Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points vs. Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)

Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points

Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points

19 Reviews and Ratings

Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)

Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)

11 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points	Score 7.7 out of 10	N/A	Aruba Networks offers the Instant On AP series of wireless access points, with models designed for indoor and outdoor access points.	N/A
Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)	Score 8.3 out of 10	N/A	Cisco Mobility Express was a controllerless wi-fi solution, used by businesses to quickly deploy a wireless network without requiring substantial IT resources. The product is discontinued.	N/A

Pricing

Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points

Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points	Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points	Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Network connectivity Pro Fast and reliable Pro User interface
Top Cons	Minus Access points Minus Guest users Minus Pricing is high	Minus Software upgrade Minus Get logged Minus Regular updates

Best Alternatives
	Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points	Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)
Small Businesses	Ubiquiti WLAN Score 9.2 out of 10	Ubiquiti WLAN Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Score 9.8 out of 10	Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises	Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Score 9.8 out of 10	Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers Score 9.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points	Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (5 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (5 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	7.9 (5 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points	Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points are well suited for a small to mid-size setup (i.e., from 20 users to 500 devices that need to connect to WiFi). Aruba provides access points for both indoors and outdoors (e.g., commercial spaces and offices, and manufacturing units as well). Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points can also support controller-based architecture, and I would recommend going for that when the AP devices are more than 30. Incentivized DS Darshil Sanghvi Presales Read full review	Cisco As it provides virtual WLC functionality, it has incredibly amazing built-in features that perfectly suit small to medium companies. It has the capability to manage the entire organization network seamlessly. It might be possible that it won't work smoothly and elegantly for large firms where there is a bulk amount of data bandwidth used. Incentivized HASAN SARFRAZ T24 Technical Analyst Read full review
Pros	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Controllerless solution Users connect to different APs seamlessly (soft handoff) when moving from one region to another Stable--we have never faced any downtime with any APs Different SSID to segregate internal and guest networks Incentivized DS Darshil Sanghvi Presales Read full review	Cisco Easy to setup Less maintenance Less disconnection Incentivized JN JK Nosis System Administrator Read full review
Cons	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Aruba Instant On AP Series Access Points miss having OTP generation--this is must, for guest users at least Pricing is high Incentivized DS Darshil Sanghvi Presales Read full review	Cisco Honestly, I haven't found very many issues since we started using it, and I'm glad for that! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Hewlett Packard Enterprise No answers on this topic	Cisco We are using it 24x7 and it never hangs or create problems in connectivity. Incentivized Ahmed Mujeeb Assistant Manager Infrastructure Read full review
Performance	Hewlett Packard Enterprise No answers on this topic	Cisco After initial configuration and fixing minor issues with the firmware, the system worked really well, without any downtime. We were also satisfied with the throughput and range. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Incentivized DS Darshil Sanghvi Presales Read full review	Cisco Cisco Mobility Express is far better than other products. It is a renowned brand in network products, and they are reliable and efficient as compared to other products that I have used so far. It is highly recommended. Incentivized HASAN SARFRAZ T24 Technical Analyst Read full review
Return on Investment	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Our users' productivity has increased, as they can now connect wirelessly We are now centrally controlling users' traffic from firewall and blocking or limiting use of unwanted web apps Has helped us in improving monitoring of user traffic Incentivized DS Darshil Sanghvi Presales Read full review	Cisco It has given our IT team time back from not having to fix issues everyday with the network. It makes it easy for visibility of the network and allows those who are new to it to learn it quickly. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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