Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller vs. Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller

112 Reviews and Ratings

Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller

46 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller	Score9.8 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco 3504 Wireless (WLAN) Controller provides centralized control, management, and troubleshooting for small to medium-sized enterprises and branch offices.	N/A
Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller	Score7 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller is a highly scalable, service-rich, resilient, and flexible platform. It provides centralized control, management, and troubleshooting for high-scale deployments in service provide, enterprise, and large campus deployments.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller

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Pricing Offerings
Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller	Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller
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	Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller	Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller
Considered Both Products	Cisco Benjamín Marrón Rojas Help Desk Network Engineer in Engineering at Spconnet (Telecommunications, 11-50 employees) Chose Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller The 3504 Controller compared to the other WLC models has a capacity to support access points smaller than any other equipment since it is developed with the intention of being implemented in small organizations. With the other models we have greater performance and physically … Incentivized Helpful?	Cisco Raman Sehgal Network Specialist in Information Technology at Orange (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller The Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller was a more recent product than that and my organization grew out of the Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller, which did a superb job. When the company progresses, a need for something powerful is always required with time. We progressed to the Cisco … Incentivized Helpful? Nilufa Hossain IT Specialist in Research & Development at Lamda I-TECH (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller Cisco products offer an unrivaled experience that outperforms the majority of other alternatives. This is a long-term investment that will provide a great return on investment. The Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller, on the other hand, is more powerful and has more features for … Incentivized Helpful? João Almeida Researcher in Engineering at Instituto de Telecomunicações (Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees) Chose Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller We have [done] some work before with the Cisco 3504 product, but the more recent Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller provides a wider range of capabilities for managing the wireless network and each individual device [and] also being able to handle more users. Unfortunately, we … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller We tried out the Cisco Catalyst 9800-40 in the past and haven't noticed too much difference with the Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller. We generally trust Cisco products and found no issues within any product we have purchased in the past. We have looked at other organization's … Incentivized Helpful? Duncan Hernandez Senior Manager, Business Intelligence in Engineering at Answer Financial Inc. (Insurance, 201-500 employees) Chose Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller Cisco 8540 is just a newer and more modern product. Our company grew out of the 3504, which did a fine job at what it does. We just needed something more powerful and that can handle way more users. Software is more recent on the 8540, probably because it is a newer product. Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller	Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (18 ratings)	7.0 (27 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (2 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (5 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)