HPE Wireless WAN vs Ruckus Wireless WAN comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Ruckus are both solutions in the Wireless WAN category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0, while Ruckus is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 3.4% mindshare in Wireless WAN, compared to Ruckus’s 26.4% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Ruckus users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

HPE Wireless WAN and Ruckus Wireless WAN are competitors in the wireless networking market, each offering unique strengths. HPE Wireless WAN holds an edge with its robust features and competitive pricing, whereas Ruckus distinguishes itself with versatile deployment options and strong support, making it an attractive long-term choice.

Features: HPE Wireless WAN is noted for its advanced network management capabilities, integrated security solutions, and strong performance in complex environments. Ruckus Wireless WAN offers high-performance access points, adaptive antenna technology, and reliable connectivity, focusing on hardware innovation and dependable performance.

Room for Improvement: HPE Wireless WAN could enhance its deployment ease for non-enterprise environments and optimize its hardware for broader use cases. Ruckus Wireless WAN might work on reducing initial setup costs, improving integration with third-party platforms, and expanding its feature set to accommodate emerging technologies.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Ruckus Wireless WAN simplifies deployment with intuitive tools, ensuring ease of setup even in large setups, and offers responsive customer service. HPE Wireless WAN also supports straightforward deployment but is more tailored to enterprise scenarios, requiring expert intervention at times, coupled with comprehensive support.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Wireless WAN provides competitive pricing, emphasizing value-rich solutions for enterprise clients, with an enhanced ROI through comprehensive features and long-term support. Ruckus Wireless WAN, with potentially higher startup costs, ensures significant ROI with enduring hardware performance and reduced operational disruptions, making it worth the investment for organizations seeking steady network performance.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Wireless WAN

Ranking in Wireless WAN

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Ruckus Wireless WAN

Ranking in Wireless WAN

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Wireless WAN category, the mindshare of HPE Wireless WAN is 3.4%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Ruckus Wireless WAN is 26.4%, down from 37.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Wireless WAN Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Ruckus Wireless WAN	26.4%
HPE Wireless WAN	3.4%
Other	70.2%

Wireless WAN

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DineshDas

Manager - Network Services at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Centralized features have simplified deployment and improved day-to-day network management

One of the best features of HPE Wireless WAN is Wi-Fi Direct, as it provides dual-band frequency and helps to connect Bluetooth with IoT devices. I am comfortable with this feature and find it beneficial for connectivity. I use centralized management features such as WLC. They have improved operational efficiency significantly. It is one of the best tools we have for centralized management because it is easy to manage, manually delete, and create sites. This makes it easy to implement policies across the network. I see measurable benefits from this centralized solution, which is quite easy to handle as people are comfortable managing the tool. Users do not need hardcore technical expertise to operate it on a day-to-day basis, making it quite comfortable.

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Nadeem Nasir

IT Manager at Handi Quilter, Inc.

Reliable Wi-Fi deployment handles extreme conditions and reduces maintenance

The only bad downside to Ruckus Wireless WAN is that the guest network is poorly conceived. This is a known issue. There are ways to make the guest network work reliably, but not as promised. That's the only downside to Ruckus Wireless WAN access points - they have a weak guest system and guest portal, but everything else is the best of the best. If I did not have access to Ruckus Wireless WAN support, I think I would have failed. One downside they have now is that you no longer have access to the support folks without a contract. That has changed over many years. That would be really unfortunate because I remember struggling. The company was very hungry at that point and they were very willing to help. Now support requires a contract. That comes with all growing companies.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Setting up the solution initially is very easy."

"It is a good and stable solution."

"What's most valuable in HPE Wireless WAN is that it works fine for customers with existing HPE controllers."

"HP Wireless offers competitive pricing compared to Cisco and Fortinet."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is flexibility."

"It is a new product backed by HPE's expertise in networking and telecommunications. We can also work with 3Com products."

"The main benefit of this product is the lifetime warranty, up to 99 years. For example, if your switch card fails after 10 years, and the hardware fails, it will be replaced with the very same switch or the equivalent model available at the time."

