Aruba Airwave vs Cisco Prime [EOL] comparison

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

"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."

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

"It can interact with other vendors better than Cisco, which is a good point of AirWave. It is easy to use, and its reporting is good."

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

"This solution is definitely stable."

"The technical support services are good."

"It's scalable because it's licensed per device and we bought licenses with each device. I would rate it a nine out of ten for scalability."

"The endpoint information Cisco Prime generates helps us troubleshoot, and it's also useful for compliance reporting and endpoint identification."

"If an AP or any wireless device goes into critical mode, Cisco Prime sends an alert. That is the most helpful feature."

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

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

"Cisco Prime, from a management perspective, has good reporting."

"The installation is easy."

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

"We use Cisco Prime for network mapping and surveys."

"We sometimes have problems with troubleshooting between the GUI and the CLI manipulation."

"I would like to see an integration of services into one system, rather than having multiple systems to do multiple things."

"Cost is always a big issue for partners."

"Its pricing and support could be improved."

"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."

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

"The main challenge we've faced with Aruba Airwave is its high cost, especially regarding high availability and failover licenses, which can be relatively expensive for customers. As for recommendations for improvement, considering that Aruba is planning to retire Airwave soon and introduce a new solution, it's crucial that the new product meets or exceeds the current Airwave's feature set. Customers expect a seamless transition without losing any functionality, so Aruba needs to ensure that the new solution is ready with all the essential features and capabilities from day one to avoid any gaps or dissatisfaction among users and partners."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved."

"The solution is not easy to configure."

"The product needs to improve its stability."

"The product's pricing can be cheaper."

"Lacking in integration with a SIEM tool."

"They can also improve the management of more enterprise devices."

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

"Some improvements are needed, specifically in the form of more updates and enhancements."

"Cisco Prime could improve the graphical user interface."

"This product is not expensive."

"It's device-based licensing. One device requires one license."

"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."

"AirWave is a very expensive solution. If you implement it in a wide range network, it will cost a lot. There is no option to sell it outside that price segment, which is a problem."

"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."

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

"Licensing and pricing are extremely straightforward."

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

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

"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."

"The cost is quite high."

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

"Cisco Prime is an expensive solution."

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

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

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