Vice President, Wireless Solutions at Strategic Mobility Group
Reseller
Top 5
Feb 26, 2024
The pricing of the product is pretty good. Aruba Networks and Extreme Networks offer good prices. Cisco operates in its own world. Meraki offers products at high prices. In comparison to the other products in the market, Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is available at a good price.
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Aruba has an annual subscription, and they have three years and five years costs. People generally take the three years' cost. It has to be taken because, basically, licenses are needed more from the security perspective, nothing else. It is expensive, but it is also very competitive. So I wouldn't say it is very high on the price. It can compete with many, many local players as well as equivalent players. I rate the pricing a seven or eight on a scale of one to ten, where ten is the highest and one is the cheapest.
The pricing is good, and they offer very good warranties on the product. They offer permanent warranties - not just one or three-year warranties. A key advantage for Aruba is that we pay for it outright and do not have recurring licensing costs.
Network solutions architecture at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jan 19, 2023
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.
Project Manager at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
Aug 25, 2022
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.
The license is a one-time subscription. It's a one-time purchase, however, the update is a subscription. It is unfortunately very expensive. The subscription, the software maintenance subscription, and even the one-off pricing are very high. The license costs reflect the features. The more features you require, the more you have to pay.
Network and Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reseller
May 20, 2022
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.
Network Engineer at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Dec 16, 2020
I don't know much about the licensing, but you license the APs to be able to use or to be configured in Aruba Central. I don't know how much it costs but I believe it's on a yearly- basis.
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Oct 20, 2019
Depending on different models you get different capabilities and flexibility. Based on the core components we can have greater coverage or limited access sites.
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The pricing is not cheap. Compared to Cisco, it is a bit cheaper, but still not enough to switch over to Aruba. The benefits are not sufficient.
The price is a little bit expensive. On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the most expensive, I would place them at seven or eight.
I am not paying anything more apart from the licensing. The only thing I am paying for is the implementation cost.
The pricing of the product is pretty good. Aruba Networks and Extreme Networks offer good prices. Cisco operates in its own world. Meraki offers products at high prices. In comparison to the other products in the market, Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is available at a good price.
The solution is expensive.
The pricing is cheaper in comparison to similar products.
Aruba has an annual subscription, and they have three years and five years costs. People generally take the three years' cost. It has to be taken because, basically, licenses are needed more from the security perspective, nothing else. It is expensive, but it is also very competitive. So I wouldn't say it is very high on the price. It can compete with many, many local players as well as equivalent players. I rate the pricing a seven or eight on a scale of one to ten, where ten is the highest and one is the cheapest.
You will need to pay an annual subscription cost.
On a scale f one to ten, where one point is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing as eight. Cloud licenses are quite expensive.
The price of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is less expensive than Ruckus and Cisco.
It is a costly solution. I rate its pricing as a nine or ten.
The pricing is good, and they offer very good warranties on the product. They offer permanent warranties - not just one or three-year warranties. A key advantage for Aruba is that we pay for it outright and do not have recurring licensing costs.
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.
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.
I'm not sure about the licensing cost or pricing for Aruba Networks Wireless WAN.
Aruba Wireless comes with the controller.
We pay every year for Aruba Central. It's a subscription. In other cases, we use Aruba AirWave on-premise, and that's a one-time payment.
The license is a one-time subscription. It's a one-time purchase, however, the update is a subscription. It is unfortunately very expensive. The subscription, the software maintenance subscription, and even the one-off pricing are very high. The license costs reflect the features. The more features you require, the more you have to pay.
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.
Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis. I would rate the pricing a three or a four out of five.
I don't know much about the licensing, but you license the APs to be able to use or to be configured in Aruba Central. I don't know how much it costs but I believe it's on a yearly- basis.
The price of this solution is better than some other vendors.
The price of this solution is approximately 1,000,000 ESP ($6,750 USD).
The solution is more expensive than other similar solutions, but it's worth the price.
Depending on different models you get different capabilities and flexibility. Based on the core components we can have greater coverage or limited access sites.