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Best HPE Aruba Networking Central Alternatives in 2026

Updated

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/mo7.3
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs PacketFence
  2. 2
    Cambium cnMaestro Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cambium cnMaestro
  3. 3
    NVIDIA Config Manager Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs NVIDIA Config Manager
  4. 4
    UniFi Network Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs UniFi Network
  5. 5
    ExtremeCloud IQ apiself-hostedWeb 6.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs ExtremeCloud IQ
  6. 6
    Infoblox Cloud Network Automation apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 6.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Infoblox Cloud Network Automation
  7. 7
    EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI apiself-hostedWeb 6.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI
  8. 8
    RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System
  9. 9
    BlueCat Horizon Free trial apiLinuxWebWin 6.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs BlueCat Horizon
  10. 10
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard Free trial AndroidapiiOSWeb 6.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cisco Meraki Dashboard
  11. 11
    Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager Free trial AndroidapiiOSWeb 6.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager
  12. 12
    Portnox NAC Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Portnox NAC
  13. 13
    Arista NG Firewall Free plan Web $22.50/mo5.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Arista NG Firewall
  14. 14
    TP-Link Omada SDN Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin Free5.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs TP-Link Omada SDN
  15. 15
    HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Free trial Linuxself-hostedWeb $50/mo5.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
  16. 16
    Juniper Security Director self-hostedWeb 5.3
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Security Director
  17. 17
    SecureW2 JoinNow AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb 5.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs SecureW2 JoinNow
  18. 19
    HPE Aruba ClearPass Web 5.0
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs HPE Aruba ClearPass
  19. 20
    Juniper Apstra 5.0
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Apstra
  20. 21
    Juniper Mist AndroidiOSWeb 4.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Mist

HPE Aruba Networking Central alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1PacketFence7.3Free plan$416.67/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Cambium cnMaestro7.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
3NVIDIA Config Manager7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
4UniFi Network7.2Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5ExtremeCloud IQ6.9No—API, self-hosted, Web
6Infoblox Cloud Network Automation6.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI6.8No—API, self-hosted, Web
8RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System6.8No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9BlueCat Horizon6.7No—API, Linux, Web, Windows
10Cisco Meraki Dashboard6.6No—Android, API, iOS, Web
11Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager6.6No—Android, API, iOS, Web
12Portnox NAC6.6No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
13Arista NG Firewall5.9Free plan$22.50/moWeb
14TP-Link Omada SDN5.8Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
15HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software5.4No$50/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
16Juniper Security Director5.3No—self-hosted, Web
17SecureW2 JoinNow5.2No—Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
19HPE Aruba ClearPass5.0No—Web
20Juniper Apstra5.0No——
21Juniper Mist4.8No—Android, 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 7.3 out of 10. The others here: Cambium cnMaestro, NVIDIA Config Manager, UniFi Network 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 what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.