We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and Cisco 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."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) is the ability to troubleshoot ports on the network. Additionally, when there is an update on the APs they are able to reboot quickly reducing downtime. Other solutions have a longer downtime when updates are done."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"Works automatically in terms of setup with the product finding its master wifi access point."
"The deployment is easy."
"The cost is low, and there is controller-less architecture."
"The coverage of the solution is great."
"The features I have found most valuable is that the solution creates a guest portal for guest networks, and setting up SSID authentication to the regular server."
"You don't have to deal with licenses."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Instant are management and performance."
"The most valuable feature of this product is that it is easily deployed."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Wireless are security and the ability to manage everything easily. Other solutions, such as Aruba are not as simple."
"The most valuable features are mobility and security."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Cisco Wireless is that the average connectivity for this WIFI access point is 2.5 gigabytes. That's the highest technology and highest connectivity. They started using the new technology and WIFI to get you a faster connectivity."
"Before COVID, the emphasis was primarily on wireless connectivity in specific areas like conference rooms. However, with the shift to remote work and increased mobility, coverage areas needed to be expanded to accommodate users throughout the entire location. We are beginning to expand our infrastructure."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"Cisco Wireless is scalable."
"This increased mobility has helped our organization. We can talk to one another from different locations and stay in constant contact and with employees across the enterprise. Everyone has access to up-to-the-minute communications and all documents and applications on our network."
"Cisco Wireless is one of the more stable products so their products are scalable."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"The solution is expensive."
"It would be helpful to have even stronger security features to help protect against interference from other nearby access points that aren't part of our network."
"The price could be better."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"They could offer a new model for access points that are outdoors."
"Aruba Instant can improve by increasing the gigabit range of the switch or by adding additional management features and tools. It can be helpful."
"Doesn't support enough access points in one cluster."
"The solution should be able to support more users on the access points."
"The tool's customer service should improve."
"It would be better if Aruba Instant could provide more security for customers."
"Aruba Instant's visibility, firewalling, L3 functionality, and DHCP services could all be improved."
"There is a problem in the preferred portal access points when I'm using the portal."
"Most definitely the cost."
"For all products on the market, the availability of the products may not be ideal. We're waiting on a lot of products simply due to the fact that there's a material shortage. We've ordered products and have had to wait three or four months for anything to get delivered. This is not just Cisco. It's a problem on the market for all components which include semiconductors."
"The GUI could be made more user-friendly. There should also be a dashboard where it can showcase how many end-users are connected to a particular access point."
"The technical support could be better. They aren't as helpful as they need to be when we run into issues."
"When you integrate a network access control with authentication with an ISE engine it's really complicated to put in place."
"Cisco won't work with any other vendors. That is a significant problem with Cisco."
"The pricing of Brazil is very expensive. When you look at other options, they are much cheaper."
"Cisco's architecture is becoming complex."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 43 reviews while Cisco Wireless is ranked 2nd in Wireless LAN with 147 reviews. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while Cisco Wireless is rated 8.2. 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 Cisco Wireless writes "Allows us to deploy a wide range of wireless products with stable WiFi". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Aruba Wireless and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Cisco Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Omada Access Points. See our Aruba Instant vs. Cisco Wireless report.
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