We performed a comparison between AirMagnet Survey and Ruckus Wireless based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Ekahau, NetAlly, iBwave and others in Network Modeling and Simulation."Using the products to ensure the safety of our equipment that we have a lot invested in."
"The most valuable features are the survey, spectrum analysis, and reporting."
"It is reliable and easy to use (user-friendly). The heat mapping, passive network surveying, and doing the heat mapping of a building's wireless network allows me to see what level of coverage an area has."
"It allows us to prepare more real designs. Later, we validate them with actual surveys."
"We use the solution for Wi-Fi and networks."
"The addition of the AirMapper software on the nXG and our AirCheck G2s has helped a lot because we're mostly not drilling down into the data. Local managers only need to see the coverage on their end and whether there are performance bottlenecks. These things are easy enough for us to ascertain with iPerf."
"The benefit is with the ease of use of the software, I am able to show the customer, "Here is what your wireless coverage looks like." It is set up in a fashion that non-technical people can understand it."
"The most valuable feature is the predictive survey. The antennas' RF patterns are reflected correctly on the drawing when preparing predictive heat maps."
"The most valuable feature for me is reliability."
"Easy to configure and user-friendly."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"Key features are integrated WiFi client performance tools, sophisticated user access controls, and easy and understandable controls and interfaces."
"The connectivity of the product is amazing."
"The most valuable feature is the coverage, which is exceptional."
"Its roaming capabilities and the fact that we can have redundant backup controllers are the most valuable. There is a backup controller that is heart beated to the primary. It is also fairly easy to install."
"I can manage the network through a cell phone, which is a plus from my side. I am also able to visualize the network. I can also check the quality of the signal for different clients that are currently connected and see whether the quality is excellent, moderate, or poor. Sometimes, I can even adjust the signal strength."
"AirMagnet Survey doesn't cover certain devices in the system."
"I would say some of our newer techs that are going out to job sites can be a little bit intimidated by the interface."
"It'd be nice if it was cheaper, however, you get value for your money."
"But it's definitely a more expensive solution than other ones."
"The throughput should be more advanced in the future. They need to add more versions of WiFi than just one."
"Printouts are JPEG printouts. The AirMagnet software is proprietary. I can't send my customers a file, because it is AirMagnet file, even for building projects. I can only send JPEGs or screenshots of heat maps."
"The user interface needs a lot of improvement. The auto-placement of access points is not accurate."
"When you conduct an active survey and then want to use it for design work, it's actually not very useful."
"Most customers revoke the idea of deploying it when they observe the cost per AP license."
"Mounting options for outdoor access points, I think they could easily improve on that."
"The solution is sensitive with reference to power fluctuations. This sensitivity should be improved. Additionally, the solution should have more security features integrated."
"The solution isn't the cheapest option. However, you are getting a quality product."
"The tool needs to incorporate training. Also, it needs to improve the range of coverage."
"It could be more stable."
"The delivery time of the hardware needs to be improved."
"Wi-Fi 6E and the cloud are areas with shortcomings in the solution that need improvement."
AirMagnet Survey is ranked 2nd in Network Modeling and Simulation with 38 reviews while Ruckus Wireless is ranked 3rd in Wireless LAN with 97 reviews. AirMagnet Survey is rated 8.2, while Ruckus Wireless is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AirMagnet Survey writes "It fixes so many problems quickly that we don't regret spending more on high-end tools than most companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ruckus Wireless writes "Great wireless, good reliability, and excellent connectivity". AirMagnet Survey is most compared with Ekahau Site Survey, Aruba Wireless, AirCheck G3, iBwave Wi-Fi and Ubiquiti WLAN, whereas Ruckus Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points and Ubiquiti WLAN.
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