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    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager provides role- and device-based network access control for employees, contractors and guests across multi-vendor wired, wireless and VPN infrastructures.N/A
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    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
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    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    We currently use Microsoft NPS for various certificate and RADIUS authentications. We have found that when properly utilised Aruba ClearPass offers a whole lot more. Microsoft NPS has been the same for a long time, where Aruba ClearPass has implemented features, logging and …
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    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Clearpass does everything Cisco ISE does and it’s much cheaper and much more user friendly.
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    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Clearpass provides seamless protection to the enterprise network without the need of many licenses to be procured. Hardware LAN and Wireless are protected from unwanted or unknown visitors to the network. Unlike other vendors, you don't need multiple licenses, one device or …
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    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Much easier to use, FortiNAC which used to be owned by Bradford was difficult to use. Unintuitive menus made it difficult to use and support was almost nonexistent. It may be different now, but we haven't looked back since using Clearpass. Licensing and support costs aren't bad …
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    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Personally. I haven't used other NAC solutions. There are a few I've researched, but have stayed with Clearpass as my solution based on the features and use case for my organization. One large reason for staying with Clearpass is being an Aruba wireless network customer. Having …
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    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    We only looked at Aruba ClearPass based on the prior implementation of the HP/Aruba switching/routing/wireless environment.
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    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    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 …
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    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    ClearPass by far is a more versatile system it seems that it has more features and can configure how you want it. Cisco ISE is extremely complicated to deploy where I felt that ClearPass was more straight forward and user-friendly. Clearpass does what Cisco ISE can do and …
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    Chose HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    I have not reviewed any alternatives to ClearPass.
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Aruba ClearPass is suited well for large enterprise networks with many connecting buildings and branches. Aruba ClearPass protects your endpoints from unauthorized or unknown devices accessing your network. You can apply policies that prevent devices from meeting the required policies in ClearPass. ClearPass will allow only authorized access for devices that are using the policies.
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • You can use ClearPass authenticate using wired and wireless network devices. This is helpful that you don't have to have multiple systems to accomplish this.
    • Because devices can have different purposes Clearpass can configure groups that will specify what access they have. You can use parameters such as vendor or mac address so clearpass know what group to push them to.
    • It is very easy to view device logs. This is really helpful to troubleshoot auth issues. Once you find the device Clearpass provides more than enough info to know what the issue is and to fix it.
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Going to the end of the page to edit the rules and save them later causes problems.
    • An AND operation can be performed within a rule, but an OR operation cannot. therefore having to write too many rules
    • The license structure seems very complex at first.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It's a great product, does what we expect from it however it's not easy to set up. You'll likely need an integrator to assist
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Though Aruba ClearPass offers a lot of insight and features, it is not the easiest to navigate. A lot of other systems can be figured out as you go, but Aruba ClearPass often requires a lot of research in order to set something up correctly. It's not always easy to find what you're looking for. Once you learn the basics, it becomes a lot more manageable, but it's definitely worth investing in some sort of training.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We have it as a cluster
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    Performance
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It’s very responsive
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    This product has consistently provided the results needed from it and when issues arose, Aruba TAC was able to provide support effectively. In the previous question, I stated that Aruba Wireless is used as well. With those systems in place with ClearPass troubleshooting becomes much easier. I am sure other issues may arise if calling support while using another vendor for wireless such as Cisco, Juniper, etc.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    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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    Scalability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It’s very reliable
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    Professional Services
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Got the job done
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • ClearPass has streamlined everything so we don't have to have as many people managing our device auth systems.
    • Our Security team loves that ClearPass can deny unauthorized users and devices from the network. This alone has probably saved us a lot of money and headaches.
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