We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass and Cisco DNA Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Management Applications solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Good user profiling and BYOD facilities."
"It helps secure IoT endpoints for specific networks."
"Cisco DNA Center is a user-friendly solution."
"Cisco VXLAN is a protocol that has been around for some time, but the practical implementation and operational capability of Cisco DNA Center bring it to life."
"The monitoring features are very useful for network engineers."
"The most valuable features of the solution are all of its security features...It is a highly scalable solution."
"The product gives a consolidated view."
"It is very versatile in terms of analytics."
"I like that we can easily configure any new hardware. It's also easy to deploy and easy to troubleshoot."
"The solution helps in user microsegmentation."
"There could be in-built end-to-end map integration features for IoT devices instead of using third-party tools."
"Lacks application level visibility on the dashboard."
"In terms of the clustering part, there are some concerns."
"It seems to be a little bit more centered toward wireless than wired. You've got more options you can do wirelessly than you can with the wired switches, but it works for what we need it to do. We would like to see a little bit more about the traffic, and we're looking at what's out there to see about that. We are looking at something that might give us a bit more insight into the actual traffic. If they had the full functionality on the wired side, as they do on the wireless side in terms of being able to view traffic and everything, it would be good."
"The tool's IoT integration should be better."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"As a user, it would be good if I could plug in controllers, suites, and devices from other vendors to Cisco DNA Center."
"The tool's deployment is complex. It also needs to improve its GUI."
"The solution's technical support is an area with which my company's clients have a problem. Cisco doesn't provide good technical support unless a user has a big account that Cisco wants to retain."
"Cisco could improve the security side of their solutions."
Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass is ranked 20th in Network Management Applications with 2 reviews while Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 37 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass is rated 9.0, while Cisco DNA Center is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass writes "Has an automated feature for user onboarding and supports heterogeneous devices ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass is most compared with Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista, whereas Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, Aruba Airwave, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight and Juniper Mist Wired Assurance. See our Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass vs. Cisco DNA Center report.
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