Ekahau Site Survey vs RedSeal comparison

"The ability to perform dual-band spectrum analysis while conducting the standard WiFi site survey is a tremendous time saver."

"I like that our users can send us a floor map. Sometimes it's not feasible to travel to another country where the users are based. So, the floor map is very useful. It's a fantastic product."

"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 most valuable when it comes to this solution for me is the fact that I don't have to go out and do a site survey. With this solution, I can do it all predictably with the usual 90% accuracy."

"The OEM dashboard has a lot of useful features to troubleshoot the Wi-Fi."

"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."

"It is a stable solution."

"The spectrum analysis capability is very good. It provides deep insights into the Wi-Fi environment. It's not just about troubleshooting interference but also optimizing access points and modifying power levels and channels."

"RedSeal has different modules, such as the Analyzer module, which can be leveraged."

"RedSeal integrates the network and gives us a visual or graphical overview of our network. If an organization is geographically dispersed, for instance, with one office in Canada and one office in the Philippines, the whole network, including all devices, is integrated into RedSeal, and you can see from where the traffic is going in and out."

"This is the only solution in the world that gives you a digital resilience score."

"The most valuable features are network mapping and configuration."

"The information regarding the clients and signal strengths is missing in the Ekahau console."

"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."

"Ekahau could be improved by adding three-dimensional modeling, as we currently cannot view APIs in a three-dimensional perspective."

"Ekahau needs to enhance the view of materials and make some adjustments to the reports."

"Lacks an in-app photo app or a way to upload photos while carrying out an active onsite survey."

"I wish the solution was better at making different survey modes."

"The support is an area in need of improvement."

"Our CTO was not real happy with their support."

"The dashboard should be improved to make correlating data easier to do."

"There is room for improvement in integrating the OT security part and the private 5G security part in RedSeal."

"Sometimes, it required us to refresh the configuration. When we integrated any of the configurations into the device, sometimes, it could not detect the exact picture of that device. So, we had to reset the device to see that if it was giving true-positive results or false-positive results. In some cases, we were not able to get true-positive results. There was some kind of bug in that version. Its interface is not user-friendly and needs to be improved. It takes time to understand the interface and various options. Skybox has quite a user-friendly interface. They could provide a feature for compliance audit policy if it is already not there. A compliance audit policy ensures that all configurations are based on the best practices standards, such as CIS benchmarks standard or other similar standards. It provides visibility about whether your device configuration is based on best practices or not. Usually, such a feature is provided by other solutions such as Meteor or Tenable Nessus."

"One of the areas of concern is the GUI. It is important to our customers that the GUI looks beautiful. It's a Java Client, so you have a Java dependency."

"The product is quite expensive."

"9,000 Euro per year."

"The solution is less costly than one of its competitors."

"The pricing is high."

"We pay $6,000 yearly for the licensing, but each piece of hardware, the Ekahau Sidekick, is $5,000."

"Ekahau Site Survey is a really expensive solution."

"Since we are an academic institute, we get better prices and discounts from Cisco, but not Ekahau."

"The pricing is quite expensive. Not all companies can afford it"

"The pricing is based on the number of endpoints and devices, and we have seen it range from mid-five figures to low six figures."