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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HPE Networking Instant On Access Points

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AHPE Networking Instant On Access Points, formerly under the Aruba Networks brand, are presented as fast WLAN solutions for small to midsize businesses, supporting indoor and outdoor connectivity, in any environment and for any number of devices.

    $99

    one-time fee

    ManageEngine OpManager

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AManageEngine's OpManager is network performance monitoring software.

    $95

    per year

    Pricing
    HPE Networking Instant On Access PointsManageEngine OpManager
    Editions & Modules
    HPE Networking Instant On Access Points AP22
    Starting at $149.99
    one-time fee
    HPE Networking Instant On Access Points AP32
    Starting at $234.99
    one-time fee
    HPE Networking Instant On Access Points AP21
    Starting at $99.99
    one-time fee
    HPE Networking Instant On Access Points AP22D
    Starting at $184.99
    one-time fee
    HPE Networking Instant On Access Points AP27
    Starting at $209.99
    one-time fee
    HPE Networking Instant On Access Points AP25
    Starting at $239.99
    one-time fee
    Standard Edition
    $245
    for 10 devices
    Professional Edition
    $345
    for 10 devices
    Enterprise Edition
    11,545
    for 250 devices
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HPE Networking Instant On Access PointsManageEngine OpManager
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$245 per installation
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    Community Pulse
    HPE Networking Instant On Access PointsManageEngine OpManager
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    No answer on this topic
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    43 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    HPE Networking Instant On Access PointsManageEngine OpManager
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of HPE Networking Instant On Access Points and ManageEngine OpManager
    Feature
    HPE Networking Instant On Access Points
    -
    Ratings
    ManageEngine OpManager
    8.5
    45 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings8.944 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings9.242 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings7.441 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings9.244 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings8.930 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.643 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings7.731 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings9.245 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HPE Networking Instant On Access PointsManageEngine OpManager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (20 ratings)
    8.6
    (45 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HPE Networking Instant On Access PointsManageEngine OpManager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It is possible that we have a bad luck with the deployment. However, It is capable to perform enterprise-level security to fit some of the organization's standards. With Airwave and other tools, it's easy to manage and administrate your wireless environment. Make aware of the IPsec tunnel from each user to the controller if you are using Clearpass for NAC. If you have a remote office with local resources, you will need controller or IAP to route traffic locally. If you have many remote offices, you will need to deploy controllers or IAP in each office, which lead to additional cost and management.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Manage Engine OpManager is better suited to serve server and network admins at organization to monitor their servers and network devices. It helps us with compliance with the reports available like utilization reports and capacity planning reports. It helps you to keep track of what all process are consuming the resources. It helps you in monitoring what is happening in your switches, routers and firewall
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • They offer both a controller-based and controller-less option. This allows customers of all sizes to deploy a wireless network without the upfront cost of controller hardware. A controller can be added later.
    • Aruba also offers Airwave which is a single management point for all AP swarms in the environment. It offers many reporting features as well as visual RF maps displaying heatmaps of the AP signals and client positioning.
    • The Aruba Access Point we have (224s and 225s) also offer both PoE and external power supplies for those smaller deployments that may not have PoE capable switches.
    Incentivized
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • It measures the CPU utilization of hosts, the network bandwidth utilization of links, and other aspects of the operation
    • It often sends messages—sometimes called watchdog messages—over the network to each host to verify if it is responsive to requests.
    • Set Up Notifications And Reports.
    • OpManager offers a set of advantages that allow it to adapt to the needs of the company, guaranteeing effective monitoring of the application networks used in our organization.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • We have had a bunch of these stop working after a power outages. We are guessing a surge or something caused them to stop working.
    • Some of the documentation is outdated. It seems they like to make changes to how things work and it usually mean less access and insight into the devices you manage.
    • The auto signal strength feature could use a little work. It seems like even when we turn it down all the way it tries ot increases the signal strength.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • Alerts has to be configured correctly otherwise unnecessary bombarding of alerts can cause inconvenience.
    • The server on which ManageEngine OpManager is to be deployed should have higher resources as monitoring a large number of devices may slow down the performance of the system.
    • Configuring the advanced features may require a learning curve.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    No answers on this topic
    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    This product works very well for our organization, and it would be hard to not have a tool like this going forward
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It is a good and stable product, and does exactly what it is intended for. It provides a good wifi connection, and ensures that the users on the work floor can do their work well. In addition, there are so many technical possibilities, that you can configure the wifi network completely to the specific wishes of the work floor.
    Incentivized
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    The rating I provided is based on the product quality, experience (I have been using OpManager for almost the last 4 years), and relevance of the information/response I generated through Manage Engine OpManager. I have also received good support from OpManager.
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Aruba Wireless Network support has always been reliable and great to work with. There was a period during the HPE acquisition of Aruba Wireless where getting in touch with an engineer took somewhat longer than usual, but it still was not a huge issue. The most difficult part of the merger was getting an accurate view of our inventory according to HPE Aruba as they were merging/choosing a system to host all of that information.
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    At first, we were not able to add our Avaya switches to the configuration backup module, our partner tried to help, but they did not find the solution, we had one remote session with tech support of ME and they solve the problem.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    When comparing Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points to Cisco Meraki MR the most significant factors are pricing and license fees. At the current cost of one Meraki MR AP, we can deploy three Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points, providing equivalent functionality, coverage, and performance.
    Incentivized
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    During our competitive analysis, we found ManageEngine OpManager was not expensive compared to other vendors. At the same time, there was no compromise on the features such as customized reporting or configuring alerts per our clientele's unique requirements. These are our client words "Other vendors ask us to pay more $$$ for enabling additional email alerts".
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Excellent uptime and reliability
    • If licensed properly, failover is easy
    • The newest version upgrade is somewhat cumbersome as they want us to replace hardware, which seems silly, so we are on the most current legacy supported version. Once unsupported, we will need to replace hardware.
    Incentivized
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    ManageEngine A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • I don't know if you can calculate ROI with a monitoring solution, there are more factors to calculate.
    • We found a really big problem with a network switch (faulty transceiver) in a trunk configuration with OPManager. this caused us serial troubles with the overall network stability.
    • We are loosing around € 3.000 to 5.000 per hour if our network is not working so this was a great help to fix this issue
    • Our label printers are really important to monitoring in our warehouse system, this makes OPManager a great solution for that
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    ScreenShots

    ManageEngine OpManager Screenshots

    Screenshot of OpManager's DashboardScreenshot of OpManager's realtime graphsScreenshot of a device snapshot page in OpManagerScreenshot of Alarms in OpManager