ExtremeCloud IQ ROI

Sriman L - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Nipun Net Solutions

We have seen a return on investment with ExtremeCloud IQ. If we go for traditional controllers, we have to invest in some people with good technical knowledge to manage their entire controllers and APs. You need a separate monitoring platform to manage all these APs or controllers. You also need to invest some amount for this setup.

For example, you started with a medium-scale company, but later because of good sales, you expanded the business to other states or locations. In that case, again, you would have to purchase a new controller or AP and additional licenses that need to be connected to your existing local controller. However, if it does not support that many APs, you have to replace the existing controller with a newer, higher model again. So every time your business expands, you must keep investing an amount towards the products

However, with ExtremeCloud IQ, you don't need that much investment. Since it's like an AP, you are not investing any amount in the controller. You are just investing the amount on the AP and license. So whenever you expand, purchase the rest of the APs you require along with the license and connect it to the cloud. Since it's subscription-based, we have to renew its subscription every year or every three years to utilize the services. It provides 99.99 % SLA that the devices are up and running. With ExtremeCloud IQ, no business-critical apps will be affected.

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it_user578376 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Operations at a non-profit with 51-200 employees

Hard to measure our ROI. With our previous Ubiquiti system, there was no ROI. The WIFI was up until you needed to use it and then it was overloaded and non-functional. Now, the Aerohive just works all of the time.

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it_user655734 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator II at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

We don't have numbers for our ROI, but this is an expansion of our wireless system into 100+ offices, so we expect it will greatly increase the productivity of our employees and customers.

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it_user173682 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

This is not something I have calculated at this point.

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it_user590592 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of Information Technology at a tech services company

ROI is just under three years. The guest registration allows us to require the user to read and accept terms and conditions before connecting and the basic firewall in the APs made it easy to enforce without extra hardware per site.

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WA
Management Board Member and Network Engineer at NewLogics

The ROI depends on the solution itself and the size of the solution.

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it_user584787 - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT Systems Manager at a educational organization

Secondary School Education. I have worked in the industry for 10 years and have knowledge of various educational software packages, as well as corporate networking and infrastructure.

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it_user167031 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director with 51-200 employees

Hard to estimate with a wireless network solution, but time saved by keeping your workers connected to your network instead of running down obscure connectivity issues with SOHO solutions is time well spent.

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it_user614892 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Technology at a educational organization

It's very difficult to calculate the ROI on something like this, but here's what I can say: We were able to layoff our network administrator, and give the network over to someone with very little experience. We saved a salary, and not many of my hours are currently being spent on the network. So I think the return is very high!

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it_user355482 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

This is a school district, so N/A.

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it_user544491 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - IT Infrastructure at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees

It is difficult to say with WiFi. I never have to deal with it and people don't complain about it. If everyone who needs to connect, and can do so without issues, then productivity is increased for sure.

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it_user578085 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees

ROI is difficult to answer in this situation. Wi-Fi cost was part of infrastructure cost of our new manufacturing facility.

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AW
ICT Network Manager at a non-tech company with 11-50 employees

We don't operate such that this product would provide a return on investment. We're a school and we put this system in place to provide wireless access to the pupils.

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MB
President at Marine Alignment, Inc.
  • Solid WiFi
  • Ease of management
  • Ability to upgrade the whole system and stay on top of the network.

A big ROI for us is managing the segments to keep voice and data physically and virtually separate, along with the ongoing expansion of IoT devices. Update October 2018- we have added some IoT networks and managing them through the HiveManager has been simple and secure and keeps IoT and our data network separate.

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it_user462909 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jr. IT Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are able to increase employee productivity and provide guest internet services.

We no longer need ethernet ports/switches in the conference rooms.

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it_user638367 - PeerSpot reviewer
Level 3 Support Technician at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

That I am not sure about our ROI, but these devices have held up very well and with how old some of these devices are (4 or more years old) they're still working.

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it_user513453 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Associate at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our return on investment has been positive, overall. It is very difficult to gauge this statistic in our environment due to this product being used 'in addition to', rather than 'in place of' a wired infrastructure.

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it_user424734 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Coordinator at a university with 501-1,000 employees

I don't calculate that. These just work and fit our needs. Again, I don't calculate the return on investment. If the device makes my life easier, and it works, I judge it a positive move.

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it_user171210 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal System Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees

The amount of time spent troubleshooting wireless issues is now non-existent so our ROI is priceless as it stands.

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it_user283080 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees

Not sure how to calculate this, but I suppose it's been less expensive to operate than the old network as there is less time involved in managing the system.

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it_user578949 - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT manager at a tech services company

We are a hospital and offer WiFi free to our patients and visitors. So there is no real ROI except customer satisfaction which is difficult to measure for us.

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it_user584346 - PeerSpot reviewer
Windows/Mac Network Administrator at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Our return on investment so far has been more stable wifi that is future proof and faster than our old system. We don't have to worry about a controller going end of life and have the ability to manage the whole company from one central dashboard.

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it_user632811 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
  • Stable, well-managed and well-monitored WiFi infrastructure
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it_user535062 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Integrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The Aerohive solution appeared to be price competitive, however lack of training and support in the region has made it more expensive than other solutions.

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it_user537639 - PeerSpot reviewer
-- at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Our organization is a non-profit. As we do not charge for usage, we don't really have an ROI calculated as such. The service we provide (free of charge) is stable and required almost no maintenance.

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March 2024
Learn what your peers think about ExtremeCloud IQ. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.