We compared AirMagnet Survey and Ekahau Site Survey based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
AirMagnet Survey offers efficient network optimization, reliable support, positive ROI, reasonable pricing, and positive user experiences. Users suggest improvements in functionality and integration. In comparison, Ekahau Site Survey provides detailed coverage mapping, positive ROI, efficient troubleshooting capability, responsive customer service, competitive pricing, and positive user experiences. Users highlight the need for enhancements in the user interface, reporting capabilities, and mapping accuracy.
Features: The valuable features of AirMagnet Survey include accurate Wi-Fi signal mapping, network interference detection and resolution, comprehensive reporting options, user-friendly interface, spectrum analysis, and heatmapping functionalities. Meanwhile, Ekahau Site Survey offers accurate and detailed Wi-Fi coverage mapping, thorough analysis of signal strength and interference, an intuitive interface, network performance simulation, optimized access point placement, efficient troubleshooting, and reliable reporting.
Pricing and ROI: The setup costs for AirMagnet Survey and Ekahau Site Survey have received positive feedback from users. AirMagnet Survey offers a straightforward and user-friendly installation process, while Ekahau Site Survey is mentioned as smooth and seamless. Users have found the licensing options for both products to be flexible and easy to manage., The ROI for AirMagnet Survey has been positive, with users reporting improved network performance, reduced costs, enhanced productivity, and improved customer satisfaction. Similarly, Ekahau Site Survey has shown positive ROI with significant improvements in network planning, troubleshooting, reduced downtime, optimized network performance, increased productivity, and cost savings.
Room for Improvement: AirMagnet Survey users have highlighted the need for enhancements in functionality, ease of use, accuracy, comprehensive reporting features, and integration with other tools. Meanwhile, Ekahau Site Survey users suggest improving the software's user interface, reporting capabilities, and mapping accuracy and precision.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user feedback, the duration for establishing a new tech solution with AirMagnet Survey varies greatly among users. Some users took three months for deployment and an additional week for setup, while others only required a week for both phases. On the other hand, user feedback for Ekahau Site Survey indicates that some users took three weeks for deployment and two days for setup, while others needed a month for deployment and an extra week for setup. The experiences with Ekahau Site Survey also varied, with some users taking longer periods for both phases and others requiring less time., Users of AirMagnet Survey highly praise its customer service for its prompt and helpful assistance. The support team is professional and knowledgeable, providing exceptional service. On the other hand, Ekahau Site Survey provides prompt and helpful assistance as well, with its support team being responsive and experts in providing effective solutions.
The summary above is based on 17 interviews we conducted recently with AirMagnet Survey and Ekahau Site Survey users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"I would like to rate the product as eight of ten."
"Clear and easy to use maps."
"The predictive survey is the most valuable feature. I use it quite often."
"It allows us to prepare more real designs. Later, we validate them with actual surveys."
"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 features are the survey, spectrum analysis, and reporting."
"Using the products to ensure the safety of our equipment that we have a lot invested in."
"The addition of the AirMapper software on the nXG and our AirCheck G2s has helped a lot because we're mostly not drilling down into the data. Local managers only need to see the coverage on their end and whether there are performance bottlenecks. These things are easy enough for us to ascertain with iPerf."
"Ekahau Site Survey can be crucial for troubleshooting our Wi-Fi network."
"I don't handle the software that much. I'll do some of the testing with our CTO. It is primarily him and I. He has commented before that he likes the fact that with two licenses, we can set it up so that when we're on a large facility, he can see where I am and I can see where he is. That's for sure is very handy in large venues."
"The most valuable features of the Ekahau Site Survey for us are the combination of using the tool."
"The ability to perform dual-band spectrum analysis while conducting the standard WiFi site survey is a tremendous time saver."
"There are some survey tools that are a little easier to use, but the benefit of using the Ekahau is that it is very configurable. If you go into a building that has solid cement walls, instead of traditional walls, you can configure it for that. It is much more configurable than the other ones."
"Ekahau Site Survey is an easy and accurate 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."
"The troubleshooting tools are the most valuable feature of the solution."
"Less time consumed doing the real surveys."
"When you conduct an active survey and then want to use it for design work, it's actually not very useful."
"The throughput should be more advanced in the future. They need to add more versions of WiFi than just one."
"It'd be nice if it was cheaper, however, you get value for your money."
"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."
"But it's definitely a more expensive solution than other ones."
"The user interface needs a lot of improvement. The auto-placement of access points is not accurate."
"The support is an area in need of improvement."
"In all of our buildings, whenever we deploy wireless access points, we also have to deploy wireless intrusion detections. The Ekahau Site Survey tool doesn't allow us to differentiate between the access point and the intrusion detection device. That's because they're the same devices, but they're configured differently for the type of usage. That's one area that I would ask them to improve. They should allow the identification of access points versus wireless intrusion detection."
"Lacks an in-app photo app or a way to upload photos while carrying out an active onsite survey."
"Ekahau needs to enhance the view of materials and make some adjustments to the reports."
"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."
"I find the power button hard to access with just one hand."
"The new Sidekick is going to support Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E."
"The report generation has room for improvement and is missing small details."
AirMagnet Survey is ranked 2nd in Network Modeling and Simulation with 38 reviews while Ekahau Site Survey is ranked 1st in Network Modeling and Simulation with 31 reviews. AirMagnet Survey is rated 8.2, while Ekahau Site Survey is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of AirMagnet Survey writes "It fixes so many problems quickly that we don't regret spending more on high-end tools than most companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ekahau Site Survey writes "Valuable troubleshooting tools and easy to scale, but outdated documentation, issues with stability, and lacks differentiated survey modes". AirMagnet Survey is most compared with Aruba Wireless, AirCheck G3, iBwave Wi-Fi, Ubiquiti WLAN and Wireshark, whereas Ekahau Site Survey is most compared with iBwave Wi-Fi, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and RedSeal. See our AirMagnet Survey vs. Ekahau Site Survey report.
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