We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant On Switches and HPE ProCurve based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Setup is easy."
"The solution is plug-and-play and auto-configured."
"The tool's best part is the commercials. Its pricing is lower compared to other enterprise products. We pitch the product to customers who have budget constraints. Its implementation is plug-and-play."
"The best thing about Aruba Instant On Switches is their cost."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The solution is suitable for small businesses and small offices."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Its customer service is good."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"One of the biggest things in HPE ProCurve that I like, though not necessarily a feature, is the HPE warranty because it's probably better than any of the other vendors that we deal with, as it has a lifetime replacement. Feature-wise, the web interface of HPE ProCurve is typically pretty good and I like that as well."
"It's easy to manage and configure. The configurations can be exported and imported to another solution."
"HPE ProCurve is very complex for junior engineers and beginners. You need a lot of experience in managing switches in order to use this switch."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"The solution is fast and inexpensive."
"It is stable, and it fulfills our needs. We have all the functions we need, so we're totally satisfied."
"HPE ProCurve's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly."
"Tracking with instant switches needs improvement."
"In general, mostly in Instant On series, if we could have much more control on the switches, at least. We'd like a CLI access so that, when we want to do some advanced configurations we could."
"Room for improvement would be if they consolidated administration from multiple locations."
"Instant On Switches' layer 3 and visibility could be improved."
"It is not a very scalable solution."
"The product's startup speed is very bad, as it is very slow."
"The product must be integrated with Aruba Central for better management."
"The price has room for improvement."
"I don't have any recommendations for areas of improvement."
"I would like to see some kind of packet tracer where people can study how the switch is operating."
"A few areas included in the network performance managers can be integrated into the solution's dashboard since it is the only area with a few concerns."
"I would like to see integration with HPE OneView."
"Since we transfer from one gigabit to ten gigabits of information, in a future release, it would benefit to have more high-speed ports."
"The CLI is a bit confusing. It is not the easiest to manage, especially if you come from a Cisco environment."
"The product could be cheaper."
"They should learn from other vendors, such as Cisco. They all have a few specific routing features. HPE doesn't have any cheap BGP solution."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 21 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews. Aruba Instant On Switches is rated 8.4, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant On Switches writes "A very stable tool that needs to offer better startup speed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Aruba Instant On Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Cisco Nexus, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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