We compared Sophos Network Access Control and Aruba ClearPass across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Sophos Network Access Control (NAC) is praised for its ease of installation, comprehensive documentation, dependability, and affordable pricing. However, it could benefit from improvements in managing access points, firewall plugins, and resource optimization. Aruba ClearPass receives mixed feedback regarding its initial setup, but is highly regarded for its user-friendly interface, extensive NAC features, and integration capabilities. It requires enhancements in SSL certificate management, user interface, and cloud deployment options. Pricing for both products is considered reasonable, although some users find Aruba ClearPass to be expensive. Support for both products is generally positive, with some areas that could be improved.
"The continuous server and posturing are valuable."
"It makes it easy to require robust user authentication for both wired and wireless endpoints, including BYODs."
"We can double verify whether a machine is compliant with our policy on the one hand, and on the other hand if it's one of our machines we let it into the network."
"I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"ClearPass is open to any operating system or mobile app."
"Access Tracker is invaluable for troubleshooting access control incidents and quickly getting to the root cause."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Aruba has improved my organization because it supported me on my level of access."
"Web protection, URL filtering, and application filtering are the most valuable features of Sophos Network Access Control."
"The scalability of the system and the performance of the system and the solution's most valuable features."
"The wifi control is fantastic and makes it very easy to administer."
"The installation is very straightforward."
"Sophos' technical support is great, very fast and responsive, and they always know how to fix the problem."
"The pricing is very reasonable and you can negotiate on the price."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The user interface makes it easy to configure and use."
"Aruba ClearPass could improve the complexity of the initial usage. It takes some time to be good at it. It's not simple to build and connect the rules to the network you want to deploy them on."
"Configuration should be more easy to understand between the link of two topics."
"I would like to see better integration with the firewall for zeroing out blacklisted users."
"The initial setup phase of the solution was really very difficult, owing to which the setup phase can be considered as an area that can be improved."
"TLS authentication onboarding in Aruba ClearPass needs to be improved. The biggest problem we've seen in our environment is Huawei not being able to get onto Google Play. No Huawei device can be onboarded via Aruba ClearPass easily."
"The monitoring of Aruba ClearPass needs improvement. For example, they have monitoring for TECHx and you can find out what the administrator did. However, if Aruba ClearPass is managing GUI devices, you do not know what the administrator is doing."
"I would like to see is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service. This way, like AWS, they can spin up what they need when they need it and vice versa."
"If you look at the tool's deployment phase from a fine-tuning perspective, I feel it was very complex."
"The solution could increase the integration with other platforms or other systems. This would be very useful."
"It would be good if Sophos Network Access Control had better integration with other devices."
"In order to provide better management, it would be ideal with they offered better plugins for their firewall."
"I would like to be able to fully customize the reports."
"I would like more details on the incoming connection, like what is the download speed and how it fluctuates. If Sophos can give that information, it would be really good."
"Sophos Network Access Control needs improvement regarding its slow interface, loading time, and reporting."
"An area that could be improved is the information about licensing, which is fairly confusing at present."
"The difficult thing was finding the metrics."
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Aruba ClearPass is ranked 2nd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 75 reviews while Sophos Network Access Control is ranked 8th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 18 reviews. Aruba ClearPass is rated 8.6, while Sophos Network Access Control is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba ClearPass writes "Easy to use, multifeatured, and reliable policy management platform for identity authentication and new device onboarding". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Network Access Control writes "Reliable with good security capabilities and an easy setup". Aruba ClearPass is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, Microsoft Intune and Ivanti NAC, whereas Sophos Network Access Control is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Ruckus Cloudpath. See our Aruba ClearPass vs. Sophos Network Access Control report.
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