We performed a comparison between Cisco Wireless and Mist AI and Cloud based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Due to Mist AI’s power consumption issue, Cisco Wireless is the clear winner in this comparison. According to reviews, it is a more mature and robust solution.
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"Juniper Mist offers valuable features like comprehensive network insight, granular policy control, fast device setup, strong security, and efficient SSL traffic management."
"The most valuable features for network security with Cisco Wireless were the policy enforcement capabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the coverage."
"The solution offers very good stability."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The customer always feels confident with the solution because of its reliability."
"Authentication is the important feature for us. My IT staff no longer has to look after catering to clients who come from overseas."
"Security is an important feature for my customers, and I am able to offer this to them with our Cisco products."
"Cisco Wireless is scalable."
"Ability to control the access points by groups."
"AI is the most valuable feature."
"Natural language patching is an important feature."
"Mist AI and Cloud have definitely improved the functioning of our organization. The access to the Internet, including its speed and reliability, has significantly improved."
"Has an extremely good feature set."
"I have a very good experience with the solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It's really easy to provision and support. Those are its main features."
"The most useful aspect of Mist AI and Cloud is automation capabilities."
"The price could be better."
"Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points’ support services need improvement."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The solution is expensive."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"The security must be improved."
"The GUI could be made more user-friendly. There should also be a dashboard where it can showcase how many end-users are connected to a particular access point."
"The solution could be cheaper and have a better web interface."
"The internet speed is high within environments. As you move further away from the access point, there is a decline in speed. Omada or Ruckus don’t have the speed degradation as you move away from the access point."
"When you integrate a network access control with authentication with an ISE engine it's really complicated to put in place."
"No product can be a ten out of ten and there are some security issues."
"Cisco won't work with any other vendors. That is a significant problem with Cisco."
"Requires a firewall body to improve security."
"Juniper should integrate all their dashboards instead of having separate dashboards...Since it lacks the integration of dashboards, Juniper needs to improve it."
"Currently, the solution lacks the ability to configure with other solutions from other vendors."
"The solution doesn't provide mail notifications currently."
"If there's one thing I'd like to change, it's the pricing. They are quite expensive, but honestly, it's justified by the value they provide. However, for a simple Wi-Fi connectivity with basic security needs, there are alternatives in the market that offer comparable features at a more budget-friendly price."
"In future releases, they need to add some router models. Because currently, it supports only SSR and WAN routers. But adding other routers would be good."
"There is no local support for Mist in Brazil."
"The solution lacks documentation."
"It would be beneficial to have support for the Chinese language."
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Cisco Wireless is ranked 2nd in Wireless LAN with 147 reviews while Mist AI and Cloud is ranked 7th in Wireless LAN with 21 reviews. Cisco Wireless is rated 8.2, while Mist AI and Cloud is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Wireless writes "Allows us to deploy a wide range of wireless products with stable WiFi". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Mist AI and Cloud writes "A combination of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science techniques to optimize user experiences". Cisco Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Omada Access Points, whereas Mist AI and Cloud is most compared with Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Aruba Wireless, ExtremeCloud IQ, Ruckus Wireless and Meraki Dashboard. See our Cisco Wireless vs. Mist AI and Cloud report.
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