Ekahau Site Survey Other Advice

RB
Senior Analyst at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I would say that you need to decide what it is you want to do. If you just need to do validation surveys or predictive surveys, Ekahau is fine. I feel like though, if you're going to go out and do an AP on a stick, an actual survey, Ekahau is not as good as AirMagnet in that regard, so you need to know what your use case will be.

I would rate this solution as a seven out of ten. 

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Manager, Unified Communications at University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

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Mike Scofield - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Technology at Zion Elementary School District 6

Their software, combined with the Sidekick, is the best tool that we have come across. This is why we chose it: to conduct accurate site surveys, and they are compatible with all of the access points that we use. 

I can't speak for other products, but it works really well for us.

I would rate Ekahau Site Survey an eight out of ten.

It does what we need it to do. Obviously, we have to train people on how to use it, it is not automatic. 

When we take it into an area to see what is going on, or even if we are going to survey an entire school, it does an excellent job.

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Alex Uritsky - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Israel InterUniversity Computation Center

One person from the engineering support and one technician are needed for the solution's deployment and maintenance.

Overall, I rate Ekahau Site Survey a nine out of ten.

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SI
Tech Specialist, Client Network DeliveryTech at AT&T

I would tell potential users that this tool is really powerful. If you want to implement and enjoy wireless features, buy this solution. You can do it on your own and save costs by not paying someone else to perform the site service. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Ekahau Site Survey a ten.

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Instructor at Bulacan State University

The system does not extract the certificate.

Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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NH
Primary Wireless Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

I would highly recommend going to the Ekahau training class. They have a class to train you on how to do surveys. 

I would rate it a 10 out of 10 because as a project manager doing wireless surveys, it gives me all the tools and access that I need to be able to conduct a proper survey. The only thing that it requires is the ability to differentiate between an access point and a wireless intrusion detection device.

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FJ
Solutions Architect at Altron

If you have the budget for it, this is a very good product. We've been doing WiFi for quite a long time and we didn't do the online training or use the guides. For anyone new to the solution, it's worth spending a couple of hours with the online help that's available. 

The only downfall is the price so I rate this solution a nine out of 10.

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MG
Senior System Engineer at alascom

I would rate this solution seven out of ten.

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AW
Owner at Collabsion, Inc.

This is a professional tool. You have to know how to use it. 

Used in conjunction with the Ekahau Pro software and a professional wireless engineer, this tool will make conducting a wireless site survey a breeze.

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EJ
Director of Sales at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Ekahau Site Survey is focused on on-site surveys.

I need to know what users want to use the solution for. If they want to use it for their own office, their office better be a big one with plenty of branches. Otherwise, it's not worth it. It's more reasonable to call me to come over to your office and look at your Wi-Fi rather than buy Ekahau Site Survey.

Ekahau Site Survey is the only product that gives you the full flexibility of site survey and on-site survey. There's no other product that can compare to it. That's the problem. If another product can compare, function to function with Ekahau, it's a whole different ball game. Right now, Ekahau dominates the market.

Whenever a tender comes out, people will specify Ekahau, so it's very difficult to move away from it. Since it has become the default product, it's demanding very high prices.

Overall, I rate Ekahau Site Survey a nine out of ten.

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SA
Wireless Network Engineer at Forvia

We are using Ekahau AI Pro and Ekahau Connect. The products are integrated with the cloud. When I created a new ticket with Ekahau for license validation, the team told me to wait until the new version was deployed. I downgraded to the older version, as they recommended. If we want a professional site survey and a professional design tool, we need Ekahau Site Survey. It is mandatory. Overall, I rate the tool a nine and a half out of ten.

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AW
Owner at Collabsion, Inc.

It is a good product but support needs to speed up responses. It takes 24-48 hours to get a simple response. You pay $1389 per year for support and you are had-pressed to get timely answers. 

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JS
Owner at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Overall, we're pretty happy with it. One reason why we bought Ekahau was that one of our major customers happen to use Ekahau at a large Telco. They just don't have a lot of operators that can run it, and when we provide reports to them, it is for them to read and research, and things like that.

I work closely with the guy who does all the CAD work. He imports the CAD files and sets everything up, and he seems to be happy with that aspect of it. He had just that one issue with service support. So, based on that, I would rate it a nine out of 10.

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Lakshmi  Narayan - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at PCa Lumens

Overall, I would rate Ekahau Site Survey an eight out of ten.

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DO
Sales Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I would rate this solution as a whole a 10, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

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RB
Network Specialist at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

I advise others to learn about the different functions of wired and wireless versions of the solution. Also, it would help if they installed the solution on an iPad Pro with a LiDAR scanner for autopilot feature to run smoothly.

I rate the solution as a seven.

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FR
Business IT Manager at PiSA

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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PD
Project Coordinator at Konnet Solutions

I give the solution a seven out of ten.

Ekahau Site Survey is fast and reliable. I recommend the solution to others.

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Hussain Shabbir - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at SHAH Solutions

I rate Ekahau Site Survey eight out of 10. Go for it if you can afford it.

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it_user299262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Directeur Supports et Formation at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's a great product; regular updates make it dynamic and bring us new possibilities.

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it_user639723 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

From my experience, Ekauhau has always been very interested in improving their software by listening to users' demands and requirements. From my point of view, they successfully ease the complex process of designing wireless LAN on a professional level.

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SW
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

I rate Ekahau Site Survey a seven out of ten.

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AM
Project Director at Design and Intelligent Materials S de RL de CV

I rate Ekahau Site Survey nine out of 10. It's an original product that could be the standard on the market. It has a good price point. 

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it_user637230 - PeerSpot reviewer
WLAN & Route/Switch Network Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Just a customer service story: I needed an AP listed for a predictive model that was not listed in ESS. I sent a request to have this one added to ESS and within three hours, the response came back with the file I needed to copy and paste into ESS to use this AP model! Three hours! Unbelievably responsive and outstanding customer service. Ekahau listens and responds to their customers!

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it_user639438 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Wireless Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

MetaGeek also has exceptional products.

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SM
Converged Services Project Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I rate Ekahau Site Survey a nine out of ten.

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