Aruba Airwave vs Cisco Prime [EOL] comparison

"I would rate the overall solution nine out of ten."

"It facilitated creating floor maps."

"One of the main advantages is its ability to draw building floor plans and analyze Wi-Fi signal behavior in real-time."

"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 powerful features we can put forward in Aruba Airwave are clarity, report creation, and VisualRF."

"The solution is not overly expensive."

"The most valuable features of the solution are its dashboard and simplicity."

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

"The product's most valuable features are monitoring and configuration."

"The VLAN mapping function has been most impactful in simplifying our network management tasks."

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

"It helps us manage and monitor analytics and fix issues."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is the heat maps."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco Prime is its excellent audio and video conferencing with clear quality and no interruptions."

"Has a good wireless heatmap and search management features."

"Cisco Prime is user-friendly, so we are comfortable using it."

"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."

"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."

"The overall monitoring of this solution could be improved."

"I want a management solution to manage and monitor everything from a single dashboard. This is not there with Airwave."

"We're looking for more device compatibility. Like compatibility with third-party devices."

"I am not deeply familiar with the solution, so if I mention a feature, it might already exist, yet I may be unaware of it."

"Its pricing and support could be improved."

"Cost is always a big issue for partners."

"Cisco Prime could improve the notifications in the system. Having more details about what is happening would be useful, such as traffic numbers or who is connected. We can see them through the firewall controller, but it would be better if you can see them from one place."

"They could consider offering more flexible pricing options for their customers."

"There is room for improvement in the Access layer."

"The product needs to improve its interface and reporting."

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

"If you look at some of the wireless site-survey tools that are available in the commercial space, Cisco should include similar solutions, which would help our on-plant engineers when they're doing a site survey."

"Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool."

"The overall management capabilities of Prime need to be improved."

"Aruba Airwave is an expensive solution."

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

"Aruba Airwave's licensing cost is not that expensive."

"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."

"This product is not expensive."

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

"Licensing and pricing are extremely straightforward."

"It is an expensive solution."

"I would rate the pricing of Cisco Prime a seven out of ten."

"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."

"Cisco Prime is an expensive solution."

"The product is expensive compared to other vendors in the market."

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

"We update the license every five years."

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

"The cost is quite high."