Aruba ClearPass vs Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Likelihood to Recommend

We have quite a few visitors to our campus and we don't want to have a set PSK for the wireless so we have configured a guest network where visitors can create an account and gain access to the internet and we don't have to "manage" it since the accounts will expire after a certain time. We have RF scanners in our warehouses and we want them to be allowed on the network and be put into its own VLAN. ClearPass can do this flawlessly by keying off of the MAC address when it comes online and putting it into the correct VLAN. This makes it so we don't have to add each device individually to the system. The only time ClearPass would not be appropriate is in a small deployment where the cost to value wouldn't make sense.

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Administrator in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 1001-5000 employees

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I find Ubiquiti well suited to every scenario in which a wireless solution is needed.

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Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Pros

Heavily extensible logic that can solve a myriad of authentication and authorization scenarios.
Extensive logging for troubleshooting services and device connections
Standards based and compatible with nearly any device capable of 802.1X.
Good user base for support and solutions.

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Ryan Brunkhorst

Network Engineer

Fresno Pacific UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Automatically load balances based on band. Makes it simple to spread out users.
Updates can be set to automatic or manual. Automatic uses rolling updates, happens every time we update the controller.
Continually add new features and improvements with their FREE software upgrades

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Scott Trautwein

Director of Technology

Brush School District Re 2jEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Cons

More intuitive upgrade process.
Add in-service software upgrades.
Use common syntax across the various systems within Clearpass. For instance, monitoring view and guest view use different syntax's.

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Manager in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

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Supply can be a problem, especially for new products. We have had to sometimes wait for months for supply to come in.
No phone support. Only email/chat. can be frustrating sometimes just texting someone, but have not had to contact them very often.

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Scott Trautwein

Director of Technology

Brush School District Re 2jEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Usability

Aruba ClearPass 7.0

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Aruba Clearpass is straight forward in terms of day to day use for monitoring and basic user connectivity issues. The system is very robust on the back end, therefore some larger configuration changes may not be the most intuitive. System upgrades and license management are not the most intuitive either.

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Manager in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

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Ubiquiti Wireless WAN 10.0

Based on 1 answer

The combination of performance, range, low-power use, and manageability made it ideal for us.

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Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

Aruba ClearPass 8.4

Based on 7 answers

Our HP/Aruba team has been stellar. Always there to support us proactively, worked hard to build relationships with the staff, really top-notch.

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Don Ringelestein

Director of Technology/CTO

West Aurora School District 129Education Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Ubiquiti Wireless WAN 10.0

Based on 1 answer

We have not needed to contact support, except to replace one device that was damaged in shipping. The company immediately issued an RMA without delay, and we had our replacement product within a week

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Director in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

From my experience, ClearPass has been the best NAC server of all I've seen. Even though configuration is somewhat hard and it's hard to get training, once you learn how to configure it it works very well. The policies are very granular and scalable and the interface is a well-done web GUI that does not need any extra plugins installed, as some of Cisco's product require. There are many more options than with FortiNAC, and many more integration options. Also, troubleshooting and logging is good.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Publishing Company, 1001-5000 employees

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amer is literally rebranded Ubiquiti wireless points. They make you pay the annual fee. We cancelled our contract and were able to wipe the firmware and add them back to the Ubiquiti controller. Amer is a big waste of money.

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Scott Trautwein

Director of Technology

Brush School District Re 2jEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Time saved when employees move desks using 802.1x.
Saved money using the same tool for authenticating network devices for administration and end-users alike.
Checking logs for failed authentication makes troubleshooting easy.

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Administrator in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Huge cost savings. Buy it once and you are done, no annual renewals.
Extremely reliable and scalable. We went from 0 to 900 Chromebooks in 2 years.
Very little maintenance, set it and forget it. Allows us to focus on other tasks.

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Scott Trautwein

Director of Technology

Brush School District Re 2jEducation Management, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Aruba ClearPass

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Likelihood to Recommend

Aruba ClearPass

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Pros

Aruba ClearPass

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Cons

Aruba ClearPass

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Usability

Aruba ClearPass

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Support Rating

Aruba ClearPass

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Alternatives Considered

Aruba ClearPass

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Return on Investment

Aruba ClearPass

Ubiquiti Wireless WAN

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

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