Aruba Airwave vs Cisco Prime [EOL] comparison

"I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."

"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.​​"

"The Clarity feature makes it easy to use and understand what is going on with your network in a nice dashboard.​"

"This solution gives you a lot of reporting capabilities, and it has a very good interface."

"The solution's most valuable features are its usage, bandwidth existence, device capacity, and utilization."

"The most beneficial feature for network monitoring in Aruba Airwave is the Live Heat Map. It helps identify interferences, coverage issues, and user connectivity issues. The device management capability of Aruba Airwave is good. It provides end-to-end visibility from the user to the access point, the switch, and the internet breakout. From a monitoring, management, and orchestration standpoint, it is very effective and can manage any scale of deployment."

"The most valuable feature of Aruba Airwave is the multivendor support, which enables you to manage and monitor different vendors or products."

"The solution's initial setup process is straightforward."

"What I found most beneficial from Cisco Prime is that it gives you an insight into what your network does, even when you're not actively monitoring what's going on with your network."

"The solution helps with the management and support of the enterprise network."

"Cisco Prime can help customers fix their Wi-Fi issues with scientific and digital data."

"Cisco Prime is a good tool for inventory monitoring and wireless management."

"It gives you the ability to upgrade switches remotely, schedule the upgrade time, perform backups, and monitor the health of all networks."

"The solution's configuration management tool is amazing because it centralizes and pushes configurations which saves a lot of volume and effort."

"Cisco Prime has been around for a long time, and it keeps getting better and better."

"The most valuable features of Cisco Prime include its comprehensive functionality as a one-stop solution for basic SNMP port management."

"We encounter delayed ETAs in the manufacturing of hardware."

"My general opinion on Aruba Airwave is that it's acceptable, but it's not ideal because we are accustomed to Cisco."

"When attempting to copy a floor plan, it does not copy well, so I often have to redraw the walls. It's somewhat annoying since other Wi-Fi design software we use is easier for drawing walls and including floor plans."

"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."

"They should make it cheaper. By doing that, they can replace Cisco, which is also very expensive. If it is equivalent to Cisco in the features, with a reduced price, they can sell it more than Cisco."

"More devices or vendors should be onboarded to Aruba Airwave."

"Pricing for Aruba Airwave could be cheaper, which is an area for improvement in the solution."

"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."

"Cisco needs to improve Prime's monitoring tab. If any device goes down, there is a 15-second lapse before we know. It would be much better if we were alerted two or three minutes before a device is about to fail, so we can dispatch a field engineer and avoid network downtime. I would like to see a feature that allows you to access the devices directly from Prime's monitoring tab. That would make work easier for us."

"Cisco Prime needs to have lower prices and more customization options."

"Cisco can only be used for Cisco environments and is not compatible with other vendors."

"Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool."

"The solution has issues with real time monitoring of devices and NetFlow such as inadequate visualization for reports, sources, and destinations."

"Maybe it could be a little cheaper."

"We would like to see the inclusion of detailed alerts."

"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."

"The licensing cost for Aruba Airwave increased from $72 to $210 within a few months. It would be better if the pricing for the solution were cheaper."

"The cost is perfect because the devices have a lifetime warranty, and the licensing is good as well."

"I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten."

"The licensing is on an yearly basis."

"We must buy a new license to connect more devices to scale up the solution."

"It is an expensive solution."

"The tool is expensive. If one is bad or expensive, and ten is very good or cheap, I rate the product's price as a six."

"Run a 90 day free Proof of Concept (PoC) for each product by implementing and using it fully in your environment. This way you will be educated on its features, functionality, and manageability."

"If we have a license for Cisco DNA, we can use the same license for Cisco Prime."

"Cisco Prime is an expensive solution."

"I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"The product's performance monitoring feature could be more intuitive."

"The solution is not inexpensive but is worth it for large-scale environments."

"You need to get special quotes from the company for each order."

"We update the license every five years."

"The price of Cisco Prime was reasonable because we purchased it as part of a Cisco One package. The package was a bundle of Cisco solutions together, such as Cisco ISE and CMX. The price is reasonable com compared to other solutions."