The pricing is so cost-effective that it leaves no room for competition with other vendors.

Previously, ExtremeCloudIQ provided free licensing for all the basic requirements of their customers. An advanced cloud user had to purchase advanced licenses for automation and advanced country features at the enterprise level. They have restricted the licensing, allowing only up to ten units for testing, which is challenging.

This limitation becomes problematic, especially in countries like Sri Lanka or other Asian countries, where customers face economic challenges and have limited budgets. The previous free option was beneficial, but it has become tougher to manage with these new changes. They should revise their pricing structure, offering the basic features free of charge for up to 50 AP. Larger entities with more than 50 APs have the budget to support them. Still, it becomes more difficult for small and medium-sized businesses with less than 50 APs to allocate a significant budget for control and management features.

ExtremeCloud IQ's pricing is medium, but its support contract costs more. The solution's technical support is not free, and you have to pay additionally for technical support. I rate the solution a six out of ten for pricing.

As I'm part of the technical team, I have no idea how much ExtremeCloud IQ costs.

I can't recall the exact pricing. As I recall, it's on the higher side. I have seen other solutions such as Meraki from Cisco Aruba. Extreme is on the higher side. I'd rate it a four out of five in terms of affordability as the cost is quite high.

You simply need a regular license to begin using it. 

I haven't done an in-depth analysis, but I think it's competitive. I couldn't tell you if it's the cheapest, but I have no reason to believe that it's out of line with the prices on the market. If you ask the superintendent of a co-op if the price of a product could be better, the answer will always be "yes." 

You get what you pay for. In my experience, you want to ensure you're buying something of reputable quality, and you have a duty to pay a reasonable price when you're spending public funds. There are other considerations, too. How long is it going to last? Are you going to have ongoing support? Is that support going to be delivered in a timely manner?

Our APs were around $630 per unit. We did have to purchase HiveManager licenses for each AP at around $110 per AP. This price is low considering we have had no issues with the system.

Extreme licensing is based on the number of access points. When you buy the license for the first year, everything is included, such as access to mapping, etc. If you don't renew your software assurance for the second year, the access points will still work, but you can't use the cloud management tools.

A lot of customers will say that ExtremeCloud isn't affordable. However, I think the price is reasonable compared to Aruba and Cisco. As a seller, I believe the price is competitive, but customers don't want to pay licensing fees. In South Africa, once I've bought something, it must work forever.

The solution is moderately priced. I’d rate it a three out of five in terms of affordability. If five is the highest, which would be Cisco, I would say Extreme definitely gets most of their business by not being as expensive as Cisco. And the licensing also costs less, which is a big selling point.

Although the pricing is a bit high, I consider Aerohive to be well worth the money. They have a very defined licensing scheme that is easy to understand.

Extreme is twice as cheap compared to Cisco due to the currency exchange. Normally, I think Cisco would be a little bit more expensive, but there wouldn't be that much of a difference. 

It has been a while, but I believe it was around 5k for the Hive manager virtual appliance and then the price of each AP which range from $400-$1100. Day to day cost is pretty much nothing other than when I need to provision a new AP or update a network policy. As I said before, I can go weeks at a time without even looking at it.

There are good discounts for purchasing APs with the support up front. Go for the three- or five-year options if budget allows. The heat map tends to be very conservative so you might be able to use fewer APs than the tool suggests. An extra AP or two is cheaper than a full site survey.

Customers need to pay a yearly licensing fee for ExtremeCloud IQ, which is a little bit expensive. They do not have to pay any extra costs in addition to the standard license fees.

ExtremeCloud IQ's pricing is high. 

Pricing of Aerohive Access Points are reasonable. They provide educational discount as well as BOGOF offers when buying in bulk. Licensing is straightforward, 1, 3 or 5 year license per access point. Included in that price is cloud management for that access point.

