We performed a comparison between AirMagnet Survey and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Ekahau, NetAlly, iBwave and others in Network Modeling and Simulation."The most valuable feature is the predictive survey. The antennas' RF patterns are reflected correctly on the drawing when preparing predictive heat maps."
"I would like to rate the product as eight of ten."
"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."
"It allows us to prepare more real designs. Later, we validate them with actual surveys."
"The most valuable features are the survey, spectrum analysis, and reporting."
"The heat maps are quite good, and some features are easy to use."
"Using the products to ensure the safety of our equipment that we have a lot invested in."
"Customer service is great."
"Allows for cloud-based management of your Wi-Fi network."
"The flexibility, since it's a cloud service, is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The product has been very stable over the years."
"The captive portal feature is my favorite. It allows us to keep track of how many people are entering our client's businesses."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN are the ease of use and the ability to manage it from the cloud."
"It will allow me to integrate another system very quickly, as we continue expanding for our client."
"I have found it to be stable."
"It's a stable product."
"The user interface needs a lot of improvement. The auto-placement of access points is not accurate."
"AirMagnet Survey doesn't cover certain devices in the system."
"When you conduct an active survey and then want to use it for design work, it's actually not very useful."
"I would say some of our newer techs that are going out to job sites can be a little bit intimidated by the interface."
"But it's definitely a more expensive solution than other ones."
"It would be nice to have some more training resources for younger techs. We can use them if we need some assistance, but that usually requires one of us who knows what we're doing to calibrate the programs properly."
"The surveying features are in need of improvement, along with general usability."
"The throughput should be more advanced in the future. They need to add more versions of WiFi than just one."
"It is expensive. Juniper seems to have a lot more to offer for future expansion. Juniper has some features that are not there in this solution."
"Currently, with Meraki, a controller is required to direct guest and user traffic to the internet. Improvement is needed in the portal for enhanced visibility into activities. Additionally, addressing multiple bugs, especially those arising with new releases, is crucial to ensure system stability."
"They're great. If there's anything that they need to change, it is just simplifying the site to which you go to make changes on the admin side."
"The only thing that always causes problems with Meraki is the license. It's a bit of a bugbear with Meraki, and it remains today. So it's an unusual concept compared to the other products in the marketplace, but then it does cause a bit of a nuisance from time to time."
"It is not a budget-friendly solution."
"The error logs need to be much more comprehensive."
"The licensing model is a terrible idea."
"The customization needs to be improved because it's pretty locked down."
AirMagnet Survey is ranked 2nd in Network Modeling and Simulation with 38 reviews while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is ranked 4th in Wireless LAN with 115 reviews. AirMagnet Survey is rated 8.2, while Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is rated 8.2. 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 Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN writes "Offers good mobility, stability and scalability ". AirMagnet Survey is most compared with Ekahau Site Survey, Aruba Wireless, AirCheck G3, iBwave Wi-Fi and NetAlly EtherScope nXG, whereas Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Wireless and Mist AI and Cloud.
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