We compared Aruba Wireless and Huawei Wireless based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Aruba Wireless and Huawei Wireless both offer strong connectivity, user-friendly interfaces, and reliable performance. Aruba Wireless stands out for its seamless integration, extensive security measures, and high scalability, while Huawei Wireless is praised for its sleek design, long battery life, and efficient signal strength. Both products have competitive pricing and positive customer service experiences, but Aruba Wireless users highlight superior customer service and support, while Huawei Wireless users emphasize the need for improvements in signal strength, compatibility, and device durability.
Features: The valuable features of the Aruba Wireless product include strong and reliable connectivity, user-friendly interface, seamless integration with existing networks, extensive security measures, and high scalability. On the other hand, the Huawei Wireless product is highly praised for its efficient performance, sleek and compact design, easy setup process, and ability to seamlessly connect with multiple devices. It also offers long battery life, extensive coverage range, and advanced security features.
Pricing and ROI: Aruba Wireless's setup cost is straightforward and does not require extensive technical knowledge. Users find its licensing flexible and customizable. Huawei Wireless also has a straightforward and hassle-free setup cost, allowing for a smooth installation process. Its licensing is easily obtained and offers flexibility., Based on user feedback, Aruba Wireless has shown positive ROI with its product, while Huawei Wireless also contributed positively to ROI.
Room for Improvement: Aruba Wireless could improve in response to user feedback. In contrast, Huawei Wireless could benefit from enhancements in signal strength, device compatibility, user interface, and durability.
Deployment and customer support: The Aruba Wireless users have mixed experiences with the duration required for a new tech solution, with some users taking three months for deployment and an additional week for setup. In contrast, Huawei Wireless users also have varying durations, with some taking three months for deployment and a week for setup, while others take a week each for both phases., The customer service of Aruba Wireless receives high commendation for its quality, responsiveness, and professionalism. Users appreciate prompt assistance and efficient problem-solving. Conversely, users praise Huawei Wireless' prompt and helpful customer support, highlighting their expertise and efficiency.
The summary above is based on 66 interviews we conducted recently with Aruba Wireless and Huawei Wireless users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The simplicity is great."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Wireless are the seamless feature and the concurrent user."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Wireless is application monitoring."
"It provides excellent performance and security through the use of available features and policies, reducing the reliance on external firewall configurations while ensuring a secure and reliable network environment."
"Setup is straightforward."
"The product has been pretty stable...The product is scalable."
"The technical support is 24/7 from the UA."
"I have not experienced any bugs, software, or hardware issues with Aruba."
"The fact that Aruba Wireless has a virtual controller onboard the internet access points makes it cheaper than other solutions."
"It is easy to set up."
"Huawei Wireless's most valuable feature is smart antenna, a combination of informative capabilities and advanced technology."
"We can use an access point to broadcast multiple SSIDs, assign dynamic VLANs, and configure dynamic access control lists (ACLs)."
"The most valuable thing about Huawei Wireless is that it is one of the cheapest WiFi 6 systems. Its price is very nice. The other WiFi systems cost about 15% more."
"The best feature of Huawei Wireless is the quick and fast setup."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"What I like most about Huawei Wireless is that it's customizable. It has many unique features, such as encryption, spatial streams, hiding features for different scenarios, low-density and high-density areas, and smart antennas."
"I am impressed with the tool's seamless integration."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"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."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"I would like to be able to customize Captive Portals."
"The new 8400 failed at Lab, plus its integration with Aruba Central."
"They need to increase the number of routers on the controller."
"Aruba Wireless can improve the assigning of access points. We have times that the nearest access point is not assigned but one far away. The integration between access points could improve."
"I need more access. I only install the hardware and the software part for the client. However, there are no admin privileges, which is an issue. You need to contact them and make a special request."
"Aruba Wireless could improve the dashboard. It is not straightforward or intuitive to use and could be more user-friendly. For IT employees the dashboards are fine but when it comes to the end-user it is difficult. The Mobility Controller dashboard is not meant for non-IT employees."
"The reliability could be improved."
