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Best HPE Aruba Networking Central Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    PacketFence Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $416.67/mo6.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs PacketFence
  2. 2
    UniFi Network Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free6.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs UniFi Network
  3. 3
    TP-Link Omada SDN Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin Free6.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs TP-Link Omada SDN
  4. 4
    Arista NG Firewall Free plan Web $22.50/mo6.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Arista NG Firewall
  5. 5
    NVIDIA Config Manager Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs NVIDIA Config Manager
  6. 6
    Cambium cnMaestro Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cambium cnMaestro
  7. 7
    RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System
  8. 8
    Infoblox Cloud Network Automation apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Infoblox Cloud Network Automation
  9. 9
    EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI
  10. 10
    ExtremeCloud IQ apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs ExtremeCloud IQ
  11. 11
    Portnox NAC Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.3
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Portnox NAC
  12. 12
    SecureW2 JoinNow AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb 5.3
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs SecureW2 JoinNow
  13. 13
    BlueCat Horizon Free trial apiLinuxWebWin 5.1
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs BlueCat Horizon
  14. 14
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard Free trial AndroidapiiOSWeb 5.1
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cisco Meraki Dashboard
  15. 15
    Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager Free trial AndroidapiiOSWeb 5.1
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager
  16. 16
    HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Free trial Linuxself-hostedWeb $50/mo5.1
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
  17. 17
    Juniper Security Director self-hostedWeb 4.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Security Director
  18. 18
    HPE Aruba ClearPass Web 4.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs HPE Aruba ClearPass
  19. 20
    Juniper Mist AndroidiOSWeb 4.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Mist
  20. 21
    Juniper Apstra 4.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Apstra

HPE Aruba Networking Central alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1PacketFence6.8Free plan$416.67/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2UniFi Network6.7Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3TP-Link Omada SDN6.6Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
4Arista NG Firewall6.4Free plan$22.50/moWeb
5NVIDIA Config Manager6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6Cambium cnMaestro6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
7RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System5.7Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Infoblox Cloud Network Automation5.6API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI5.4API, self-hosted, Web
10ExtremeCloud IQ5.4API, self-hosted, Web
11Portnox NAC5.3Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
12SecureW2 JoinNow5.3Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
13BlueCat Horizon5.1API, Linux, Web, Windows
14Cisco Meraki Dashboard5.1Android, API, iOS, Web
15Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager5.1Android, API, iOS, Web
16HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software5.1No$50/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
17Juniper Security Director4.9self-hosted, Web
18HPE Aruba ClearPass4.8Web
20Juniper Mist4.8Android, iOS, Web
21Juniper Apstra4.7
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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 6.8 out of 10. The others here: UniFi Network, TP-Link Omada SDN, Arista NG Firewall 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 free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.