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Aruba Networks Wireless WAN vs Cambium Networks Wireless WAN comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Aruba Networks Wireless WAN
Ranking in Wireless WAN
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cambium Networks Wireless WAN
Ranking in Wireless WAN
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Wireless WAN category, the mindshare of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is 3.4%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cambium Networks Wireless WAN is 12.6%, down from 15.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Wireless WAN
 

Featured Reviews

Joseph Colly - PeerSpot reviewer
Reasonably priced and offers a good GUI
The product is very scalable. When it comes to some schools, they start with the solution's proof of concept in certain sections. My company aims to improve the throughputs in the schools where the product is installed. If the rest of the School wants the product, it is easy to set up the solution. My company uses Aruba Networks Wireless WAN for schools and warehouses but not in the retail sector. The product offers reliability and uptime twenty-four hours and seven days a week. My company gets notified if the reliability offered by the product goes down. My company also gets notified if we are getting hacked.
Arup Kumar Koley - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable performance and long-distance coverage enhance connectivity
We have been associated with Cambium since its days as a Motorola product, for more than 20 years. The solution offers excellent product performance, long-distance coverage, and link reliability. No nearby product is available for distance and performance that can compete with Cambium. The uptime and reliability of the product are also excellent.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the streaming of screen sharing."
"The product keeps up with leading-edge technology so we have dependability and scalability."
"Once Aruba Wireless is set up and configured correctly, you just walk away. That's what we like about it. We have some devices that are six or seven years old, which is rare in the wireless world because everything changes so quickly, but in some banks and municipalities, it just keeps working."
"The security feature and the signal are good as they is dependent on our needs."
"The installation process was easy."
"It integrates with the Aruba portfolio very easily, and it's a vendor-agnostic solution, and that's brilliant."
"It's quite stable."
"The most valuable features are price, quality, and performance."
"The performance is very good."
"It eliminates the need for additional controllers, reducing costs."
"The pricing of the product is very, very reasonable."
"It's a good product and works well when there is a lot of interference."
"It is highly scalable. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten."
"Technical support has been good."
"The claim management feature is exceedingly simple."
"Cambium Networks Wireless WAN is more into the wireless and access points"
 

Cons

"If they provided more updates that would be ideal."
"This product needs more flecibility with switching technologies."
"The price for the license could be a bit improved since it is the only area with an issue."
"The initial setup has a lot of options, which makes it very versatile yet very complicated to install. There should be two modes: a basic mode and then a more advanced mode to help make implementation easier. Most of the time, if it's a small installation, you don't need the complexity. You shouldn't need higher expertise in order to install a couple of access points in a single place."
"We have had stability issues with some types of portable devices."
"We do not have direct access to Aruba’s Mesh portal."
"The integration should be better."
"In the next release, the security should be improved by including support for WPA3."
"The solution could improve indoor coverage strength. Based on our experience, there is no indoor coverage beyond 40 meters."
"The solution's documentation should be made better and easily accessible to users."
"The solution's price could be better."
"Cambium's solution is flexible for various connectivity needs, although there are limitations based on the specific equipment and metrics. The indoor coverage typically reaches up to sixty meters and may require external antennas for optimal performance and for outdoor connectivity, Cambium Networks offer excellent scalability and coverage, especially with sectorial access points."
"There is no good technical support available for Cambium Networks Wireless WAN."
"The range of the product is disappointing so far."
"Sometimes there are some latencies in devices. Otherwise, it is, for some time, not as stable."
"It has voucher generation. These vouchers are provided to the customers. It would be great if there is a possibility to integrate these vouchers with the system that vendors use to print the receipts. For example, if you go to Starbucks, they provide you a receipt, and in that receipt, you have the code for the Wi-Fi network. I would like some kind of integration or API that can be integrated into any other system for generating such receipts. It would be a really nice feature. It has the cnMaestro portal that normally an integrator sets up. When you deploy this solution to a user, rather than generating a Cambium account, I would like to share this console with the users so that they can at least see the stability of the network and not necessarily trust what I said. It also allows the customers in visualizing the way that they are connecting and the way the network is behaving. I have been in touch with the Cambium team for these features, but they don't yet have the final answer. It is kind of hard to get these solutions immediately. It is a bit challenging to bring these devices to Lima, Peru, or to get Cambium from the distributors. They need to import these devices."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is pretty cost-efficient than Cisco ISE when my company did a PO, but for a single-party tender, its pricing was on the higher side, so it depends. I rate the pricing for Aruba Networks Wireless WAN as six out of ten."
"The pricing of the product is pretty good."
"Aruba Wireless comes with the controller."
"The price of this solution is approximately 1,000,000 ESP ($6,750 USD)."
"That's really subject to the type of environment you're deploying. If you're doing a full controller model with 200 APs, the initial deployment could be 150 grand. Maintaining that or maintaining support for that per year could be something like 10 to 15 grand per year. In the cloud sense, the cloud is by the number of APs. So, everything is readily available."
"Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is cheaper than Cisco, and the web experience is great."
"The price of this solution is better than some other vendors."
"The price of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN depends on how you buy it. From a pricing perspective, if you choose to buy Aruba Networks Wireless WAN as an MRC, it's dependent upon the radio and the solution that you choose what your MRC is. If you choose to buy it outright, they're competitive with their competitors, and they're probably four percent or five percent lower than their largest competitor."
"Its price is in the middle range."
"Cambium Networks Wireless WAN is a free solution, we only pay for the hardware. The warranty of the hardware is for five years."
"Pricing is fair enough."
"There are no licensing fees, it's a one-time cost."
"I rate the product’s pricing a two out of ten."
"I think the pricing is fine for Cambium."
"It is expensive."
"Cambium Networks Wireless WAN has medium pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Aruba Network Wireless WAN?
I recommend Aruba Networks Wireless WAN. I have been using Aruba for approximately a decade. It has a great centralized management system, which means we don’t need wireless LAN controllers at ever...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aruba Networks Wireless WAN?
I am not paying anything more apart from the licensing. The only thing I am paying for is the implementation cost.
Which is better - Cambium or Ubiquiti Wireless?
For me, Ubiquiti was easy to install, configure, set up, and maintain, while also providing solid coverage and better handoffs between APs. This is especially relevant if you are using Apple produc...
What do you like most about Cambium?
The most valuable features for network performance in the solution are reliability and centralized management through a single controller.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Cambium PMP Series, Cambium ePMP Series
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

The Pittsburgh Golf Club, Rio Rancho Public Schools, Amwaj Rotana - Jumeirah Beach Residence - Dubai, Trevecca Nazarene University
Wireless Etc, Agricultural Technology Company in Brazil, Redfox, SKYNET, HOUSTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, APPLEBEE’S
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