"We needed the help of network consultants to complete the setup for us."
"They should include more security features in the solution."
"Huawei Wireless can improve the signal, sometimes it becomes weak."
"The manageability could be improved."
"While technically proficient, enhancing communication skills would greatly benefit the customer experience."
"Huawei Wireless is not scalable. We have had a problem with the solution because it cannot integrate with other servers as the other competitors can."
"While I am fine with the current licensing price, I would appreciate it to be more cost-effective."
"They should actually first test the equipment thoroughly and then launch it. Sometimes, things come out too soon, before they are ready."
"The stability could be improved."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 138 reviews while Huawei Wireless is ranked 9th in Wireless LAN with 33 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Huawei Wireless is rated 8.0. 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 Huawei Wireless writes "Customizable and has many unique features, such as encryption, spatial streams, and smart antennas". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Huawei Wireless is most compared with D-Link Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, Ruckus Wireless and Fortinet FortiWLM. See our Aruba Wireless vs. Huawei Wireless report.
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1 Ruckus
2 Aruba
3 Cambium
It depends on your enviroment.
Greetings
Here's my recommendation in order.
#1 Aruba
#2 Ruckus
#3 Ubiquiti
Hi Vinny,
I recommend you the following devices:
1. Ruckus: Easily to deploy. Expensive but effective. Don’t ask for the advanced license - you don’t need it. Buy only the basic one. A great option for hard users performance and large venues.
2. Ubiquiti: Easy to deploy, cheap but limited hardware. This is an option for basic performance.
3. Aruba: Easy to deploy, expensive, bad UX experience.
4. Cambium networks: A good option, between Ruckus and Ubiquiti.
5. Huawei. Never. Never. Never. Bad UX, bad support experience, bad hardware, bad everything.
6. Meraki. Too expensive. Don’t!
Regards!
If you want high performance and stability, you should definitely go with Ruckus Wireless.
Ruckus Wireless APs have:
- Adaptive antenna technology (called BeamFlex)
This technology analyzes different paths to reach the client and electronically turns itself to a directional antenna, choosing the path that gives the best performance to reach each specific client. If the client is mobile or if the environment changes (such as a warehouse) the selection of paths/direction also changes instantly.
Transmitting in a directional way allows a good Signal-to-Noise Ratio and also causes less interference for other nearby APs outside the path of the directional transmission.
- ChannelFly technology
This technology chooses the best channel based on performance rather than background scanning for noise.
- Polarization Diversity
This technology allows the clients not to lose signal strength when held at different angles (important for mobile devices such as tablets and telephones).
- Better receive sensitivity compared to the competitors
All these features make Ruckus Wireless a better choice than any other competitor (better performance, better coverage area, more stable and surprise-free communication especially in not so easy conditions such as noise, too many clients, too much traffic).
Selecting an AP depends upon a couple of factors which include (the number of users per AP, coverage area and required speed/throughput)
My recommendations are:
1. Ruckus
2. Aruba
3. Cisco
Ruckus:
Performs well in a high-density environment, with unique adaptive antenna technology & PD-MRC gives more coverage and interference mitigation. Ruckus offers a reliable Wireless network solution.
Aruba:
Good but not the best with better security features.
Cisco:
Complex deployment, is costly but it has better compatibility.
I have a smaller venue where I am using Unifi: Dream Machine UDM, Aggregation Switch, U6-Lite APs and Pro Switches...fiber optic backbone.
I am extremely satisfied with its performance. I can't tell about the other brands.
Have a look at Juniper Mist solution - it used in large retail stores and corps as well as a full integrated AI suite.
You can implement hundreds in just a few hours using foundation staff as it can all be programmed up on the cloud, no need for expensive network engineers to deploy
https://mist.com
Malcolm
Hi Vinny,
I'm biased toward Ubiquiti Unifi, but successful Wi-Fi deployment is hugely dependant on the type and number of Wi-Fi users, and more importantly, the layout and environment of the area you would like to cover.
Please feel free to PM me to discuss your application.
Regards,
Steve Pender