We performed a comparison between Aruba Wireless and Ubiquiti WLAN based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Although it may be less cost-effective, users feel that Aruba is a more mature, robust product and provides better reliability and better service and support. Aruba consistently provides seamless trusted connectivity and an excellent secure user experience. Aruba works well for both SMBs and large business enterprises, making it a very versatile desired solution.
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The solution is very secure."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"It offers an easy initial setup."
"It has improved overall IT efficiency across the board."
"For my organization, the most critical feature of Aruba Wireless is guest management."
"APs are very easy to configure to the network once they contact the controller."
"We like the centralized configuration and monitoring."
"The initial setup was very simple."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that it can work with many devices. It supports everything that we need it to."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Wireless are the seamless feature and the concurrent user."
"Firstly, I initially purchased the device to build a VPN, and one very valuable feature for me was the ability to create a layer two VPN, which was available on the legacy ER router. It allowed me to expand a subnet to a remote site, which was essential for my setup. Additionally, I appreciated that the CLI of the router was similar to other Juniper products that I was familiar with."
"Its most valuable feature is pricing."
"Ubiquiti WLAN has good availability, and it is much cheaper."
"You can save backups of this controller locally and then I can export it to wherever I want."
"Ubiquiti WLAN is a reliable, stable, and robust solution."
"The ease of use and simplicity of the solution is its most valuable feature. This tool is best suited for small environments."
"Ubiquiti WLAN has been stable and is easy to install."
"The pricing is very competitive and the feature sets are very good. It compares well against more expensive options."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The solution is expensive."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"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."
"The Help option within the GUI needs to be improved."
"I would like to be able to customize Captive Portals."
"The initial setup is more complex than other solutions."
"There were some settings which were confusing and unlabeled when trying to use the online help with the newer firmware."
"I would like to see a faster web interface in the controller and more troubleshooting tools, including real-time troubleshooting tools."
"The network times for protocol synchronization can be improved."
"The solution's GUI for configuration could be better."
"Aruba is missing some features that are available in other solutions, such as the email notifications. It's a bit complex to configure the notification part. Mainly I'm talking about the rogue WiFi detection. This email notification is crucial for us, but it isn't possible to configure with the built-in software. You need something else, like an external system log collector or another Aruba software. These notifications are essential in hospitality for PCI compliance. My colleagues in famous luxury hotel chains need that report."
"Its scalability, UI, and security features could be better."
"I have found they need to work on the stability of the solution."
"The solution needs to improve robustness, security, and stability."
"The solution is stable but could improve."
"Ubiquiti WLAN is not a cheap solution."
"When I started to upgrade, the controller for Unbuntu was really struggling to start up, however, that has since been solved."
"The strength of the signal from the access points could be improved."
"Switching devices requires reconfiguration from scratch."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 138 reviews while Ubiquiti WLAN is ranked 5th in Wireless LAN with 38 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Ubiquiti WLAN is rated 7.4. 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 Ubiquiti WLAN writes "Helps to build VPNs but improvement is needed in stability ". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Huawei Wireless and Mist AI and Cloud, whereas Ubiquiti WLAN is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Huawei Wireless, Omada Access Points and WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi. See our Aruba Wireless vs. Ubiquiti WLAN report.
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