Huawei Wireless vs Mist AI and Cloud comparison

"At the moment, I only have experience with the on-premise deployment of Huawei Wireless, but the cloud solution looks good on paper. It looks perfect. I can say that Huawei's cybersecurity is very good, stable, and works for long periods. My company has four devices running uptime for more than four years without stopping. I also like that the support for Huawei Wireless is swift, and support does precisely what you require, at least from the point of view of the technical engineer who communicated with Huawei support, as I'm more of a technical sales guy. Good technical support is vital to my company, partners, and customers. My company had this ongoing project with an ISP provider in Bulgaria that bought some routers. Still, the existing equipment was a completely different brand, so this provider wanted to migrate to Huawei Wireless and wanted help while migrating the existing infrastructure to Huawei, so the technical engineer assigned to raise the ticket with Huawei for checking and setting parameters correctly provided feedback about Huawei technical support being good quality-wise and TAT-wise. The technical engineer was also Cisco-certified and Juniper-certified and was not experienced with Huawei equipment. Still, he did mention that the Huawei Wireless router interface was straightforward, and even a person who's new to it would find it easy to configure. Huawei Wireless is user-friendly, which is another pro of the solution. It's easy to manage, and even the program language setting can be done with fewer commands than Juniper and Cisco equipment. Some of the features in Juniper need an external program, and the same features can be found in Huawei Wireless built-in, which I find remarkable."

"The most valuable thing about Huawei Wireless is that it is one of the cheapest WiFi 6 systems. Its price is very nice. The other WiFi systems cost about 15% more."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its simplicity."

"From an implementation perspective, it's easy. I rate it a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup, and ten is an easy setup."

"The product is simple and easy to use."

"Huawei Wireless's most valuable feature is smart antenna, a combination of informative capabilities and advanced technology."

"That would be more of engineering at this point. I'm from more of the business side. It's pretty much doing the standard installations with portal integrations and integrations with the Mac."

"This solution is very simple and the interface is user-friendly."

"Mist AI and Cloud has integrated artificial intelligence and introduced a Marvis tool, making troubleshooting much easier compared to Cisco, Extreme, or any other vendor."

"Has an extremely good feature set."

"Multi PSK (Pre-shared Key) is a very good feature in the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"I have a very good experience with the solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"Ability to control the access points by groups."

"Natural language patching is an important feature."

"It's really easy to provision and support. Those are its main features."

"Mist is a really good tool that provides essential AI information from an operational point of view, covering both wireless and switching."

"Given that Wi-Fi 7 is a new protocol, compatibility with other devices like phones and computers that lack this technology could be enhanced."

"I'd like to see some after-sales support. It's a little bit below the expectations we had."

"While technically proficient, enhancing communication skills would greatly benefit the customer experience."

"The solution could be easier to use."

"They should include more security features in the solution."

"Improving the visibility, control offered, and cloud management would all be very helpful. Also how you can monetize the information you get from Wi-Fi controllers should be improved."

"Huawei Wireless can improve the signal, sometimes it becomes weak."

"As such, there are no problems. It has been good. There were some issues with the network design, but that is not specifically related to the product. We had to make some improvements in the network design. The product as such is fine, and there are no big issues. We are using the latest version having most of the features available in the industry, so the specs are very high. If something new comes up new in the industry, it needs to be incorporated into the product."

"The inter-functionality with other vendors was a negative for us."

"Sometimes it takes a lot of time for the access point to connect with the cloud."

"There are many aspects of AI, and how acquisitions are proceeding, particularly between Juniper and Aruba, remains unclear."

"The solution doesn't provide mail notifications currently."

"In future releases, they need to add some router models. Because currently, it supports only SSR and WAN routers. But adding other routers would be good."

"Mist AI and Cloud need to improve the configuration speed."

"It would be beneficial to have support for the Chinese language."

"Currently, the solution lacks the ability to configure with other solutions from other vendors."

"Its price is reasonable."

"Huawei comes at a cheaper price than competitors like Cisco and Aruba."

"Huawei Wireless is one of the cheapest options in the marketplace."

"The price is good for the solution and there is a license required."

"Huawei Wireless is an expensive product. I'm rating it as one out of ten, price-wise."

"Huawei Wireless is a cheaper solution when you compare it to the cost of other similar solutions. It has one of the most competitive prices out there."

"It is not monthly. It is a kind of perpetual licensing. We pay once depending on the kind of services we need to deliver. There are no licensing fees."

"It is very cost-effective."

"The price of this product is approximately the same as competing products in the market."

"The price is about the same compared to other vendors. There is an add-on license, but it's up to you if you want to buy it or not."

"The solution is expensive in Brazil."

"Mist AI and Cloud is expensive."

"The custom licensing is a little bit expensive and I would rate it 7.5 out of 10."

"The annual cost is a significant issue for us, and it notably contributes to the overall price. We have a customer with nearly fifty-eight access points in a multifunctional building, and while the setup was relatively simple, the yearly licensing cost is substantial. For the specific features we utilize, the licensing amounts to about forty thousand euros annually. This is not a trivial expense and significantly impacts the overall cost, making it quite high."

"Depending on the features, I think it's quite reasonably priced, especially considering the facilities of the product."

"I rate the pricing a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is low and ten is high."