# Aruba AirWave Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Aruba AirWave Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Aruba AirWave

## What is Aruba AirWave?

A web-based console you can use to discover, configure and monitor your entire wireless network. AMP's easy-to-use monitoring screens, you can see real-time data and trend reports for every user, device, and segment of your network. In addition to unparalleled network monitoring, AMP provides the core management functionality you need to support even the largest wireless networks with tens of thousands of users: network discovery, configuration management, reporting, alerting, auditing, and more

## What is Aruba AirWave used for?

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Overall rating

Based on 15 user reviews

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### Aruba AirWave

4.7 (15)

VS.

[4.5 (254)](https://www.capterra.com/p/251336/ManageEngine-OpManager/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

$95

Flat Rate, Per Year

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.0 (15)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (249)

Value For Money

4.1 (12)

Value For Money

4.6 (226)

Customer Service

4.6 (13)

Customer Service

4.5 (244)

## Aruba AirWave alternatives

[4.4 (89)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172324/NetFlow-Analyzer/reviews/)

Starting price

$245.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

99%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

Highest Rated

[4.7 (343)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168192/Site24x7/reviews/)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.4 (129)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172325/ManageEngine-OpUtils/reviews/)

Starting price

$138.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (254)](https://www.capterra.com/p/21581/PRTG-Network-Monitor/reviews/)

Starting price

$179.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

95%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

IP Address Monitoring

4.5 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Monitor the IP addresses of the incoming traffic

Performance Monitoring

5.0 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Monitoring and measurement of relevant metrics to assess the performance of IT resources

IT Asset Management

4.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Managing inventories and tracking changes to hardware and software configurations

Network Provisioning

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Set up and configure network resources to make them accessible for authorized users, devices and servers

Compliance Management

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Compliance Tracking

Track and report regulatory data to either internal management or external stakeholders

Aruba AirWave 21 features

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Track and report regulatory data to either internal management or external stakeholders

Identify component attributes like servers, hardware, software, and manage relationships across all services

Assembly of graphs and charts for visualizing and tracking statistics/metrics

Monitor the IP addresses of the incoming traffic

Identify and respond to unexpected problems or failures (ie. "negative events")

Managing inventories and tracking changes to hardware and software configurations

Tracking KPIs over a certain period to assess helpdesk issues, ticket status & resolution, costs and revenue stats, assets usage & more

Run tests on a network to find the root cause of network issues

Set up and configure network resources to make them accessible for authorized users, devices and servers

A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.

Monitoring and measurement of relevant metrics to assess the performance of IT resources

Create, manage, and track policies and procedures within an organization

Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks

Access work applications remotely, for when working away from the office and/or traveling

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Manage and control the security aspects of an organization's digital assets, resources, and operations

Includes firewalls, intrusion detection, and network-based antivirus programs to provide security against online threats

Identifying, analyzing, and mitigating security issues and taking appropriate action to protect systems and data from potential harm

Take actions to troubleshoot issues for networks, devices, etc.

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Features

4.4 (15)

4.4

Based on 15 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.1 (12)

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Value for money

4.1 (12)

4.1

Based on 12 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.6 (13)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.6 (13)

4.6

Based on 13 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.7

Based on 15 reviews

Filter by rating

5(10)

4(5)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

RP

Rosaria P.

Procurement Manager

Hospital & Health Care

### "My Experience With Aruba AirWave"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

May 1, 2024

Pros

It has handled IT management very well has been very smooth

Cons

No flaws and Aruba AirWave has been smooth

Switched from

[REACH](https://www.capterra.com/p/145943/REACH-Media-Network/)

[ZERO Virus Security](https://www.capterra.com/p/10014897/ZERO-Virus-Security/)

[Trellix Endpoint Security](https://www.capterra.com/p/151734/McAfee-Endpoint-Security/)

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SO

Shawn O.

IT Systems Specialist

Primary/Secondary Education

### "Aruba AirWave - Easy Network Monitoring and Mangement"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 26, 2023

Pros

For several years we used the older HP IMC to monitor and manage our wired network but it was not very user friendly and it also did not adapt well to our VM network or our wireless network which is a completely separate network from the wired. A few years ago we were able to get AirWave as part of a Mibs package and it was a game changer. We were able to monitor and manage our entire network from a single console now.

