgent areas of improvement would be customer support, better tuned default settings, and documentation". Aruba Instant is most compared with . Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Ruckus Wireless.

Aruba Instant

Aruba Wireless

31977

Aruba Instant

Based on 1 review.

29197

Aruba Wireless

Based on 33 reviews.

Most Helpful Review

Reviewer837531

User at a tech services company

Provides a built-in firewall, local radius, and application visibility and control

Wireless access is very reliable; once I install, it is solid and works very well.

Mathew Simupande

HPE Business Development Manager at a tech services company

I can configure one device and it provisions all other devices with the same configuration

It makes things easier because it's SD-WAN. With the central management system, I'm able to access each device. I can configure one device and then... Read more »

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Quotes From Members Comparing Aruba Instant vs Aruba Wireless

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Pros
Has many advanced features: Built-in firewall, local radius, application visibility and control, not locked into support agreements. Read more »	I have found the Access Point (AP) group profile feature extremely useful. It makes deployments look easy.It has helped in making deployments easier.It has an aesthetically pleasing GUI for configuration.It delivers constantly, there is no break in the internet using these devices. It also automatically gets connected when the internet comes back. Failure is very low.The performance and the application monitor. You can select the applications you want to use and block on your networkWith the central management system, I'm able to access each device. I can configure one device and then it provisions all the other devices with the same configuration, rather than my having to configure them one by one.With Aruba Wireless Controller, all our access points are connected to one controller. Through that controller, we can actually handle each access point; we can disconnect or connect that access point, and then we can tell, or see, or allow how many users are, or should be, connected through that access point.The most important feature is all about the two wavelengths, the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz, and the access points which are connected to this wireless controller. Read more »
Cons
Although built-in troubleshooting tools are available, they are not at all intuitive to use. Aruba Instant lacks decent documentation to use for troubleshooting wireless issues (fortunately there aren’t many).The Central cloud management (optional) is far behind the competition in features, ease of use, and dependability. I have tried Aruba Central a few times over the years and, in my option, it is not where it needs to be for serious consideration in production environments. Read more »	They should simplify the configuration flow.Additional detailed reporting for client traffic would be a great addition.The urgent areas of improvement would be customer support, better tuned default settings, and documentation.What I would like to have with these kinds of devices is the most enhanced security. For example, if I could apply security from wireless devices, that would be great. I would also like more enhanced reports on user adoption, who is getting what bandwidth.I would like to be able to customize Captive Portals.The management system would be better if it were more polished, if it had a better interface like, for example, MerakiIf you want a centralized management system that is able to manage all your networking devices such as the wireless, the switch, the routers, and the firewall, then Aruba may not be the one, because Aruba doesn't do firewalls.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. Read more »

Pricing and Cost Advice

Avoid the Central cloud license if you can.

Get multiple bids/quotes, and talk to the representatives about the limitations of the product; pretty standard.It's not expensive. That is the reason we switched to Aruba.Pricing is competitive. Licensing is needed to maintain access to the latest firmware, which wasn't made clear originally when we started with Arbua (or things changed, I'm not sure which). I would just say, make sure you budget for it.A recent change is that ClearPass licensing is superb. It counts user-based instead of device-based, for BYOD on-boarding.AP signal strength and price. I know this is a competitive market, but APs should not cost so much if they do not cover a large area. The system was very good, but we needed to upgrade in order to adapt for our needs, and doing so with Aruba would have been more expensive. Besides paying for the APs, you need to pay a license each year for their use. Therefore, watch out for that and do the best you can to keep costs down.I am aiding in transitioning my organization to a different wireless solution due to the cost. We need to expand our network and the cost of new APs and an upgraded controller have proved to be prohibitive compared to similar solutions on the market.

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Ranking
RANKING	12th out of 19 In Wireless LAN Views 60 Comparisons 27 Reviews 1 Followers 34 Avg. Rating 8.0	1st out of 19 In Wireless LAN Views 47,510 Comparisons 29,572 Reviews 29 Followers 1,306 Avg. Rating 8.5
Top Comparisons
Top Comparisons	See more Aruba Instant competitors »	Cisco Wireless vs. Aruba Wireless Compared 46% of the time. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs. Aruba Wireless Compared 22% of the time. Ruckus Wireless vs. Aruba Wireless Compared 14% of the time. See more Aruba Wireless competitors »

Also Known As
Also Known As		Aruba WLAN, HP WLAN, HP Wireless
Website/Video
Website/Video	Aruba Networks	Aruba Networks
Overview
Overview	Aruba Instant delivers the only controllerless Wi-Fi solution that is easy to set-up, and loaded with security and smarts needed to accelerate your business without breaking your budget.	Aruba deliver superb Wireless performance and multi-user MIMO aware ClientMatch to boost network efficiency and support the growing device density and app demands on your network.
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Learn more about Aruba Instant Learn More	Learn more about Aruba Wireless Learn More
Sample Customers
Sample Customers	Purdue University, Orlando Magic, Brussels Airport Company, Molecaten Holiday Parks	Consulate Health Care, Los Angeles Unified School District, Science Applications International Corp (SAIC), San Diego State University, KFC, ACTS Retirement-Life Communities
Top Industries
Top Industries	No Data Available	REVIEWERS University 32% K 12 Educational Company Or School 11% Comms Service Provider 8% Healthcare Company 8% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 13% Comms Service Provider 12% University 11% Non Tech Company 10%
Company Size
Company Size	No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business 31% Midsize Enterprise 25% Large Enterprise 44% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 24% Midsize Enterprise 32% Large Enterprise 44%

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