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HPE Wireless WAN vs Ruckus 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

HPE Wireless WAN
Ranking in Wireless WAN
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Ruckus Wireless WAN
Ranking in Wireless WAN
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Wireless WAN category, the mindshare of HPE Wireless WAN is 1.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ruckus Wireless WAN is 35.0%, down from 37.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

SunilNair2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable wireless connectivity supports seamless hospital staff mobility
We use HPE Wireless WAN for hospital purposes. In our hospital, all the staff have laptops and move around, hence the need for wireless connectivity. We also provide guest access to patient rooms, including ICU rooms, where patients stay HPE Wireless WAN provides reliable connectivity. We use it…
Said Souhaiel - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy for us to apply and change parameters or consult the quality
I recommend using Ruckus. First of all, the cost and the price are okay compared to Cisco or Huawei. Secondly, the use is easy, and we have a significant result in terms of quality and signal level. We use it as an access point to provide Internet coverage for the public We have a few on-site…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most important is that the solution is stable."
"It is a good and stable solution."
"I like their features, such as reliability and high availability."
"The reliability is good."
"HP Wireless offers competitive pricing compared to Cisco and Fortinet."
"HPE Wireless WAN provides reliable connectivity."
"The most valuable features of HPE Wireless WAN are high quality and capability."
"The performance is good."
"The tool is friendly to use."
"The most valuable feature is the good coverage of about 60 meters."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the size of the outdoor access points. It's great and you can disguise them quite well."
"The best feature of Ruckus Wireless WAN apart from its seamless roaming feature where you roam beautifully on the network is its analytics tool that gives you so much insight into your deployment, so it has become more of a business intelligence type of tool as well. I also like that Ruckus Networks, in terms of WiFi security issues on the WiFi protocols, is also the first company to give you notices of security issues, and also the first to provide patches for those issues. Ruckus Wireless WAN is very proactive and much, much faster than Cisco, Aruba, and Meraki."
"What I like best about Ruckus Wireless WAN is easy administration. After installation, you'll benefit from how easy it is to administer the product. I also like that the product can cover the whole area with just a few endpoints."
"Provides great coverage and performance."
"The strongest point for Ruckus has always been the radio hardware."
"The feature I like most, is the product activity."
 

Cons

"The solution works smoothly unless more than twenty users connect to a single access point, at which point it becomes overloaded."
"The tool must warn the management about unwanted traffic."
"It should be a faster device."
"The HPE Wireless dashboard could be more user-friendly."
"In the next release of the solution, there should be better integration with other platforms."
"The price of HPE Wireless WAN should be reduced."
"I would say that the integration with other vendors in areas such as management or the visibility of other vendors in the management tools could be improved."
"Mostly, I face problems with client connectivity and some devices, like Android."
"The initial setup is complex."
"I would like to see Ruckus focus less on creating lower-tier solutions aimed at competing with inferior brands."
"I have some friends who have not heard of Ruckus, but are aware of other competitors."
"I believe there is room for improvement in the price structure."
"Pricing could be improved in Ruckus Wireless WAN because obviously, everybody wants things to become cheaper. Another room for improvement in the product is from a delivery perspective, particularly the heavy delivery delays because of the chip shortage that a lot of manufacturers have to deal with. The chip shortage is not coming to an end, but Ruckus Networks has to make a plan because the ETA has slipped out from the average of three months on switches to fourteen months, which is very, very rough on the industry at the moment. Ruckus Wireless WAN could lose business to Chinese competitors, for example, HTC has a good wireless solution that I haven't tested yet, other than on POC, and it works great. I haven't yet experienced the HTC wireless solution in large deployments, so you never know how it's going to go, but HTC has managed to circumvent the chip shortage, so the ETA provided by HTC is much more preferred than the ETAs provided by Ruckus Networks, Cisco, and Aruba products."
"The wireless access should be simplified."
"The license model offered by the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Really, it's just about centralizing manageability across multiple sites, but like I said, that's me commenting on the old product that we've got. I know they've addressed that now with cloud controllers, but that would've been my main thing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license for this solution and the license is normally paid annually but this depends on the contract."
"The price is perfect for me."
"The license cost of the product falls under the category of a moderately priced tool."
"I find the price to be reasonable."
"Customers pay for HPE Wireless WAN based on the contract. It's usually paid yearly. There's an additional cost, particularly for the hardware."
"We don't pay a licensing fee, we purchased the product."
"If you are concerned with your budget, then you can go for the cheaper model."
"We have been satisfied with the price."
"It's expensive but you get more coverage."
"I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"We have to pay annually for the cloud licenses, so I think it'll be about 5,000 pounds a year moving forwards."
"This solution offers a yearly subscription. The price is not high, other solutions are much higher than Ruckus."
"The solution is a little pricey, so customers sometimes select other products because of the price."
"The solution is very competitively priced."
"There is an annual license needed to use this solution. The pricing model is based on how many access points are used."
"Compared with Cisco Wireless WAN, the pricing for Ruckus Wireless WAN is two out of five. Ruckus Wireless WAN is twice the price of Cisco Wireless WAN."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Comms Service Provider
17%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
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Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE Wireless WAN?
Stability is an issue, as the access point becomes overloaded with more than twenty connections. Additionally, the current product uses two antennas. Increasing to four antennas could benefit us.
Is Ubiquiti Wireless better than Ruckus Wireless WAN?
Ubiquiti Wireless is extremely easy to set up and is an excellent option for small businesses, offering enterprise features for a one-time fee and no ongoing licensing fees. Ubiquiti Wireless is ve...
What do you like most about Ruckus Wireless WAN?
Ruckus Wireless WAN is an easy-to-use solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ruckus Wireless WAN?
These are not cheap access points. If you want to go cheap, Ubiquiti is an option. I knew they were worth it because once deployed, they wouldn't require additional attention. They're not at Cisco ...
 

Also Known As

Wireless WAN, HP Wireless WAN
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Bell Canada
American University of Sharjah, Dordt College, Drew University, Lamar University, Raroa School
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