We performed a comparison between Aruba Airwave and Aruba ClearPass based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."This solution gives you a lot of reporting capabilities, and it has a very good interface."
"The solution's initial setup process is straightforward."
"The Clarity feature makes it easy to use and understand what is going on with your network in a nice dashboard."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."
"It's scalable because it's licensed per device and we bought licenses with each device. I would rate it a nine out of ten for scalability."
"What I like best about Aruba Airwave is its orchestration feature because it saves configuration time. I also like that it allows you to do ZTP installations for new Aruba equipment."
"Aruba Airwave provides a robust solution for monitoring and configuring Wi-Fi networks."
"It can interact with other vendors better than Cisco, which is a good point of AirWave. It is easy to use, and its reporting is good."
"It makes it easy to require robust user authentication for both wired and wireless endpoints, including BYODs."
"The solution is highly stable."
"The web dashboard and the policy manager are very intuitive and very easy for the engineers to use."
"Aruba ClearPass is a simple solution for customers to see what is happening on their network."
"It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Aruba ClearPass has improved the security control in our network environment."
"The visibility and security features are most valuable. We get a clear view. It is a very secure product for educational institutions."
"The support is top notch, expert, and very friendly. "
"More devices or vendors should be onboarded to Aruba Airwave."
"Its pricing and support could be improved."
"We're looking for more device compatibility. Like compatibility with third-party devices."
"They should make it cheaper. By doing that, they can replace Cisco, which is also very expensive. If it is equivalent to Cisco in the features, with a reduced price, they can sell it more than Cisco."
"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."
"The integration with other platforms like Cisco needs to be improved."
"Pricing for Aruba Airwave could be cheaper, which is an area for improvement in the solution."
"I would try to integrate more products from different vendors in future releases. Because that's really good features that Aruba Airway has, but it's so limited."
"Aruba ClearPass has fewer deployment scenarios and flexibility than Forescout."
"The product's graphical user interface (GUI) could use an update and better integration between the guest management and policy management interfaces."
"ClearPass' GUI could be more user-friendly."
"The scalability could improve."
"Lacks the ability to handle more than one certificate for both the management process and the Captive Portal."
"The platform's API integration could be better. Additionally, its pricing could be affordable."
"If you look at the tool's deployment phase from a fine-tuning perspective, I feel it was very complex."
"Some functions could be improved."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 6th in Network Management Applications with 16 reviews while Aruba ClearPass is ranked 2nd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 75 reviews. Aruba Airwave is rated 8.4, while Aruba ClearPass is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Airwave writes "The solution has multi-vendor support, and it can be used for network management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Aruba ClearPass writes "Easy to use, multifeatured, and reliable policy management platform for identity authentication and new device onboarding". Aruba Airwave is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, HPE Intelligent Management Center, Cisco Prime and Fortinet FortiManager, whereas Aruba ClearPass is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, Microsoft Intune and Ruckus Cloudpath.
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