We performed a comparison between Aruba Airwave 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."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."
"I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"The Clarity feature makes it easy to use and understand what is going on with your network in a nice dashboard."
"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."
"The technical support services are good."
"It contains valuable features for engineers to C-level executives, who want visibility, performance, statistics, and a platform which can take action for them without manual intervention, saving time and money."
"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 most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."
"It is a stable solution."
"DNA Center is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it gives some kind of ease in operations, especially since our company is moving from CLI to GUI-based configuration."
"The product offers an intuitive and automated way to manage user networks. It gives me an insight into the network health."
"Application Assurance works very well."
"The most valuable features of Cisco DNA Center are wireless assurance and visibility."
"The automation features are significant, reducing configuration time. This means outstanding functionality. By deploying the controller automatically, the rest becomes automated"
"What's most valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the ability to manage any Cisco infrastructure and device through it. Setup was straightforward."
"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."
"Its pricing and support could be improved."
"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."
"The integration with other platforms like Cisco needs to be improved."
"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."
"The overall monitoring of this solution could be improved."
"I would like to see an integration of services into one system, rather than having multiple systems to do multiple things."
"Pricing for Aruba Airwave could be cheaper, which is an area for improvement in the solution."
"The solution needs to improve the dashboard."
"When it comes to deploying wireless fields, integrating defaults into the DNS interface can be challenging."
"There is a limitation with the number of VRFs that you can have in your network, and this has caused us problems with some customers."
"The product doesn’t have good monitoring capabilities."
"The solution can be quite pricey."
"They can improve the network visibility. Licensing and its maintenance are also needed."
"The weaknesses primarily involve pricing and the ongoing need for increased bandwidth and data throughput."
"The network, data center, and SD-WAN are all being treated as different services, but I would like to have only one solution to manage all of them."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 6th in Network Management Applications with 16 reviews while Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 37 reviews. Aruba Airwave is rated 8.4, while Cisco DNA Center 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 DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". Aruba Airwave is most compared with HPE Intelligent Management Center, Cisco Prime, Fortinet FortiManager, Huawei eSight and Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista, whereas Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance and Fortinet FortiManager. See our Aruba Airwave vs. Cisco DNA Center report.
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