All in, our deployment was under 5K for a medium size office of about 75. There really is no day to day cost associated with using Aerohive. It’s been cruising along without issue since deployment, with minimal time spent making configuration tweaks and updating firmware on occasion.

The pricing and licensing appear to be a bit high, but you get what you pay for. It's a great product with excellent customer support.

I am not involved in the price, but I am sure that it is not cheap. 

I am not responsible for the project's pricing. I can't tell you the numbers.

Buy near the end of Q4 in order to get a deal.

Pricing and licensing is straight forward. Make sure to read appropriate documentation and ASK QUESTIONS. Also be sure to always ask about three-year renewals on licensing, there can be huge savings.

The price was okay. However, there are different licensing models and it would be helpful if more of the features were in the lower licensing bracket.

Value is there. There are probably cheaper solutions but we invest for stability and performance for the longer haul. Features and support are a big part of our purchase decisions.

It is not the cheapest product but I think that the price is reasonable because you get a lot of support of it's needed. This is a professional access point.

Hardware is more expensive than a home router but there is a reason. In addition to the feature sets that hivemanager provides having a maintenance agreement allows us to provide better service to the end users.

Day to day cost is minimal, as these APs don't fail very often. The initial setp was a bit pricey as well as our expansion (if you calculate at around $1200 per newly deployed AP, including wired lines)

It is easy for customers to use this product because they are able to interchange the license depending on their usage rather than having to buy individual licenses for each asset.

Without needing to pay for controllers, we were able to invest in better wireless hardware. License and maintenance costs were minimal.

I don't handle pricing or licensing. Some of the devices seem pricey but quality seems to be top notch because we don't have devices coming back to be returned all the time.

Concerning Aerohive, this topic is not one that I have been involved with and, as such, I do not wish to give advice regarding.

In education, install via e-rate to make the product quite affordable. They are similar in price to most competing brands.

£500 for the unit. Zero cost for the day to day usage.

It's a little pricey, but then so is the competition. You do require a license per device, so make sure that if you order more APs you have also purchased licenses.

It is costly as compared to Meraki, Aruba, Juniper, and Cisco. Cloud IQ is an enterprise solution, whereas Meraki is specifically a single solution.

When using a smaller network we found it more interesting to use the cloud hosted HiveManager solution. We found it cheaper and easier to start. No internal resources needed.

The pricing and licensing is a great structure and fairly priced. We looked at a few different solutions and they were right in line with competitors and cheaper. There is no per user license which is nice.

Pricing is a bit expensive. 

This solution offers annual licensing that is middle of the range in terms of cost.

I did a multi-year license. It was a three-year license.

It compares well with others in terms of the price. It is about a hundred dollars per year on a three-year scale.

I would advise that you be sure to compare apples with apples. Many customers just look at the price per AP and licences, and compare that against other solutions. But, they do not look at the complete picture such as:

• TCO - how much the equipment will cost you over, say, seven years?
• Will the customer need to change complete infrastructure when they want to buy the newest hardware?
• Does support include a lifetime warranty and RMA? 

For example, if you compare Aruba vs Aerohive, you need to check which licences from Aruba you need to match the functionality of Aerohive (usually you need at least three types of licences and a controller with redundancy). The same goes with Cisco, where you need buy additional licences for central management, firewall, spectral analysis, WIPS, PPSK, etc. Aerohive has a very simple model - one licence for all the functionalities - and you can believe that there are many. One licence makes it easy to maintain, scale, renew and you can plan your costs 10 years in advance.

Aerohive pricing is a little high on the hardware and licensing, but for the price, I like them very much.

Always negotiate on the price and have more then one solution to choose from.

Make sure that your regional distributor is truly committed to the product and supporting the solution before buying.

We have several points of service that has purchased this solution - the only issue we had is that they weren't purchased at the same time - so maintenance fees were not all a the same time. Aerohive was able to help us adjust our pricing to be more regular. Work with Aerohive to develop the solution that will work best for you.

Be aware of the total cost for equipment and licensing.