We performed a comparison between Aruba ClearPass and Impulse Point SafeConnect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Forescout and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."Its clustering model saved us staff time and reduced errors by eliminating the need to manage individual RADIUS servers."
"It eliminated the management of 10 different individual discrete RADIUS servers."
"Aruba ClearPass has complete NAC features."
"The visibility and security features are most valuable. We get a clear view. It is a very secure product for educational institutions."
"What I like most about Aruba ClearPass is its access tracker that serves as its monitoring feature. The access tracker is really helpful when you want to troubleshoot authentication failures."
"The most valuable feature, I would say, is the cost-effectiveness of the solution when compared to others."
"A lot of the issues in Forescout are mitigated in Aruba ClearPass, it supports all the expected protocols."
"It has an easy to learn web GUI and command lines."
"It is very easy to scale the product."
"Aruba needs to improve and the processes must be clear."
"The licensing model could be improved."
"The initial setup was quite complex, it is not that easy."
"If you look at the tool's deployment phase from a fine-tuning perspective, I feel it was very complex."
"Aruba ClearPass has fewer deployment scenarios and flexibility than Forescout."
"The implementation can improve because it is challenging to explain some of the concepts to the client."
"ClearPass isn't hard to set up, but it takes a long time."
"I would like the area of managing wired technology to be improved. Wireless is very good but I'm still struggling a bit to do my end to end configurations in the wired technology area."
"The solution would be much better if it offered self-service onboarding."
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Aruba ClearPass is ranked 2nd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 75 reviews while Impulse Point SafeConnect is ranked 17th in Network Access Control (NAC). Aruba ClearPass is rated 8.6, while Impulse Point SafeConnect is rated 8.0. 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 Impulse Point SafeConnect writes "Easy to scale, enforces policies well, and has responsive technical support". Aruba ClearPass is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, Microsoft Intune and Ruckus Cloudpath, whereas Impulse Point SafeConnect is most compared with Forescout Platform.
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