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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/mo7.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs PacketFence
  2. 2
    TP-Link Omada SDN Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxWebWin Free7.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs TP-Link Omada SDN
  3. 3
    UniFi Network Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs UniFi Network
  4. 4
    RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System
  5. 5
    Cisco Meraki Dashboard Free trial AndroidapiiOSWeb 6.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cisco Meraki Dashboard
  6. 6
    Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager Free trial AndroidapiiOSWeb 6.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager
  7. 7
    Portnox NAC Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Portnox NAC
  8. 8
    SecureW2 JoinNow AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb 6.9
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs SecureW2 JoinNow
  9. 9
    Juniper Mist AndroidiOSWeb 6.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Mist
  10. 10
    Arista NG Firewall Free plan Web $22.50/mo6.3
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Arista NG Firewall
  11. 11
    Cambium cnMaestro Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Cambium cnMaestro
  12. 12
    NVIDIA Config Manager Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.2
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs NVIDIA Config Manager
  13. 13
    Infoblox Cloud Network Automation apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.8
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Infoblox Cloud Network Automation
  14. 14
    ExtremeCloud IQ apiself-hostedWeb 5.7
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs ExtremeCloud IQ
  15. 15
    EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI apiself-hostedWeb 5.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI
  16. 16
    HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Free trial Linuxself-hostedWeb $50/mo5.6
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
  17. 17
    BlueCat Horizon Free trial apiLinuxWebWin 5.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs BlueCat Horizon
  18. 18
    Juniper Security Director self-hostedWeb 5.4
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Security Director
  19. 20
    HPE Aruba ClearPass Web 5.1
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs HPE Aruba ClearPass
  20. 21
    Juniper Apstra 5.1
    HPE Aruba Networking Central vs Juniper Apstra

HPE Aruba Networking Central alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1PacketFence7.8Free plan$416.67/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2TP-Link Omada SDN7.7Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Web, Windows
3UniFi Network7.7Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System7.2No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
5Cisco Meraki Dashboard6.9No—Android, API, iOS, Web
6Cradlepoint NetCloud Manager6.9No—Android, API, iOS, Web
7Portnox NAC6.9No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
8SecureW2 JoinNow6.9No—Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
9Juniper Mist6.4No—Android, iOS, Web
10Arista NG Firewall6.3Free plan$22.50/moWeb
11Cambium cnMaestro6.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
12NVIDIA Config Manager6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
13Infoblox Cloud Network Automation5.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14ExtremeCloud IQ5.7No—API, self-hosted, Web
15EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI5.6No—API, self-hosted, Web
16HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software5.6No$50/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
17BlueCat Horizon5.4No—API, Linux, Web, Windows
18Juniper Security Director5.4No—self-hosted, Web
20HPE Aruba ClearPass5.1No—Web
21Juniper Apstra5.1No——
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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 7.8 out of 10. The others here: TP-Link Omada SDN, UniFi Network, RUCKUS Cloudpath Enrollment System 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 mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.