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."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."
"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 solution is not overly expensive."
"It has improved my organization by increasing troubleshooting opportunities which makes things more efficient."
"Aruba Airwave provides a robust solution for monitoring and configuring Wi-Fi networks."
"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 gives you a lot of reporting capabilities, and it has a very good interface."
"The Clarity feature makes it easy to use and understand what is going on with your network in a nice dashboard."
"Enables oversight in order to tweak and tune."
"We use Cisco Prime for network mapping and surveys."
"The interfaces are a valuable feature."
"The technical support team is very good."
"The solution provides data that allows us to time travel through logs and perform remote operations or troubleshooting."
"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 installation is easy."
"The most valuable is the assistance for network support."
"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."
"Its pricing and support could be improved."
"Pricing for Aruba Airwave could be cheaper, which is an area for improvement in the solution."
"I would like to see an integration of services into one system, rather than having multiple systems to do multiple things."
"We encounter delayed ETAs in the manufacturing of hardware."
"More devices or vendors should be onboarded to Aruba Airwave."
"Cost is always a big issue for partners."
"The product needs to improve its stability."
"Cisco Prime could improve the graphical user interface."
"The product's pricing can be cheaper."
"I rate Cisco Prime seven out of 10 for affordability. All Cisco solutions are expensive."
"The solution can be slow at times."
"The solution has issues with real time monitoring of devices and NetFlow such as inadequate visualization for reports, sources, and destinations."
"Some improvements are needed, specifically in the form of more updates and enhancements."
"The reporting could be simplified and the information made clearer to the user."
Aruba Airwave is ranked 6th in Network Management Applications with 16 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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