"They have improved operational efficiency significantly; it is one of the best tools we have for centralized management because it is easy to manage, manually delete, and create sites."

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"By implementing this layout, we increased the throughput of Wi-Fi in the warehouse dramatically, improved the throughput and eliminated the variable where the old access points could only survive for a few short months before they would fail."

"Tech support is good."

"Ruckus Wireless WAN is promoted to all our customers because it is the number one product for the hospitality sector."

"One of the best features of Ruckus Wireless WAN that customers are interested in is the adaptive antenna called BeamFlex. Ruckus Wireless WAN also has the best management platform, and even if there are thousands of users of the solution, it's very easy to manage on Ruckus Wireless WAN. It can also support third-party equipment. It's an all-in-one solution and it has IoT and secure access capabilities. Upgrading the network to Ruckus Wireless WAN is also easy."

"The most valuable solution is its simplicity. The solution is simple and easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of adding an access point."

"The most valuable feature of Ruckus Wireless WAN is the antenna technology."

"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."

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Cons

"It's very old-fashioned, which is why we have made the decision to replace it."

"HPE Wireless WAN could provide better access points and better pricing."

"Stability could be improved, and technical support needs to be faster."

"The scalability and the support could be better."

"Scalability is an aspect of this product that should be improved."

"The price of HPE Wireless WAN should be reduced."

"Technical support could be improved. They could respond a bit faster."

"The HPE Wireless dashboard could be more user-friendly."

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"I would like to see Ruckus focus less on creating lower-tier solutions aimed at competing with inferior brands."

"The solution could use a better user interface."

"I would like to see built-in Wi-Fi."

"I have been working with WiFi for more than 17 years. I am not able to convince customers because of the pricing of the solution. Otherwise, we could have sold lots of this tool to the customers."

"The documentation they do have is very difficult to understand. There should be some scenarios, deployments, complications, or techniques to follow. They are inadequate in that regard, and the documentation needs to be greatly improved."

"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."

"In Cisco, there is a configuration where it automatically switches from the 2.4 GHz to 5.2 GHz frequency. But with Ruckus, usually, we need to manually define whether we want to use the 2.4 GHz or 5.2 GHz."

"I would like to see the billing system improved by adding a billing system integration."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have been satisfied with the price."

"The license cost of the product falls under the category of a moderately priced tool."

"If you are concerned with your budget, then you can go for the cheaper model."

"The price of HPE Wireless WAN is high."

"We don't pay a licensing fee, we purchased the product."

"Customers pay for HPE Wireless WAN based on the contract. It's usually paid yearly. There's an additional cost, particularly for the hardware."

"There is a license for this solution and the license is normally paid annually but this depends on the contract."

"The solution is quite expensive. You have to pay for every node and it can get expensive fast, it is approximately £3,000 per month."

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"The solution is very competitively priced."

"Licensing for Ruckus Wireless WAN when you compare it to other vendors, it's on par and not expensive. For me, all licensing is expensive by default, but you do get lifelong licenses, and what's cool about it is the license for Ruckus Wireless WAN, especially on the LAN controller, is not linked to an access point. It's just a quantity access point deployment, so you can rip out old APs, and put new ones in and they'll work on the wireless LAN because the license is not linked to a specific access point which is much easier to work with."

"It is less expensive than Aruba and Cisco."

"We have to pay annually for the cloud licenses, so I think it'll be about 5,000 pounds a year moving forwards."

"Here in India, Ruckus is chosen often because it is priced low."

"The product has competitive pricing."

"The price of Ruckus Wireless WAN is in the middle price range compared to competitors. You will find Cisco is the most expensive, the second is HPE and Aruba, and the third is Ruckus Wireless WAN. You then have all the follower solutions."

"Sometimes they sell it for Rs.20,000, and other times, they sell it for Rs.30,000. Then, suddenly, they ask for Rs.70,000. There should be a tiered pricing structure based on the quantity. We understand that if you buy more, the price should be lower, and if you buy less, it may be higher."

