We performed a comparison between Aruba Wireless and Juniper WLC Series 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."It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"The solution is stable."
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"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 most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"Aruba Wireless is stable."
"Setup is straightforward."
"Aruba Wireless does not have too many distinguishing feature sets. However, tunneling is more flexible in this solution than other solutions, such as Ruckus."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Aruba Central, which offers centralized management. You can manage its switches, APs, and data access. It is easy to manage the entire switches and APs. The solution is the best in terms of security and manageability."
"There is no problem with downtime."
"Its manageability of APs is the most valuable feature: ease of adding APs and the ability to configure the APs on the fly. Also, their support engineers are great to work with."
"HA: Apps failover without reboot."
"The product has been pretty stable...The product is scalable."
"Juniper WLC Series is a very high-performance device designed for indoor wireless deployment."
"It's easy to set up, and I feel it's very secure. I also prefer its reporting feature. The devices are quite good."
"There weren't any scalability issues, the product did what it had to do."
"The installation process is very easy."
"The Artificial Intelligence on offer is very useful."
"It prevents a large number of unauthorized modifications of access point devices."
"The installation process is nice and easy."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"There were some settings which were confusing and unlabeled when trying to use the online help with the newer firmware."
"Improvements to the GUI, such as being able to search in the Mobility Master, would be nice."
"Needs improvement in point-to-point deployment products."
"We're using the Aruba Sensor, but sometimes the sensor isn't talking to AirWave or the AP. If something happens, we need to receive an email directly from the sensor, but the controller doesn't know. If there's something like the high channel utilization from the sensor we send to the controller, the controller can change the channel because they're all in the same environment."
"Aruba needs to be more competitive with newer products. Their legacy makes that more difficult for them."
"For a more senior tool, a local application monitoring related to IoT vendors would be useful."
"Our customers ask for a security portfolio, which the tool doesn't have."
"We would like to declare a specific number of devices that an employee or a user can use to access their Wi-Fi."
"We would prefer it if the solution could be less expensive."
"There could be more information from the controller, and it could be easier to work with the controller lights. It's not easy to bring up the upgrades."
"The solution should create configuration documentation."
"The solution could offer more integration with other products."
"The biggest issue was that Juniper stopped developing, so we had to look for another solution."
"There could be a high level of security."
"The support on offer to other vendors switching - like Aruba or Ruckus - could be improved."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 139 reviews while Juniper WLC Series is ranked 21st in Wireless LAN with 10 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Juniper WLC Series is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Wireless writes "The portal for centralized management and virtual controller for APs are very valuable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper WLC Series writes "A high-performance device designed for indoor wireless deployment, but it should create configuration documentation". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti WLAN and NETGEAR Insight Access Points, whereas Juniper WLC Series is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN. See our Aruba Wireless vs. Juniper WLC Series report.
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