We performed a comparison between AirMagnet Survey, Aruba Wireless, and Ekahau Site Survey based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"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."
"The most valuable feature is the predictive survey. The antennas' RF patterns are reflected correctly on the drawing when preparing predictive heat maps."
"Customer service is great."
"Using the products to ensure the safety of our equipment that we have a lot invested in."
"The predictive survey is the most valuable feature. I use it quite often."
"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 heat maps are quite good, and some features are easy to use."
"I would like to rate the product as eight of ten."
"For my organization, the most critical feature of Aruba Wireless is guest management."
"Reasonably priced and great for small to medium size organizations."
"The cost is pretty good. It's what draws in the clients."
"Aruba allowed for the detailed control and management of an entire WiFi network from a single screen backed by a support team with local SEs who work with business partners to ensure the product's success."
"The web interface to manage the APs is intuitive and makes managing the system easy. Firmware updates are quick and do not require much downtime."
"It has improved overall IT efficiency across the board."
"It has an aesthetically pleasing GUI for configuration."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Wireless is application monitoring."
"It's easy to plot APs and generate reports."
"It is a stable solution."
"We reviewed the maps as a team and determined if any changes needed to be made or if we could just replace APs as they are. We got into this by upgrading our access points to Meraki, and we wanted to make sure that we weren't leaving trouble behind us as we were doing it."
"I like Ekahau's interface and the reports it can generate."
"We are satisfied with the way this product is working."
"The troubleshooting tools are the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The ability to perform dual-band spectrum analysis while conducting the standard WiFi site survey is a tremendous time saver."
"The most valuable feature of Ekahau Site Survey is the predictive survey."
"The throughput should be more advanced in the future. They need to add more versions of WiFi than just one."
"The user interface needs a lot of improvement. The auto-placement of access points is not accurate."
"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 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."
"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."
"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."
"Less time consumed doing the real surveys."
"We needed the help of network consultants to complete the setup for us."
"The bad things about the product are the price, the information about the product, and the time it takes to deliver the product."
"They should provide usage guides and solutions to frequent problems."
"Better integration between the controller and the ClearPass portal would be a nice change."
"Because it's cloud-based, it takes time for the floor maps and the heat map to load."
"Sometimes the configuration is difficult."
"I need more access. I only install the hardware and the software part for the client. However, there are no admin privileges, which is an issue. You need to contact them and make a special request."
"The network times for protocol synchronization can be improved."
"Ekahau would benefit by making improvements to lag time."
"Sometimes there is a cancellation between two signals that the solution is not able to monitor correctly, this could improve in the future."
"I would say that the indoor site accuracy is pretty good but the outdoor one should be improved. I would say if there was a way to put trees in there and canopies, that would be great."
"I am having problems importing maps to Ekahau Site Survey. Importing is one of the first steps in using the solution and it is getting stuck. The problem could be that our maps are large with many layers."
"The information regarding the clients and signal strengths is missing in the Ekahau console."
"Most features are there, but the network adapter support should be better. Ekahau should support all laptops and versions. There's an issue with the driver too."
"The support is an area in need of improvement."
"They should improve the iPad application because it's unstable. Also, Ekahau could be better integrated with other vendors."
