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 can interact with other vendors better than Cisco, which is a good point of AirWave. It is easy to use, and its reporting is good."
"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."
"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."
"This solution gives you a lot of reporting capabilities, and it has a very good interface."
"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."
"The solution's initial setup process is straightforward."
"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."
"The interfaces are a valuable feature."
"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."
"Enables oversight in order to tweak and tune."
"Cisco Prime can help customers fix their Wi-Fi issues with scientific and digital data."
"The product's most valuable features are monitoring and configuration."
"Cisco Prime is a good tool for inventory monitoring and wireless management."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is its excellent audio and video conferencing with clear quality and no interruptions."
"More devices or vendors should be onboarded to Aruba Airwave."
"They should make it cheaper. By doing that, they can replace Cisco, which is also very expensive. If it is equivalent to Cisco in the features, with a reduced price, they can sell it more than Cisco."
"The integration with other platforms like Cisco needs to be improved."
"I would like to see is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service."
"The overall monitoring of this solution could be improved."
"Its pricing and support could be improved."
"We encounter delayed ETAs in the manufacturing of hardware."
"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."
"Cisco Prime could improve the notifications in the system. Having more details about what is happening would be useful, such as traffic numbers or who is connected. We can see them through the firewall controller, but it would be better if you can see them from one place."
"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."
"The solution is not easy to configure."
"If you think about a centralized monitoring system, Cisco Prime is not good because it does not support third-party vendors like Palo Alto or FortiGate."
"They can also improve the management of more enterprise devices."
"The overall management capabilities of Prime need to be improved."
"The product's pricing can be cheaper."
"The solution can be slow at times."
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, HPE Intelligent Management Center and Fortinet FortiManager. See our Aruba Airwave vs. Cisco Prime report.
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