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."It has improved my organization by increasing troubleshooting opportunities which makes things more efficient."
"I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"This solution gives you a lot of reporting capabilities, and it has a very good interface."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."
"This solution is definitely stable."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The VLAN mapping function has been most impactful in simplifying our network management tasks."
"The most valuable is the assistance for network support."
"The technical support team is very good."
"The solution helps with the management and support of the enterprise network."
"Cisco Prime allows us to do a lot of functions with the users and it is flexible."
"What I found most beneficial from Cisco Prime is that it gives you an insight into what your network does, even when you're not actively monitoring what's going on with your network."
"We use Cisco Prime for network mapping and surveys."
"Has a good wireless heatmap and search management features."
"The integration with other platforms like Cisco needs to be improved."
"I want a management solution to manage and monitor everything from a single dashboard. This is not there with Airwave."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."
"The solution has issues with real time monitoring of devices and NetFlow such as inadequate visualization for reports, sources, and destinations."
"The reporting feature of Cisco Prime should be improved."
"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."
"The user interface of Cisco Prime could be more user-friendly and increase its performance."
"The product needs to improve its interface and reporting."
"It should be able to monitor Palo Alto, Juniper, and Check Point products - not just Cisco solutions."
"This solution could be improved if it could monitor configuration changes."
"I want the tool to improve data visibility."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 6th 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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