We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass and Cisco Prime based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."It helps secure IoT endpoints for specific networks."
"Good user profiling and BYOD facilities."
"As a large organization, it is difficult to individually monitor every device. Instead, we use Cisco Prime to keep an eye on the network and services. We do not use it as a node tool, as we have other tools for network operation centers. When services go down, it can cause issues, we rely on Cisco Prime to monitor and notify us of any service disruptions. We mainly use Cisco Prime Infrastructure for configuration-level tasks."
"Has a good wireless heatmap and search management features."
"Enables oversight in order to tweak and tune."
"The installation is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat maps."
"Cisco Prime allows us to manage all the wireless controllers and access points."
"If an AP or any wireless device goes into critical mode, Cisco Prime sends an alert. That is the most helpful feature."
"The hardware Cisco provides is excellent. It's a well-made product."
"There could be in-built end-to-end map integration features for IoT devices instead of using third-party tools."
"Lacks application level visibility on the dashboard."
"It should be able to monitor Palo Alto, Juniper, and Check Point products - not just Cisco solutions."
"The onboarding process could be improved and developed to enhance compatibility for non-Cisco devices."
"The solution has issues with real time monitoring of devices and NetFlow such as inadequate visualization for reports, sources, and destinations."
"Cisco Prime needs to have lower prices and more customization options."
"The reporting feature of Cisco Prime should be improved."
"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."
"Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool."
"The product's pricing can be cheaper."
Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass is ranked 20th in Network Management Applications with 2 reviews while Cisco Prime is ranked 2nd in Network Management Applications with 35 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass is rated 9.0, while Cisco Prime is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass writes "Has an automated feature for user onboarding and supports heterogeneous devices ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Prime writes "Robust, cost-effective, and provides good visibility, but the scalability could improve". Alcatel-Lucent ClearPass is most compared with Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista, whereas Cisco Prime is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Aruba Airwave, Huawei eSight and HPE Intelligent Management Center.
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