LinkRunner Pricing

Mike Robinson - PeerSpot reviewer
Network/Telecom Administrator at Navarro College

Compared to another company's product, LinkRunner is cheaper, but it's still about $1,000 too expensive, considering that the operating system is a free operating system. The OS has just been tweaked to give you a graphical interface. I don't think it's priced right. I don't consider it to be of appropriate value, even though it's cheaper than the competitor. The price is just too high.

If it were $1,000 cheaper, we would see ISDs (independent school districts) using this product. The local ISD here saw me using the product and didn't know about it. When they realized how expensive it was, they weren't able to purchase it.

You do get the ability, out-of-the-box, to save test results automatically to NetAlly’s Link-Live Cloud Service, but it's not a free cloud after your initial subscription. I looked at it and was able to see the results online, but it was useless to me. I don't need to pay for something that's not necessary for this college. Nobody needs that data. For me, the online account and the ability to put things up on the cloud is not important.

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ManuelGuerrero - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Support Specialist III at Citrus College

The cost of this device is very expensive, especially with the NetAlly Care on top of the costs. It is not for personal use and would be very expensive for smaller businesses. My company purchased it out of pocket and they provided it to me. It frees me up more so it is worthwhile for them. However, if I were using it personally, it would be hard to justify the cost versus the time.

If I were choosing a solution for a private business, I would suggest that the technician uses a laptop. It might cost only $1,000 with all of the connection cables and everything that they need. It would require more effort and it would take more time to resolve issues, but it would be easier to justify the cost on a higher level.

On the other hand, if troubleshooting is something that you do every day as a network engineer or a network technician, and this is a device that is going to be used consistently, then it's worth the time and the cost. Long-term productivity will improve because of it.

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KG
Network Engineer at HCA Healthcare

I didn't have to buy it, but if I was going to have my choice, I wouldn't buy it just because of the price point. It works pretty well to do one thing. For the cost, it is definitely not worth it. There are other products out there that can do the same thing for probably 70% less. 

I am not aware of any additional costs.

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BL
Network analyst at a university with 10,001+ employees

The 10Gig ones are quite expensive, and we have only two of them, but I know that this option was cheaper than the other 10Gig option we looked at, and we're very happy with it.

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BAI QING - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director at SystemEngineer360 Pte. Ltd.

Its pricing is all right. Of course, from the business point of view, the cheaper it is, the better it is, but I prefer to spend a bit more money to get a quick response, which is helpful especially when we are onsite or in a very critical situation. We are not only paying for the product. We are paying for the people behind the product in terms of developers and technical support. When you need some help, they will be behind it, and they'll support you. 

There are no additional costs other than the standard licensing fee. 

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Jesse_B - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of networks and infrastructure at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

It's reasonably priced in my market. It provides good value for money. The device is competitively priced as compared to other solutions. It gives you a lot of functionality and saves you a lot of time and resources. I see it as a good buy and good value for money. I stand for it.

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DaveBennett - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Technology at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

The area where the product could be improved is by having a lower cost so that I could have more than one. The price is competitive, but everybody would always like to see the price go down. I'd buy another one if it were cheaper.

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Nick Schornick - PeerSpot reviewer
Market Relationship Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

You get what you pay for whenever you're looking for a network troubleshooting tool. And if you're going to be using it to streamline your processes and cut down on time in the field, you need to choose a product that is going to be easy to use, simple, and something that you can rely on. NetAlly has that.

The cost of the LinkRunner is something that I can justify by it being a simple-to-use unit and something that allows us to perform our job functions quicker and more easily than we have ever done before. So the price is well worth it.

I have not incurred any costs using the NetAlly, other than the purchase of the unit.

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Tom Newman - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at HTH Telecommunications

It's expensive but you definitely get what you pay for. I would buy another one if I had to.

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SK
Systems Engineer at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees

We pay for support:  we appreciate the surety of hardware replacment should a device fail (we have not experienced hardware failure on any of these tools), plus the regular software updates, which add features.

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Bruce Hall - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a university with 501-1,000 employees

It's an expensive device. Don't expect it to be cheap. But the pricing is good. It certainly seemed in line with anything else I was looking at at the time.

The range of NetAlly devices that I saw at the time gave me confidence that I could pick from other devices if I was looking for something with different capabilities at a different price point. But my first priority was the 10-Gb capability, and this was the first in their product line that did that.

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DT
Senior Information Security Analyst at Peterbilt Motors Co., PACCAR

Get the gold support! It's worth every penny for the loaner while your device is in for maintenance.

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JO
Senior Network Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The price was fair. We bought LinkRunner with a bundle. One of the bundles came with the wireless tester as well as a bunch of other modules and adapters.

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RV
Network Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

The pricing and the support licensing is not that complicated. Just make sure you talk to your reseller about how many years you're buying, in connection with your Link-Live account or your AllyCare Premium Support Services. You have to be aware of that.

We did purchase a WiFi dongle so that we can connect it to WiFi.

I would buy another one if I had a chance but they're too expensive. If they made it a bit cheaper, I think a lot of network engineers and network administrators would immediately jump onto it. At the moment, they're just using whatever open-source product they can to do pretty much what LinkRunner can do.

You get what you pay for.

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Robin Puliparambil - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at MATRIXCNI

It was difficult to sell this to my management because the price is really high compared to other testing tools. However, we've seen a pretty good return on investment considering our outcomes and the time we have saved. The first year has been great.

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JT
Network & Infrastructure Analyst with 201-500 employees

The price was fine. You pay for the unit, and there are no licensing or maintenance fees. 

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it_user514299 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a educational organization

I presented the cost to our manager, who didn’t hesitate, because it would reduce our troubleshooting time.

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it_user534378 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Services, Field Services Lead Technician at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our procurement department selects the best price from proven and reliable suppliers.

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NA
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is very expensive.

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