We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Wireless and Ruckus Wireless based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Ruckus Wireless has an edge over Cisco Meraki Wireless in this comparison. It is easy to deploy and high performing. In addition, Ruckus Wireless has an impressive ROI and is less expensive than Cisco Meraki Wireless.
"The solution is stable."
"The simplicity is great."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"We rarely encounter any issues. The solutions have been very stable."
"Meraki WLAN is easy to deploy, includes a cloud controller, and updates continuously. It also offers high visibility."
"The product's cloud availability feature is the most valuable for network management."
"The solution is very stable. It is a very manageable and secure system."
"What I liked about these is that they worked. I didn't touch them or do anything with them. They were up and running when I came here. Once they are set up and running, you don't have to worry about them."
"The fact that Cisco Meraki is cloud based and is reasonably priced has been most valuable."
"Cisco's technical support is very good and better than other vendors."
"I really don't have any problems with the stability of the product."
"Ruckus features a centralized architecture solution with ultrasound technology, which helps us with communication and roaming."
"The solution has an easy configuration."
"Ruckus Wireless provides good coverage."
"Good connection quality."
"It's good for low-level usage."
"I like the price and its capacity."
"Ruckus Wireless is an easy to manage solution."
"The most valuable feature is that this solution is reliable."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"The price could be better."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"Unfortunately, we have to deal with European privacy laws and as far as we can see, the solution is not compliant with these. It's why we're not able to continue with Cisco Meraki. They need to become compliant with GDPR laws."
"They should introduce a grace period of 60 days after license expiry because as it is now, it automatically goes down and there is no grace period."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"It would be useful to have a service management platform integrated within this solution where we can measure the customer experience."
"In the next release, I would like to see the central control plane have the flexibility to control and distribute policies to all LAN networks, balance the traffic, and the performance based on application monitoring."
"The annual maintenance is something that needs to be changed."
"Cisco offers pretty expensive devices."
"Our only concern at this stage is how it's licensed."
"It would be helpful to have a wizard when you are setting up a new access point or a wireless guest network."
"The price is an area that requires improvement. The pricing could be better."
"The cost must be reduced."
"If the system could directly download and update, that would be much easier. It could be more automated."
"Wi-Fi 6E and the cloud are areas with shortcomings in the solution that need improvement."
"The delivery time of the hardware needs to be improved."
"The Ruckus platform in general could be improved — it could be more user-friendly."
"One complaint that we have is the lack of cloud-based management."
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews while Ruckus Wireless is ranked 3rd in Wireless LAN with 97 reviews. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2, while Ruckus Wireless is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ruckus Wireless writes "Great wireless, good reliability, and excellent connectivity". Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco Wireless and Huawei Wireless, whereas Ruckus Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, ExtremeWireless and Omada Access Points. See our Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN vs. Ruckus Wireless report.
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