

Ruckus Wireless and Cambium Networks compete in the wireless networking solutions market. Ruckus seems to have the upper hand with its advanced antenna technology and signal optimization, offering superior performance despite higher costs.
Features: Ruckus Wireless offers BeamFlex adaptive antenna technology for optimized signal coverage, Ruckus Location-Based Services for precise location data interaction, and a superior antenna array design that reduces hardware deployment. Cambium Networks provides reliable deployment options with optimal coverage and capacity, flexibility in frequency management, and recent advancements in the 6 GHz band, enhancing long-term deployment versatility.
Room for Improvement: Ruckus Wireless could improve pricing strategies and performance monitoring, better organize ZoneDirector logs, and enhance user-friendliness of cloud management solutions. Cambium Networks should focus on improving bandwidth management, support documentation, and efficiency in large areas, and speed up technical support.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Ruckus Wireless offers diverse deployment modes including on-premises and hybrid options, with a generally strong reputation for customer support. However, support quality has reportedly declined post-acquisitions. Cambium Networks, known for excellent customer service, offers fewer deployment options but focuses on hybrid and on-premises solutions.
Pricing and ROI: Ruckus Wireless is often seen as expensive, yet users acknowledge significant ROI through reduced hardware needs and operational costs. Cambium Networks presents a cost-effective option for long-term investments, appealing to price-sensitive markets, especially without recurring license fees, providing competitive pricing and good ROI potential.
Cisco's support is very good and ranks 10 out of 10.
The local team helps with issues primarily, and if they can't resolve them, they connect to the technical support team in the US, who are very much trained on resolving issues and providing support.
They were always available when needed, which we appreciated.
I have contacted Ruckus support through our managed services vendor, but the responses have been delayed, possibly due to the vendor.
Allowing deployment of fewer access points while covering more area.
Ruckus provides better area coverage and interference withstanding capacity.
With the Ruckus R1 Cloud, I just need to put it into the venue, and it will automatically sync up and configure itself.
I believe the hardware used in Cambium Networks is pretty robust, and the radios are strong in terms of signal and performance.
Cambium currently lacks such extensive analytics capabilities.
Channel management required manual intervention, especially in environments with multiple floors, leading to potential signal interference issues.
I would want more WiFi products, specifically WiFi indoor access point products.
The current reporting is limited to 30 days, and it would be helpful if there was an option to extend it to one year.
Cambium Networks Wireless LAN was well-priced, comparable and not the most expensive nor the cheapest option available.
Cambium's pricing is better compared to Ruckus, which has multiple components with associated costs, like license support and access point support costs.
Ruckus Wireless is quite economical compared to Meraki or Cisco Umbrella APs.
The product was scalable, allowing for fewer access points to cover more area, and supported a high number of clients.
Ruckus offers a more extensive coverage range and has better capacity to withstand interference, which I have experienced with Ruckus products.
The features of Cambium Networks Wireless LAN that I have found most valuable is cloud management, as Cambium has the feature for cloud control, and the UI is very easy, making managing access points and devices very easy in the cloud, which I found very useful.
The most valuable feature of Ruckus Wireless is its AI capability, which automatically scales up and down the coverage areas.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Ruckus Wireless | 13.8% |
| Cambium Networks Wireless LAN | 1.4% |
| Other | 84.8% |


| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 14 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 2 |
| Large Enterprise | 2 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 69 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 21 |
| Large Enterprise | 25 |
Ruckus Wireless is part of Ruckus Networks/Commscope and provides reliable wireless network solutions and services to large venues, schools, hotels, hospitals, malls, and public spaces (and more) worldwide.
Wireless access is an integral necessary part of today’s modern, fast-paced lifestyle. It is essential that dependable, safe wireless capabilities be available in most of today’s largely populated public spaces. Ruckus Wireless is the trusted industry leader in assisting organizations of all sizes to provide wireless access throughout their locations, both inside their physical structures and adjacent open outdoor areas.
Ruckus Wireless empowers users to design and create a wireless network across their organizational space to ensure that wireless coverage is available consistently to anyone who needs it. Ruckus can handle anything from homes and small to medium-sized businesses to hospitals, college campuses, airports, malls, stadiums and more. Ruckus also has excellent options for outdoor wireless networks. Many users choose Ruckus Wireless for broad extensive outdoor use. The solution offers excellent durable outdoor access points and a very robust, super fast, reliable Wi-Fi. Each and every access point is very powerful, and the outdoor access points can be very easily disguised to keep the network secure.
Another strong point is that Ruckus technology is based on frequencies. If there is ever any type of wireless interference, Ruckus Wireless can change frequency automatically so there are never any interruptions. Users also have the option to block outside access points and signals that may interfere with their network and make their network the only one that people can see within the network. Users can additionally whitelist certain networks if desired.
Ruckus uses the latest next-gen Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 6, ensuring that more devices can be handled with greater speed and continuity. With Ruckus, users have great control over network traffic. They can also allocate the amount of bandwidth network users are granted based on their status - eg., guest, corporate, etc. - and give users priority on the network based on their status. Ruckus also has mesh and beamforming capabilities, which are recognized as a valued feature for many users.
Ruckus Wireless is robust, extremely reliable, very easy to deploy, and offers amazing coverage and rock solid connectivity. It is very easy to add additional access points across the network. Ruckus Wireless is very easy to use and manage using an app on any mobile device.
Reviews from Real Users
A Director Engineering & New Business at a comms service provider says Ruckus “provides superior coverage and is very dependable”
Sintayehu A., Director Of Information Communication Technology at Dire Dawa University, relates that "Ruckus Wireless supports the most recent technologies. We can trace every individual and what kind of traffic they're using on our campus. It is very helpful."
Philip S., Independent Consultant - Wireless, says, "The solution is very stable. I've worked with it at a hospital before, where we deployed it all over the hospital. It worked everywhere and continuously worked flawlessly."
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