We performed a comparison between Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Ubiquiti Wireless based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Ubiquiti Wireless are similar to one another. Overall, PeerSpot users found that both solutions have unique features, including great scalability and stability. Users found Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN to be more expensive, but were generally happy with its service and support. Meanwhile, users of Ubiquiti Wireless are less satisfied with the customer service but happier with the price.
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The solution is very secure."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The solution is stable."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"I like the status page Cisco added that shows you the health of the wireless connection."
"The tool's most valuable feature is report generation. Its dashboard helps me a lot with user analytics."
"Meraki is a decent solution for a small company, and we use it in a pretty typical way. We need Teams and Zoom to work, and we need a high level of security because we want our business to remain confidential."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The user interface is very simple and easy to use — our customers are very satisfied."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the application visibility, which is one of the main features."
"It is easy to set up. You can do everything on the GUI. You don't need to trace cables. You don't need to connect to the switch. Everything is there, right in front of you."
"You can scale the solution easily."
"The most valuable features are ease of deployment, ease of use, and the interface."
"Their hardware is very good."
"It has a decent portal, and it is usable."
"Setting it up wasn't so complicated. It is reliable. Security-wise, we didn't have much trouble, but that could be due to our environment. We haven't had so many attacks, at least up till now."
"This access point provides internet to every lab on campus, including the computer laboratory"
"I have found the most valuable features to be the ability to use the main centralized administration process and the internet."
"The stability and performance are great."
"Ubiquiti Wireless is extremely easy to set up."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"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."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"The price could be better."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"The solution is expensive."
"Its licensing can be better."
"When we are using SSID roaming, it is not flexible in terms of which AP it connects to."
"Our only concern at this stage is how it's licensed."
"There should be better Spanish-language technical support."
"If there are advanced features that you can have enabled, they should allow users access to that in an easier manner."
"The cost of the devices and the solution itself could be more competitive."
"The Meraki platform needs better on-premises management options."
"The licensing isn't very customer-centric. They may have improved it, but previously, if you forgot to pay on a certain day, your service would be shut off."
"We use different models of the solution but in some cases, the security could improve in the adaptive portal, be a little more robust, and easier to use."
"We'd like them to improve aspects of device management."
"The solution needs to improve its features and offer more to the customer."
"There's one feature missing and that is automatic channel assignment."
"They have access points that are in the firewalls, and I believe the firewalls could be significantly better. They use the USG firewall, which I believe is a poor device. VPNs for example, it is really bad, it is difficult to configure, and I don't like them at all."
"There isn't any technical support."
"I would like to see this solution have any kind of captive portal on the tool or user accounting tool. This would be quite useful for companies."
"They should make more advanced features for the power users. I am a technician and I am functional, but I do need some features that I find only in Microsoft."
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Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews while Ubiquiti Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless WAN with 68 reviews. Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2, while Ubiquiti Wireless is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubiquiti Wireless writes "It's cheap and easy to use but isn't suitable for large deployments or complex use cases ". Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud, Cisco Wireless and Huawei Wireless, whereas Ubiquiti Wireless is most compared with Ruckus Wireless WAN, Cambium Networks Wireless WAN, Aruba Wireless, ExtremeCloud IQ and Fortinet FortiWLM.
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