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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider

16%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	35
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE Wireless WAN?

The tool is easy to manage.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Wireless WAN?

The price is compatible and not an issue for us.

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What needs improvement with HPE Wireless WAN?

I am not in a position to fully address what can be improved for HPE Wireless WAN currently. However, there are some areas that need improvement, such as connectivity issues and additional features...

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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...

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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 ...

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What needs improvement with Ruckus Wireless WAN?

Ruckus Wireless WAN is overpriced. Compared to others at the moment, Ruckus Wireless WAN does not have many valuable features. Compared to everyone else, everyone else comes self-hosted, either wit...

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Overview

HPE Wireless WAN, a Software-Defined WAN dynamically selects the best path for each app based on policies and real-time network measurements. Flexibly and securely connect users to apps with higher visibility into vital traffic. WAN Portfolio include the following: HPE OfficeConnect OC20 802.11ac Series Access Points, HPE FlexNetwork MSR2000 Router Series, HPE FlexNetwork HSR6800 Router Series and HPE FlexNetwork VSR1000 Virtual Services Router Series.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Ruckus Wireless’s WAN (Wide Area Network) suite of switches and solutions provides companies and organizations with a wide variety of products that enable them to deploy and manage the kinds of WANs that best meet their needs. Ruckus Wireless is a leader in the field of WAN creation, deployment, and management. Their solutions are designed with the user in mind. They are sleek products and solutions that are easy for administrators to use and maintain. This makes it a valuable suite for any and every kind of industry. The level of ease that it provides makes it possible for companies and organizations to reap a high level of benefit from whichever product they choose to use.

Ruckus Wireless WAN Benefits

Some of the benefits of using the Ruckus Wireless WAN suite of switches and solutions include:

Simplified network deployment and management. Ruckus Wireless WAN uses Campus Fabric technology to create a streamlined network creation and management process. This technology takes many of the processes used to create and manage networks that usually require many different solutions and combines them so that a single solution can accomplish the same amount of work.

The ability to operate on a massive scale. The Ruckus Wireless SmartZone 100 solution gives administrators the power to handle 1,024 access points and 25,000 users from a single device. Companies can operate at a high level with fewer devices than their competitors require to accomplish a similar level of work.

Ease of use. Solutions like RuckusZoneDirector 1200 can be easily deployed and used by administrators who may not have a background in the use of wireless solutions. Companies that choose Ruckus Wireless WAN do not need to train administrators to deploy it. This makes it extremely valuable to companies looking to keep their budgets to a minimum.

Ruckus Wireless WAN Features

Organizations that choose to use the Ruckus Wireless WAN suite of switches and solutions have a large number of capabilities from which they can choose.

Centralized network management. Ruckus Wireless WAN’s RUCKUS Network Director feature enables administrators to manage their networks from a single location. All of the controls and data that users need to monitor and control the network can be managed from one interface.

Advanced security features. Ruckus Wireless WAN has the capability to encrypt and demand that traffic that is trying to pass through the network be authenticated before it is allowed access. This protects the data that leaves the network and the network itself.
Seamless interoperability. The various solutions and products that make up Ruckus Wireless’s WAN solution suite have the ability to integrate and operate together seamlessly. Users can mix and match solution pieces to best fit their needs.

Reviews from Real Users

Ruckus Wireless’s WAN suite is a truly versatile selection of solutions that offer users a complete package of capabilities and features. This suite makes it possible for users to meet all of their networking needs. Their wireless access points are the kind that is mostly employed in industries like resorts, which have to cater to large volumes of people over extended periods of time. They provide companies with the highest possible level of coverage. Users working in any number of fields would find Ruckus Wireless to be up to the task of handling their networking needs. This suite is appropriate for large corporations and small businesses alikes.

An information technology project manager at a university writes, “The actual wireless access points themselves are very powerful. We get very good coverage from just one access point. The throughput is very good and the centralized management is excellent. Also, the ease of deployment is very good.”

A video conferencing administrator at a technology services company states, “The solution is suitable for many types of environments, such as small businesses.”

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