We performed a comparison between Aruba Airwave and Cisco DNA Center 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."The solution is not overly expensive."
"The solution's initial setup process is straightforward."
"The technical support services are good."
"It has improved my organization by increasing troubleshooting opportunities which makes things more efficient."
"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 most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."
"Aruba Airwave provides a robust solution for monitoring and configuring Wi-Fi networks."
"This solution is definitely stable."
"It enables monitoring of various components such as access points, switch cards, and other elements within the company's solutions."
"It offers automation, security enforcement, analytics, and integration with other Cisco technologies, making it a key driver for efficient network operations and compliance with security protocols."
"The most valuable features of Cisco DNA Center are wireless assurance and visibility."
"What I found valuable in Cisco DNA Center is the Software-Defined Access Network, so the entire LAN network can be centralized and managed from a single dashboard. Cisco DNA Center is suitable for centralized management and lets you deploy switches in a centralized fashion. You can also do multiple switch port configurations simultaneously and segregate your traffic into multiple fabrics. Another valuable feature of Cisco DNA Center is enhanced security through Scalable Group Tags. Cisco DNA Center can be integrated with your Cisco ISE to enhance the port securities, and this paves the way for Software-Defined Networking in the LAN segment, which is the main advantage of Cisco DNA Center. I also like that you can use Cisco DNA Center for data assurance or correlation. The solution shows your network and client health parameters, which I find convenient for troubleshooting."
"People like to use the dashboards to get an overview of their network."
"It does a lot of things automatically, and that's the big thing with it. They're making the software so that you don't need to be as knowledgeable as me on the switching and routing side to get your work done. If you want, you can have DNA troubleshoot your problem for you and give you solutions or fix it itself, if it was something that's just a configuration issue."
"Cisco is a leading network company."
"It is very versatile in terms of analytics."
"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."
"More devices or vendors should be onboarded to Aruba Airwave."
"Its pricing and support could be improved."
"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."
"Pricing for Aruba Airwave could be cheaper, which is an area for improvement in the solution."
"I want a management solution to manage and monitor everything from a single dashboard. This is not there with Airwave."
"I would like to see an integration of services into one system, rather than having multiple systems to do multiple things."
"I would like to see is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service."
"Technical support could be better. The price could be better, and it could be more stable."
"Cisco DNA Center should improve its configuration management. It is better to have a dev version before pushing it."
"The product doesn’t have good monitoring capabilities."
"An area for improvement in Cisco DNA Center is the latency in data correlation. For example, sometimes, when an issue happens, and I check the logs, I can't find the corresponding log. There's a delay in log replication, so this is what needs improvement in Cisco DNA Center. Reporting in Cisco DNA Center could also be improved because it only has a few templates, and you can't customize it based on your requirements. There aren't many options available in Cisco DNA Center regarding reporting, versus Cisco Prime, which has excellent features for different levels of detailed reports. I'd like to see real-time data replication in the next release of Cisco DNA Center, similar to what's done in Meraki. Data in Meraki is real-time with no delay, so data is immediately replicated in the cloud. Currently, there's a lag in Cisco DNA Center, and addressing that lag is the enhancement I'd like to see in Cisco DNA Center. The solution also needs to be more user-friendly."
"Integration with analytic tools and API integrations would be ideal."
"There are some software problems from version to version. It takes a long time for DNA Center to recognize the video and control access devices."
"What could be improved is the licensing cost of Cisco DNA Center. It's a little bit expensive."
"The tool's IoT integration should be better."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 6th in Network Management Applications with 16 reviews while Cisco DNA Center is ranked 1st in Network Management Applications with 37 reviews. Aruba Airwave is rated 8.4, while Cisco DNA Center 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 DNA Center writes "Practical implementation of VXLAN is good and provides centralized control". Aruba Airwave is most compared with HPE Intelligent Management Center, Cisco Prime, Fortinet FortiManager, Huawei eSight and Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista, whereas Cisco DNA Center is most compared with Cisco Prime, SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, Huawei eSight, Juniper Mist Wired Assurance and Fortinet FortiManager. See our Aruba Airwave vs. Cisco DNA Center report.
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