We compared Sophos Network Access Control and Aruba ClearPass across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Sophos Network Access Control (NAC) is praised for its ease of installation, comprehensive documentation, dependability, and affordable pricing. However, it could benefit from improvements in managing access points, firewall plugins, and resource optimization. Aruba ClearPass receives mixed feedback regarding its initial setup, but is highly regarded for its user-friendly interface, extensive NAC features, and integration capabilities. It requires enhancements in SSL certificate management, user interface, and cloud deployment options. Pricing for both products is considered reasonable, although some users find Aruba ClearPass to be expensive. Support for both products is generally positive, with some areas that could be improved.
"Aruba has improved my organization because it supported me on my level of access."
"A lot of the issues in Forescout are mitigated in Aruba ClearPass, it supports all the expected protocols."
"The most valuable features of Aruba ClearPass are the authentication mechanisms and the integration with Active Directory(AD)."
"We are able to satisfy many different organizational needs because of its flexibility."
"The most valuable thing about Aruba ClearPass is its ease of use. It has always been a very reliable and very stable policy management platform."
"Its clustering model saved us staff time and reduced errors by eliminating the need to manage individual RADIUS servers."
"It has an easy to learn web GUI and command lines."
"ClearPass is effortless to use and configure. It's not hard to learn the tool, and it has lots of features."
"The installation is very straightforward."
"Sophos' technical support is great, very fast and responsive, and they always know how to fix the problem."
"The solution offers very good visibility."
"The pricing is very reasonable and you can negotiate on the price."
"The scalability of the system and the performance of the system and the solution's most valuable features."
"What Sophos has done is integrate almost the entire OSI layer infrastructure. It gives me visibility across my infrastructure. It gives me visibility into all the mobile devices that are on my network and into the security I have on those mobile devices."
"I am very satisfied with this solution overall. All of the features that we use have been working successfully."
"The wifi control is fantastic and makes it very easy to administer."
"Aruba ClearPass has fewer deployment scenarios and flexibility than Forescout."
"The scalability could improve."
"TLS authentication onboarding in Aruba ClearPass needs to be improved. The biggest problem we've seen in our environment is Huawei not being able to get onto Google Play. No Huawei device can be onboarded via Aruba ClearPass easily."
"Aruba ClearPass could improve when it comes to troubleshooting, it can be difficult. Some advanced problems are difficult."
"ClearPass' GUI could be more user-friendly."
"The implementation can improve because it is challenging to explain some of the concepts to the client."
"The GUI of Aruba ClearPass could improve, it is not user-friendly."
"The user interface should be improved. The logs and how the logging mechanism works can also use an upgrade."
"The solution could increase the integration with other platforms or other systems. This would be very useful."
"The interface on the cloud could be a bit better - just to give more performance on it."
"I would like more details on the incoming connection, like what is the download speed and how it fluctuates. If Sophos can give that information, it would be really good."
"I would like to see mobile administration capabilities in the next release so that we can administer the device from a mobile device."
"The solution could offer more useful documentation."
"Sophos Network Access Control needs improvement regarding its slow interface, loading time, and reporting."
"Sophos Network Access Control requires a lot of resources to work, which is an area for improvement. Pricing could also be improved because it's costly."
"The solution can improve the for applying policies. They can be complex depending don't the group they are applied to."
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Aruba ClearPass is ranked 2nd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 75 reviews while Sophos Network Access Control is ranked 7th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 18 reviews. Aruba ClearPass is rated 8.6, while Sophos Network Access Control is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba ClearPass writes "Easy to use, multifeatured, and reliable policy management platform for identity authentication and new device onboarding". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Network Access Control writes "An affordable solution that provides web protection, URL filtering, and application filtering". Aruba ClearPass is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, Microsoft Intune and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Sophos Network Access Control is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Ruckus Cloudpath. See our Aruba ClearPass vs. Sophos Network Access Control report.
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