We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Meraki MS Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Many PeerSpot users feel Aruba Switches is the better choice. Aruba switches are stable, easy to manage, and support stacking. The Aruba Switches audit feature gives full transparency of the network and the layer three switches are reliable and easily scalable.
"The initial installation of Aruba Switches is easy."
"We like that it is very easy to manage the product through the cloud."
"The most valuable feature is that it's very easy to configure."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Switches are the routing protocol and the basic functionality."
"We can scale as needed."
"This solution is really easy to use. It is much easier to use than Cisco. It's got a nice web interface for stepping up and an added warranty."
"This is a very stable product with good performance."
"These switches have a good performance, and they are also quickly configurable."
"Quality of Service is easy to deploy. The ease of deployment, in general, is valuable. It is easy to do port configuration and VLAN assignments."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MS Switches is user-friendliness."
"The solution has been very stable so far."
"We find value in its ability to enable cloud management and visibility. They are also easy to deploy. It's very convenient because you can see who is accessing, what type of UI system they're using, what applications they're using, the bandwidth, and more."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are the GUI mode which is helpful for access and good dashboards."
"These switches are not expensive and their configuration is very easy. You can provision them on the dashboard, then you just connect them to everything."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are their reliability and simplicity."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I think that the performance is getting better but they need to have more powerful switches on the market so that they can capture medium and large businesses."
"We had an integration team do the setup of the solution."
"I would like to see the data center area improving by some added features in the future."
"We don't have visibility in Aruba Switches and we are thinking of switching to Fortiswitch because it has visibility."
"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."
"We would like to see centralized, cloud-based management."
"Aruba's management suite has some room for improvement."
"The element of security always can be improved. If the solution continues to improve its security functionality, it will continue to be a great product."
"It would be great if the switch can identify the IP address connected to the network port. It seems most of the switches cannot identify the IP address. They can identify the MAC address but not the IP address."
"The pricing can be made cheaper."
"Technical support hold times seem to be getting longer."
"Doesn't enable a local configuration without internet access."
"The pricing needs to be more competitive with other products on the market."
"On the switches, I don't know a whole lot that I would change. Different levels of switches have different layer 2 and layer 3 functionality. It's always nice to have layer 3 functionality across the board if you can, but that drives up the cost. They've got different lines for different amounts of layer 3 functionality. However, on their models that do include full layer 3 access, when you choose to use layer 3 on a switch, it doesn't have the full functioning routing capabilities of an MX firewall. It can be limiting in some of those aspects."
"Communication of compliance risk is awkward at best and threatening at worst. It needs to be addressed."
"There is not much training available for this solution."
Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. 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 Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, NETGEAR Switches and Arista Networks Platform. See our Aruba Switches vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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