We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Mikrotik Router and Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Aruba Switches finishes slightly ahead of Mikrotik Router and Switches in this comparison. Aruba Switches offer high availability and support stacking; they are also easy to configure, very scalable, and very reliable. Users of Mikrotik Routers and Switches feel the solution lacks a wireless option and that it is a bit outdated and clunky.
"Aruba Central is very valuable to us."
"The advantage I found is that they can be used as both on-premises devices and cloud-managed devices, with the option for an additional license to become cloud devices. This flexibility is very valuable to us."
"We can scale as needed."
"The most valuable features are stability, ease of management, and the monitoring tool."
"The most valuable Aruba switch feature is the lifetime warranty. It is a plus point in the budget."
"Aruba's SameNet platform allows for a seamless transition from the data center to access switches, unlike Cisco, which has different operating systems for each."
"We like that it is very easy to manage the product through the cloud."
"The most valuable feature is the switches are reliable and replaced for free if anything goes wrong."
"The solution is stable."
"One of the primary advantages is its competitive pricing in the market."
"It's great for small businesses or home offices."
"The best part about MikroTik Routers is the price."
"I have seen a return on investment since we didn't have to pay a licensing fee."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"Load balancing is one of the valuable features of the solution...In short, MikroTik provides a very user-friendly GUI option."
"The setup is easy."
"The endpoint capabilities could be improved."
"I am forced to consider changing products because other solutions have a better dashboard and a user-friendly interface."
"The port flexibility on the 54 series, specifically the 5406 for core usage, could be improved. When I want to upgrade to 10G, I don't have many options to choose from."
"We had an integration team do the setup of the solution."
"Aruba Switches cover lots of areas and support automated and IOPS and with the central products, but I think when we look at the solutions overall, IOPS devices are not covered so much in Aruba Central. We are in Croatia and it is a small country, I don't know how its situation is in Europe, America, or Asia."
"The written documentation, all the available documentation, is often a little bit hard to find. The solution lacks documentation, especially on recent features. We have access directly to Aruba, Germany, so they are always helpful, but if you start, for instance, with something a little bit more complex like zero-touch provisioning, that would require a more comprehensive written piece."
"I would like to see a lower price on the device."
"I would prefer it if they reduced the cost of the switches and the access points."
"The solution needs to offer better documentation."
"This product could offer better integration with VPNs."
"Sometimes, when I need to reboot or change software, MikroTik crashes."
"I would like to see a cluster feature added, where multiple devices can be configured and managed as one. One is in a standby state while the other is active, and if one fails then the other takes over."
"There are limitations to how many users you have simultaneously."
"Technical support could be better. They don't have good support like Cisco. It can also be more stable and scalable."
"MikroTik does not have a wireless solution. If they created a high-performance wireless solution we would deploy it in our infrastructure."
"I would like to see some content filtering with MikroTik Routers and Switches."
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Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 62 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. 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 MikroTik Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Huawei Ethernet Switches, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Huawei Enterprise Routers and Juniper MX Series Routers. See our Aruba Switches vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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