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."Aruba Airwave provides a robust solution for monitoring and configuring Wi-Fi networks."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."
"This solution gives you a lot of reporting capabilities, and it has a very good interface."
"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."
"It has improved my organization by increasing troubleshooting opportunities which makes things more efficient."
"The solution is not overly expensive."
"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 Clarity feature makes it easy to use and understand what is going on with your network in a nice dashboard."
"The most valuable is the assistance for network support."
"We use the solution to control the physical service station that is part of the SCADA network. We connect and control them remotely."
"Has a good wireless heatmap and search management features."
"The product's most valuable features are monitoring and configuration."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat maps."
"The solution helps with the management and support of the enterprise network."
"Cisco Prime can help customers fix their Wi-Fi issues with scientific and digital data."
"The VLAN mapping function has been most impactful in simplifying our network management tasks."
"More devices or vendors should be onboarded to Aruba Airwave."
"Its pricing and support could be improved."
"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 integration with other platforms like Cisco needs to be improved."
"Cost is always a big issue for partners."
"I would like to see is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service."
"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 sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."
"Cisco Prime's initial setup is complex."
"Cisco Prime could improve the graphical user interface."
"There is room for improvement in the Access layer."
"Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool."
"It should be able to monitor Palo Alto, Juniper, and Check Point products - not just Cisco solutions."
"They can also improve the management of more enterprise devices."
"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."
"The solution needs to include centralized management that aligns with the Greenfield network and its focus on real-time, scenario-based applications."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 6th in Network Management Applications with 16 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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