We performed a comparison between Aruba ClearPass and ExtremeCloud IQ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Access Control (NAC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."A mature and functional product."
"Aruba ClearPass is a simple solution for customers to see what is happening on their network."
"ClearPass is effortless to use and configure. It's not hard to learn the tool, and it has lots of features."
"ClearPass' best features are authentication, support for multiple devices, and monitoring."
"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 GUI and its ease-to-do configuration. Additionally, we can troubleshoot many things in one window."
"Document authentications allows us to decide which users can connect to an office VLAN and this has been the most valuable feature."
"Authentication capabilities are one of the most valuable features."
"It excels in Wi-Fi and switch management, as well as other internal management aspects, offering speed and efficiency that surpass what other competitors provide."
"The support organization behind this product is extremely professional."
"a true controller-less approach, where each Access Point is 100% independent from the management system."
"Everything can be seen from the dashboard."
"The cloud management gives us the tools and reports that we need to monitor and troubleshoot the network."
"ExtremeCloud IQ is integrated with the Ekahau tool so that you can log in to the ExtremeCloud IQ portal, upload the cloud plans, draw all the interiors, and plan the APs with the real-time AP position."
"Whenever I have a concern, question, or just need a refresher the helpful staff at AeroHive is there to help me. By far, the ]best relationship I have ever had with a vendor."
"Our transaction polling is now way more secure."
"If you look at the tool's deployment phase from a fine-tuning perspective, I feel it was very complex."
"I remember our technical team stating that the installation front of the solution was a bit difficult when compared to other solutions."
"A specific component is part of the solution called ClearPass Onboard, which can sometimes be complex and challenging to set up. If they could simplify the process and make it easier, that would be a benefit."
"An issue with Aruba ClearPass is the lack of information and poor community support. You can't find the material easily on the internet for any issues. For example, if you're looking for any configuration or exploring any issue, it's not easy to find information, and this is the problem with Aruba ClearPass. Access to helpful information and poor community support could be improved. Another area for improvement in Aruba ClearPass is that some of its advanced features aren't easy to find. For example, my team needed to apply Google single sign-on, but it wasn't easy to find. Aruba ClearPass is a big solution with a lot of capabilities, and it's a very advanced solution, so you need to either have some experience with it or undergo some training. Aruba ClearPass is a very good solution from the network perspective, but the issue is the poor support you get from the community. When you try using the solution, some areas aren't easy. When you search on YouTube, you'll find very few materials about Aruba ClearPass. It isn't like Cisco where you can find information from hundreds of websites, on YouTube, etc. This is bad for Aruba, so this area should be improved. Aruba has a training center, but the usual training offered is only for Aruba Wireless and Aruba Switches. If you have another solution, it's not easy to integrate it with Aruba ClearPass, so this is an area for improvement. You need to do some research to successfully integrate your solution with Aruba ClearPass. We integrated Aruba ClearPass with Ubiquiti WiFi, and it's working fine with no issues. My next project is to start integrating Aruba ClearPass with Cisco Switches. The solution is good, but on the website, there's no book and no video, and you can't find the material on Aruba ClearPass easily. This is one of the issues with Aruba."
"The product's graphical user interface (GUI) could use an update and better integration between the guest management and policy management interfaces."
"ClearPass' interface could be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service. This way, like AWS, they can spin up what they need when they need it and vice versa."
"After HP, their support is the worst."
"The solution will show us that there are some issues, but when we try to find those issues, we can't see them."
"We have had some mediocre to poor experiences with tech support: Conflicting information, condescending attitudes, and reluctance to work to resolve an issue."
"The Virtual Appliance crashed once while doing an upgrade. The good thing here is, even if the management system fails, all our networks and features still remain 100% stable and working."
"From our perspective, we would love to see Aerohive provide faster feature enhancement in their Virtual Appliance to match the features with the cloud solution more quickly."
"Certain features only exist or work in certain versions."
"Need port aggregation on the 2384 switches to take full advantage of ac on the APs. I understand that is on their product road map."
"The managing of switches within this solution could be improved."
"We'd like to have a cloud dashboard from which we can see all devices."
Aruba ClearPass is ranked 2nd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 75 reviews while ExtremeCloud IQ is ranked 5th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 73 reviews. Aruba ClearPass is rated 8.6, while ExtremeCloud IQ 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 ExtremeCloud IQ writes "Robust stability for maximizing network efficiency and security". Aruba ClearPass is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, Microsoft Intune and Ruckus Cloudpath, whereas ExtremeCloud IQ is most compared with Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud, Aruba Wireless and Cisco DNA Center. See our Aruba ClearPass vs. ExtremeCloud IQ report.
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