We performed a comparison between Aruba Airwave and SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The solution is not overly expensive."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."
"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."
"The solution's initial setup process is straightforward."
"Aruba Airwave provides a robust solution for monitoring and configuring Wi-Fi networks."
"AirWave definitely helps us troubleshoot and get to the root cause of the issues. It gives you an excellent indication of what's going on within your network at different locations. You can get to the area, take a look at the AirWave analysis, and make informed decisions."
"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."
"It's user-friendly."
"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 encounter delayed ETAs in the manufacturing of hardware."
"I would like to see an integration of services into one system, rather than having multiple systems to do multiple things."
"Its pricing and support could be improved."
"The overall monitoring of this solution could be improved."
"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."
"The integration with other platforms like Cisco needs to be improved."
"We're looking for more device compatibility. Like compatibility with third-party devices."
"This is a relatively expensive product."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 6th in Network Management Applications with 16 reviews while SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is ranked 16th in Network Management Applications with 1 review. Aruba Airwave is rated 8.4, while SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is rated 9.0. 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 SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper writes "Very user-friendly and stable". Aruba Airwave is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, HPE Intelligent Management Center, Cisco Prime, Fortinet FortiManager and DX Spectrum, whereas SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Cisco DNA Center and Huawei eSight.
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