Aruba gets guests online. Spotipo turns them into customers.
Same APs, very different outcome. The Aruba native portal can authenticate guests once DNS, certificates, pre-auth roles and ClearPass all line up, but it captures nothing for marketing. Spotipo runs on your Aruba network without that complexity and turns connections into leads and revenue.
Venues and MSPs that want marketing from WiFi
Cafes, hotels, retail and MSPs on Aruba Instant On, IAP or Central who want automatic email capture, CRM sync, branded splash pages, vouchers and paid WiFi, without ClearPass complexity.
Enterprise auth with a dedicated network team
If you run ClearPass with staff who manage NAS, roles and certificates, and you only need authenticated access rather than marketing or revenue, the native Aruba portal fits that setup.
Works with your hardware, 30+ brands
A built-in portal is made to authenticate, not to grow a business. These are the gaps people leave it for.
UniFi authenticates guests but does not collect or sync contact details. Spotipo captures email, phone and custom fields and syncs them to your CRM and email tools automatically.
No NAS FQDN coordination, no pre-auth role rules, no OCSP or CRL allowlists, and no certificate chain errors. Spotipo delivers the splash page reliably across every device.
Branded splash pages, bulk vouchers, paid WiFi via Stripe, behaviour-triggered campaigns and a real-time dashboard. None of it ships with the native portal.
Honest, including where the other option wins. The rows that usually decide it: what you capture, how the portal behaves, and what you can do with the data.
It comes down to whether guest WiFi is just access, or a channel.
You want leads and revenue from guest WiFi
You want a branded portal that loads reliably without ClearPass coordination, captures contacts and can charge for access, on the Aruba gear you already run.
You run ClearPass with a network team
If you already operate ClearPass with staff to manage roles and certificates, and you only need authenticated access, the native Aruba portal fits that setup.
An enterprise marketing suite versus a self-serve SMB and MSP platform.
An all-in-one single-venue app versus a white-label, multi-vendor platform.
A policy-driven portal versus one that just works, marketing built in.
Spotipo vs MikroTik Native Hotspot Raw hotspot config versus a managed splash-page builder with setup help.
A licensed bundle versus a self-serve marketing captive portal.
The controller portal versus a dedicated WiFi marketing layer.
Its built-in guest portal versus a marketing-first platform that runs on it.
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