Aruba ClearPass offers security features and insight beyond just a peace of mind.
May 19, 2025

Aruba ClearPass offers security features and insight beyond just a peace of mind.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Aruba ClearPass

Aruba ClearPass has become essential for us over the last few years. We use various features that it offers and know there is a lot more that we don't use currently. We use it currently for TACACs and RADIUS central authentication, OnGuard, guest WIFI, central authentication for wireless and more. We've utilised the role based policy management and are continuing to develop it more and more to suit our changing requirements. We've been integrating Aruba ClearPass with more of our other systems for tighter security. It offers security insight and logs that give us greater clarity when troubleshooting and also a peace of mind over security concerns.

Pros

  • Role Based Policy Management
  • Logging and security troubleshooting
  • Guest WIFI management

Cons

  • UI can be hard to navigate
  • Ease of use could be improved
  • Email alert setup could be more streamline
  • It has freed up at least 25% of administration time
  • We have a clearer insight into security management
  • It's allowed guest access to become easy and accessible
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.
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 other security practices that Microsoft NPS fails to deliver on.

Do you think HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager's feature set?

Yes

Did HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager again?

Yes

Microsoft 365, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA), SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (npm)
It is well suited to medium-to-large organisations who are trying to mange multiple roles that access the network each day. It helps with guest access and takes out a lot of administration once setup correctly. It can really help with 3rd party, guest and contractor access, without the security concerns. It can integrate really well with other systems that they might already have in place. Smaller companies would still benefit from Aruba ClearPass, but would probably not see the full benefits it can really offer, especially if they don't work with multiple VLAN and varied IT systems. If a company does not have the need for guess access or policy roles, it might not really be beneficial.

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