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."The technical support services are good."
"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."
"It has improved my organization by increasing troubleshooting opportunities which makes things more efficient."
"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."
"This solution is definitely stable."
"This solution gives you a lot of reporting capabilities, and it has a very good interface."
"The most valuable features are the error log and intrusion log. It also provides an overview of your assets. It gives a good database for wireless coverage."
"The Clarity feature makes it easy to use and understand what is going on with your network in a nice dashboard."
"Cisco Prime has been around for a long time, and it keeps getting better and better."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat map."
"The solution helps with the management and support of the enterprise network."
"The interfaces are a valuable feature."
"Enables oversight in order to tweak and tune."
"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."
"It helps us manage and monitor analytics and fix issues."
"Cisco Prime allows us to manage all the wireless controllers and access points."
"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."
"I would try to integrate more products from different vendors in future releases. Because that's really good features that Aruba Airway has, but it's so limited."
"The overall monitoring of this solution could be improved."
"We're looking for more device compatibility. Like compatibility with third-party devices."
"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 is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service."
"We encounter delayed ETAs in the manufacturing of hardware."
"Cost is always a big issue for partners."
"Cisco Prime could improve the graphical user interface."
"They can also improve the management of more enterprise devices."
"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."
"The onboarding process could be improved and developed to enhance compatibility for non-Cisco devices."
"The solution needs to include centralized management that aligns with the Greenfield network and its focus on real-time, scenario-based applications."
"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."
"Some improvements are needed, specifically in the form of more updates and enhancements."
"This solution could be improved if it could monitor configuration changes."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 17 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, Fortinet FortiManager and HPE Intelligent Management Center. See our Aruba Airwave vs. Cisco Prime report.
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