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Best HPE Aruba Networking Central Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from network provisioning software ranked against HPE Aruba Networking Central on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    PacketFence Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $416.67/mo8.0
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs PacketFence
  2. 2
    Cambium cnMaestro Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cambium cnMaestro
  3. 3
    UniFi Network Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.3
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs UniFi Network
  4. 4
    TP-Link Omada SDN Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin Free7.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs TP-Link Omada SDN
  5. 5
    Arista NG Firewall Free plan Web $22.50/mo7.0
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Arista NG Firewall
  6. 6
    Portnox NAC Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.0
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Portnox NAC
  7. 7
    HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Free trial Linuxself-hostedWeb $50/mo6.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
  8. 8
    BlueCat Horizon Free trial apiLinuxWebWin 6.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs BlueCat Horizon
  9. 9
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard Free trial AndroidapiiOSWeb 6.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cisco Meraki Dashboard
  10. 10
    Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager Free trial AndroidapiiOSWeb 6.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager
  11. 11
    NVIDIA Config Manager Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs NVIDIA Config Manager
  12. 12
    RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System
  13. 13
    Infoblox Cloud Network Automation apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Infoblox Cloud Network Automation
  14. 14
    SecureW2 JoinNow AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb 6.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs SecureW2 JoinNow
  15. 15
    ExtremeCloud IQ apiself-hostedWeb 6.3
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs ExtremeCloud IQ
  16. 16
    EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI apiself-hostedWeb 6.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI
  17. 17
    Juniper Security Director self-hostedWeb 6.0
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Security Director
  18. 19
    HPE Aruba ClearPass Web 5.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs HPE Aruba ClearPass
  19. 20
    Juniper Apstra 5.5
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Apstra
  20. 21
    Juniper Mist AndroidiOSWeb 5.5
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Mist

HPE Aruba Networking Central alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1PacketFence8.0Free plan$416.67/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Cambium cnMaestro7.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
3UniFi Network7.3Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4TP-Link Omada SDN7.2Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
5Arista NG Firewall7.0Free plan$22.50/moWeb
6Portnox NAC7.0Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
7HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software6.9No$50/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
8BlueCat Horizon6.8API, Linux, Web, Windows
9Cisco Meraki Dashboard6.7Android, API, iOS, Web
10Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager6.7Android, API, iOS, Web
11NVIDIA Config Manager6.7Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System6.7Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Infoblox Cloud Network Automation6.6API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14SecureW2 JoinNow6.4Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
15ExtremeCloud IQ6.3API, self-hosted, Web
16EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI6.2API, self-hosted, Web
17Juniper Security Director6.0self-hosted, Web
19HPE Aruba ClearPass5.6Web
20Juniper Apstra5.5
21Juniper Mist5.5Android, iOS, Web
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Questions about HPE Aruba Networking Central alternatives

What is the best alternative to HPE Aruba Networking Central?

PacketFence, number 1 in network provisioning software with a score of 8.0 out of 10. The others here: Cambium cnMaestro, UniFi Network, TP-Link Omada SDN and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to HPE Aruba Networking Central?

PacketFence is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 6 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on.