Cons

The cost is the most prohibitive factor for AirWave and many other platforms similar to it as well. Which was our biggest hold up on getting the product in the first place.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

ŁP

Lukasz P.

IT Infrastructure Specialist

Consumer Electronics

### "Wired and wireless network management system at scale"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

October 14, 2022

Very good for monitoring WiFi infrastructure with connected clients, but managing access points and switches needs some fine-tuning

Pros

Very good monitoring of WiFi infrastructure, VisualRF module for better understanding of the wireless network

Cons

Difficult to manage AP configuration templates in text mode

Reasons for choosing Aruba AirWave

One vendor for hardware and software

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MR

Matt R.

Support and Operations

Government Administration

### "Excellent management platfrom"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

July 22, 2021

Overall it's a great product and makes day to day work a lot easier, brings better visibility and deals with mundane tasks for you, which is a great help.

Pros

Airwave helps you manage, update and back up all devices that are compatible. It makes managing APs without the need for a controller and the over all feel is easy to use.

Cons

Not all Aruba branded products are fully compatible with the airwave, which means you can't utilise all features that it has to offer, which can be a bit frustrating.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

CK

Clay K.

Network Manager

Education Management

### "Aruba AirWave Review"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

June 3, 2021

Overall I cannot recommend Aruba AirWave enough. If you are already using the Aruba devices across your network, this is the perfect management platform and consolidates all devices in one interface.

Pros

What I love most about Aruba is the firmware update feature. We use the same model switches and AP's across our district and AirWave has made it extremely easy to update our devices. All you have to is upload the firmware to your portal and then manage the device and hit upgrade. They make it extremely easy to use. Also, the overall interface is great and very user-friendly.

Cons

I get why they do it like this, but I wish I didn't have to license every single device. We host the AirWave server in our own environment, and it would be nice if it was a one-time license fee and from there we could manage all of our devices. Keeping up with the licensing can be somewhat tedious, especially if you ever migrate from one AirWave server to the next.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Isaiah N.

CEO

Information Technology and Services

### "Wireless done RIGHT"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 6, 2020

Overall satisfaction. It definitely provides the proper experience for the end user and reporting executive features.

Pros

This software is feature rich and powerful that it makes wireless administration fun all the while being able to provide executive level of reporting.

Cons

I dislike that I don't have a blank checkbook. I think this should be the standard for all wireless enterprise platforms.

Reasons for choosing Aruba AirWave

Just beat out others consistently.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

KF

Kyle F.

IT Team Lead

Computer Software

### "Airwave the must have for your Aruba APs"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

February 23, 2020

Pros

Singular location to manage all aspects of your Ap's and also helps identify when issues may come up.

Cons

For such a crucial software, I would have expected to come included with my Aps

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MN

Mike N.

SysAdmin

Higher Education

### "AirWave gives us extensive visibility into out network"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

November 26, 2019

Pros

With our 100% Aruba network, we have leveraged AirWave to deploy switches and monitor all of our network devices.

Cons

Initially, the setup was a bit clunky, but once we had the system running, it has been smooth sailing.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Alexander R.

17D Cyberspace Operations Officer/2d Lt

Defense & Space

### "Robust full feature wireless management software"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

February 1, 2019

I recommend this of you have an enterprise deployment of Aruba APs. Probably not worthwhile using if you are using other OEM APs.

Pros

You can do just about everything your physical hardware is capable of doing with this software from the GUI menus, so it is quite powerful. You can find drilldowns and reports of utilization, configuration states, security groups, literally anything you want to see.

Cons

I am against the whole pay rent for license model that is pure company arbitrage that Aruba uses simply because it can. The learning curve exists especially for advanced configurations such as different CSfC deployments. This is because Aruba has its own names that are not standard in the community for different sorts of groups and settings, so it is something you will have to become familiar with.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Network Engineer

Information Technology and Services

### "Aiewave is an Awesome Way to Visually See your Wireless Environment "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 18, 2018

Pros

I like how I am able to visually see the environment of our Aruba IAP solution. I can have it show me the locations of APs, Clients and RF Patterns. This helps me to identify areas that possibly need an AP moved around or an additional AP.

Cons

The only thing I can think of is the setup takes time to configure and draw/place the APs.

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