We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The advantage I found is that they can be used as both on-premises devices and cloud-managed devices, with the option for an additional license to become cloud devices. This flexibility is very valuable to us."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Switches is security."
"It can scale well."
"The most valuable feature is the switches are reliable and replaced for free if anything goes wrong."
"We like the framework of fabric virtual switching."
"The most valuable feature is the lifetime warranty."
"We have found that the command line interface is very useful and very similar to Cisco devices."
"The initial setup is quite easy."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"Some of the most valuable features are the simplicity, cost, usability, and power. As a package, it's extremely effective."
"The most valuable feature is that it has better throughput than its competitors."
"It's a well-rounded solution for routing."
"The initial setup is easy."
"There are a lot of features to control permitting or stopping packets in the network."
"A valuable aspect is its user-friendly configuration, making it accessible even for individuals with basic technical knowledge."
"The interface management and the user access management is pretty good."
"The log viewer should be improved."
"Aruba's management suite has some room for improvement."
"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."
"They should provide training courses for certification, and have it available on the internet."
"Aruba Switches could improve the monitoring and increase the scope of their online portal to cover cloud and on-premise deployments."
"The initial setup is relatively complex."
"We had an integration team do the setup of the solution."
"Aruba is still losing out to Cisco, which continues to dominate the space. Aruba needs to continue to improve its product range in order to compete with Cisco's dominance."
"Improvements are needed with respect to some of the security, especially for VPN links between vendors other than Cisco."
"If MikroTik had a marketing team and support team in India then it would be much easier for us to get the product, as well as support."
"MikroTik needs to add some features like IPS, mail security, or antivirus, et cetera."
"Technical support could be better."
"It would be even better with a centralized management platform."
"It happens that you may find your network is down, if you reboot the switch, they come up. However, sometimes, they reset themselves. That's a big issue."
"The packet filtering, user log data, and user access log could all be improved."
"There has to be more development in the OS. It's complex for this switch as compared to others like Cisco. For NetGear and Cisco, it's easy to adapt the VLAN concept but it should be simplified for MikroTik."
Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 14th in Ethernet Switches with 17 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 8.0. 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 MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Easy to set up, user-friendly, and reliable". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Netgate TNSR, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Cisco Enterprise Routers and Ubiquiti UniFi Switches. See our Aruba Switches vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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