We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and Ruckus Wireless 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 most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The solution is stable."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The deployment is easy."
"The access it grants to wifi is the solution's most valuable feature."
"In terms of stability, Aruba Instant is the best on the market."
"It's a good solution for small businesses because it's easy to figure out. It's simple to set Aruba up in any configuration, like link aggregation or static loads. It's suitable for less complicated configurations, whereas Cisco devices are bigger and more difficult to implement."
"This is a very solid product. It is very powerful."
"The deployment guides that we get from Aruba are excellent."
"The products offer a lot of flexibility. Almost everything can be configured. It works very well for providing remote services."
"I like that the solution is not complex."
"The list of options you have is great: throttling guest networks, the controller dashboards for administration, on-the-fly configuring, settings, hours of use."
"Mesh networking and antenna patterns are the most valuable features of the solution."
"The product has good technical support and offers excellent documentation."
"There is better security on our internal SSID/VLAN due to the use of Zero-IT."
"I am familiar with the brand and it works well."
"Good connection quality."
"The solution provides superior coverage."
"I like the controller more informative and easier to set up."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The solution is expensive."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"The price could be better."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"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 captive portal through Facebook doesn't work."
"The connectivity of the solution can use some improvement."
"My biggest problem with Aruba Instant was the DHCP implementation. The DHCP server needs to ping an IP address to connect to the internet. In some cases, we don't have a DHCP server in the network, and it was really a problem."
"In a corporate environment or a larger network, where more advanced filtering or MAC-based filtering is needed, I don't think the IAPs would be sufficient."
"Aruba Instant should not have a limit on users for future releases."
"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."
"I think that the next release should offer IP phone security/firewall."
"In the last year, there's been a significant price jump, but I think Ruckus Wireless is still a good value for the money."
"While the Virtual SmartZone appliance has improved in the last few years, it isn’t without issue and the performance of the Web page leaves something to be desired."
"They can improve the cloud portion. Other vendors have a cloud controller, and they can provide the same so that we can see everything."
"They need more products in the lower-end range for smaller clients."
"An area for improvement in Ruckus Wireless is automating its guest WiFi access function. Currently, the product requires token generation, so it would be better if there's a portal for the guest to log in and get the password rather than the IT team needing to give passwords to guests."
"Mounting options for outdoor access points, I think they could easily improve on that."
"It could be more stable."
"The price could be improved."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 42 reviews while Ruckus Wireless is ranked 3rd in Wireless LAN with 95 reviews. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while Ruckus Wireless is rated 8.6. 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 Ruckus Wireless writes "Great wireless, good reliability, and excellent connectivity". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Aruba Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti WLAN and D-Link Wireless, whereas Ruckus Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti WLAN and FortiAP. See our Aruba Instant vs. Ruckus Wireless report.
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