Cambium cnMaestro vs EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI

Cambium cnMaestro manages Cambium wireless and wired network equipment, including enterprise Wi-Fi, switching, fixed wireless broadband, and industrial IoT products. It provides network control, device visibility, and zero-touch provisioning through cloud-based or on-premises deployment. Cambium says it can run in a public cloud, private cloud, or on premises without Wi-Fi controllers; the on-premises edition is a standalone virtual machine for data-center installation. Management tools include network hierarchy, ping and traceroute troubleshooting, ePSK generation, guest portal management, email alerts, and rogue access point detection. The free cnMaestro Essentials plan requires no subscription and supports up to 10,000 devices and 10 management users. cnMaestro X has a 90-day free trial and 1-, 3-, or 5-year subscriptions priced by device tier and required device counts, with purchase through an authorized reseller or distributor. X includes Cambium Care Pro support, software updates, hardware diagnosis assistance, and accelerated access to Level 2 and Level 3 engineers. APIs use HTTPS, JSON, and OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Grant; REST APIs and webhooks can send alarms to external servers.

EfficientIP SOLIDserver DDI combines DNS, DHCP and IP address management in one platform for on-premises and cloud environments. It manages IPv4 and IPv6, VLANs and VXLANs, and supports DNS and DHCP services from multiple vendors, including Microsoft, ISC BIND, AWS Route 53, Azure DNS and Google Cloud Platform. A centralized repository tracks IP resources, DNS and DHCP data, VLANs, VRFs, applications, devices and metadata, with discovery across on-premises and cloud resources. REST and SOAP APIs provide access to DDI functions, with Python and Terraform plugin options; API calls support rights management and role-based access control. Integrations span virtualization, cloud and automation tools, including VMware vRealize, OpenStack, Proxmox, Terraform, Ansible, Chef and Puppet. The platform also includes policy management, audit trails and compliance reporting. It is offered as hardware and virtual appliances, with hybrid deployment and pricing on request.