People counting with Juniper Mist
Bumbee Labs connects to the Mist cloud and turns your Juniper access points into privacy-first footfall sensors. One cloud connection, no extra hardware, no personal data.
No new hardware. Your Juniper Mist network does the sensing.
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Why Juniper Mist + Bumbee Labs
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No new hardware
Your existing Juniper Mist access points and cloud do the work.
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Privacy-first
Signals become anonymous, aggregated statistics. No individual is identified at any point.
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One platform
Metrics land in Bumbee Labs dashboards and the API, comparable across all your sites.
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Sustainable by design
One cloud connection means no extra hardware is built or shipped, and nothing becomes e-waste.
Getting started with Juniper Mist
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Connect to the Mist cloud
The Mist cloud is the only connection we need. Bumbee Labs reads from your Juniper Mist environment: no on-prem controller, no new box on site.
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Filter & anonymise
The signals are filtered for noise, then anonymised and aggregated. Personal data is irrevocably deleted, leaving only statistics.
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Process & calibrate
What remains becomes visitor counts, dwell times, zone correlations and movement flows, calibrated to your venue.
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Deliver
Clean, anonymous metrics arrive in real time through your dashboards and the API, ready for your BI tools.
What you measure on Juniper Mist
Wi-Fi is Bumbee Labs' whole-space method, strongest at covering entire venues and the journeys across them. Typical metrics from a Juniper Mist deployment:
- Visitor count (total) and unique visitors
- Dwell time, per zone and overall
- Visitor paths & flows between zones and between sites
- Zone data & correlation
- Passers-by and capture rate (passing → entering)
- Peaks & lows and long-run trends
For exact line-crossing in/out and live occupancy at a specific door, pair Juniper Mist with cameras or 3D sensors. See the full method-by-method grid.
Footfall analytics on Juniper Mist
The Mist cloud is the only connection we need. Bumbee Labs reads from your Juniper Mist environment, anonymises and aggregates the signals, and turns them into visitor counts, dwell times and movement patterns, delivered in real time through dashboards and APIs.
What you need to start: a Juniper Mist environment and permission to connect Bumbee Labs to the Mist cloud. No new hardware, no on-prem controller, no change to how your network runs.
Visitor counting and real-time occupancy monitoring both run through the Mist cloud connection, so the same feed that proves the network is healthy also shows where queues form and which zones stay quiet.
Read how Wi-Fi people counting works in practice, or see what data you get from a Juniper Mist deployment.
Juniper Mist vs other counting methods
Every method has a sweet spot. Wi-Fi covers whole spaces and the journeys across them; pair it with cameras or cellular where you need point precision or wide-area catchment.
| Capability | Juniper Mist (Wi-Fi) | Camera & 3D | Cellular |
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| Whole-space coverage | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Exact in/out at a door | Partial | Yes | No |
| Real-time occupancy | Partial | Yes | No |
| Paths & flows between zones | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Dwell time | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Catchment / origin | No | No | Yes |
| Uses your existing hardware | Yes | No | Yes |
| Privacy-first by design | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Curious what this looks like for your venue?
Compliant where it counts
Mist signals are measured with the only footfall method in Europe approved by a data protection authority. All of the insight, none of the personal data.
We are very happy to announce this partnership with Bumbee Labs to boost our Wireless solutions portfolio and bring what we believe is the future for retail businesses, measured by trustful data. What can't be measured, can't be improved.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need to install new hardware?
No. Bumbee Labs reads from your existing Juniper Mist access points and cloud, so there is nothing to mount or cable.
How does Bumbee Labs connect to Juniper Mist?
Via the Mist cloud, the only connection needed. There's no on-prem controller and no new box on site.
Does Bumbee Labs replace Mist AI?
No. Mist AI keeps running your network; Bumbee Labs simply reads movement signals from the Mist cloud and adds a GDPR-approved footfall analytics layer for visitor counts, dwell and flows. The two are complementary.
Do we need Mist Premium Analytics or Occupancy Analytics for this?
Bumbee Labs reads movement signals from your Juniper Mist environment through the Mist cloud and adds its own GDPR-approved footfall analytics layer on top, so you don't need Mist Premium Analytics or its Occupancy Analytics feature to get visitor counts, dwell and flows. If you already run them, book a demo and we'll confirm the right route for your setup.
Does it identify individual visitors?
No. Signals become anonymous, aggregated statistics, and personal data is irrevocably deleted. No individual is identified at any point.
Is it GDPR-compliant?
Yes. Personal data is deleted at source, leaving only aggregated statistics, and the underlying method was reviewed and approved by a European data protection authority.