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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)

    Score5 out of 10
    N/ACisco 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

    HPE Juniper Access Points

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThe Juniper AP Series Access Points work in conjunction with the Juniper Mist Cloud Architecture and Mist AI to collect and analyze metadata in near real-time from all wireless clients. This is to enable rapid problem detection and root cause identification with predictive recommendations and proactive correction realizing the self-driving network.N/A
    Pricing
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    Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)HPE Juniper Access Points
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)HPE Juniper Access Points
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)HPE Juniper Access Points
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco Mobility Express (discontinued)HPE Juniper Access Points
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    The Mist portal-controlled Juniper APs are great in an environment where clients are relatively stationary. Coverage is fantastic, and throughput is really good. I would be more concerned about placing these in a distribution-type warehouse where clients frequently roam between APs. While I've not had any issues, I could see where some APs might become sticky due to the cloud-controlled nature. In my experience, a local controller would be better suited to environments like that. I'm also concerned that support and quality may suffer due to the HPE merger.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Easy to setup
    • Less maintenance
    • Less disconnection
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Juniper AP45 coverage is great. We have one deployed in a sub-optimal manner (too high, too much space for a single AP), and we still have great coverage.
    • The APs are easy to configure via the Mist Portal. You can create sitewide templates, as well as templates for subsets of APs.
    • The APs are reliable. We don't have much trouble out of them. I can count on 1 hand how many times I've had to reboot one in the past year.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Honestly, I haven't found very many issues since we started using it, and I'm glad for that!
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • I wish there was a mobile app that allows configuration and health status checks
    • The MIST UI could use some improvements - some things take more than 1 click to access
    • Marvis doesn't impress me. I ask it questions and sometimes it doesn't respond or understand
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    Usability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We used a reseller to help set up and initially manage the Juniper APs. Templates are set up and deployed to sites, and at first, it may seem complicated, with a slight learning curve. Once created and deployed, the overall management and usability are great. In summary, the initial setup takes some advanced knowledge of the Cloud Dashboard setup with templates. After that, it's easy to use and manage moving forward.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    We are using it 24x7 and it never hangs or create problems in connectivity.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Performance
    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.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    I prefer Juniper. Configuring the extreme environment was odd and clunky. Three years after we deployed Extreme I got informed the virtual controller we were using was end of life. The APs were still good, just the controller was end of life. I had to deploy a new virtual controller and reconfigure everything. I won't have this problem with Mist's cloud controller
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Honestly, the best thing I can say is users had no idea we changed the network. We went from a network with little to no problems to a new network with no problems.
    • When we deployed the new Access Points, users just connected and went about their day.
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