We performed a comparison between Aruba Airwave and Cisco Prime 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."The solution's initial setup process is straightforward."
"I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."
"AirWave definitely helps us troubleshoot and get to the root cause of the issues. It gives you an excellent indication of what's going on within your network at different locations. You can get to the area, take a look at the AirWave analysis, and make informed decisions."
"Aruba Airwave provides a robust solution for monitoring and configuring Wi-Fi networks."
"The technical support services are good."
"The most valuable features are the error log and intrusion log. It also provides an overview of your assets. It gives a good database for wireless coverage."
"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."
"The product's most valuable features are monitoring and configuration."
"Cisco Prime has been around for a long time, and it keeps getting better and better."
"It gives you the ability to upgrade switches remotely, schedule the upgrade time, perform backups, and monitor the health of all networks."
"The installation is easy."
"The technical support team is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat maps."
"The interfaces are a valuable feature."
"Cisco Prime is a good tool for inventory monitoring and wireless management."
"I would like to see is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service."
"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."
"Whenever you get an error it doesn't immediately tell you what the thing is that is causing the error. You have to sit down and research it. If it could say what error is causing the issue, it would make my troubleshooting a lot quicker."
"We're looking for more device compatibility. Like compatibility with third-party devices."
"Pricing for Aruba Airwave could be cheaper, which is an area for improvement in the solution."
"We encounter delayed ETAs in the manufacturing of hardware."
"Cost is always a big issue for partners."
"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."
"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."
"The product needs to improve its interface and reporting."
"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."
"The product's pricing can be cheaper."
"I want the tool to improve data visibility."
"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."
"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."
"The solution can be slow at times."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 17 reviews while Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews. Aruba Airwave is rated 8.4, while Cisco Prime is rated 7.8. 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 Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". Aruba Airwave is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, HPE Intelligent Management Center, Fortinet FortiManager, Huawei eSight and Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista, whereas Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight, Fortinet FortiManager and HPE Intelligent Management Center. See our Aruba Airwave vs. Cisco Prime report.
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