We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant and Fortinet FortiWLC based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cisco, Ruckus and others in Wireless LAN."The simplicity is great."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"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 solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"I like that the solution is not complex."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward, considering that the tool offers a ZTP feature."
"You don't have to deal with licenses."
"Aruba Instant is easy to manage."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Captive Portal, which we employ for our guest network. It enables us to create a separate virtual subnet for guests, ensuring their network traffic remains isolated from our office network. Another valuable feature is its role-based access control. This functionality allows us to assign different access privileges to users based on their roles within the organization."
"In terms of stability, Aruba Instant is the best on the market."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides a redundant wireless connection for a client."
"You can handle all of the access points at once virtually instead of manually handling each one. You're able to populate all of the information to all of the access points through the virtual controller as well. It transforms everything it a single access point, which simplifies things."
"It's easy to set everything up during implementation."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWLC is the overall high quality."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"The solution is expensive."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"The support offered by Aruba is slow."
"The meshing could use improvement but aside from that nothing else really needs improvement."
"If you need to access the master access point the integration between the two becomes quite expensive."
"There is an issue with flooding to the Aruba access point on the ports."
"The tool's customer service should improve."
"Aruba Instant is a simple and scalable solution that works well, but the costs you incur from access points could be cheaper."
"The reach of the solution could be improved. It could be a bit stronger."
"The product can be improved by adding a clear interface."
"One thing that is lacking is, compared with some other brands, the signal is a bit weaker. Ruckus has much wider signal coverage."
"Fortinet FortiWLC is not simple to configure when compared to other solutions. The design could be better."
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Aruba Instant is ranked 6th in Wireless LAN with 44 reviews while Fortinet FortiWLC is ranked 25th in Wireless LAN. Aruba Instant is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiWLC is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant writes "A highly stable and easy-to-deploy solution that is free and provides excellent deployment guides". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWLC writes "Quick support, overall high quality, and reliable". Aruba Instant is most compared with Omada Access Points, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ruckus Wireless, Aruba Wireless and Cisco Wireless, whereas Fortinet FortiWLC is most compared with Fortinet FortiWLM.
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