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AirMagnet Survey PRO vs Huawei Wireless comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AirMagnet Survey PRO
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
39
Ranking in other categories
Network Modeling and Simulation (4th), Network Troubleshooting (6th)
Huawei Wireless
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Wireless LAN (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

AirMagnet Survey PRO and Huawei Wireless aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. AirMagnet Survey PRO is designed for Network Modeling and Simulation and holds a mindshare of 6.8%, down 14.3% compared to last year.
Huawei Wireless, on the other hand, focuses on Wireless LAN, holds 4.2% mindshare, down 6.2% since last year.
Network Modeling and Simulation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AirMagnet Survey PRO6.8%
EVE-NG9.2%
GNS38.0%
Other76.0%
Network Modeling and Simulation
Wireless LAN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Huawei Wireless4.2%
Aruba Wireless12.9%
Ruckus Wireless10.3%
Other72.6%
Wireless LAN
 

Featured Reviews

Mark Witherspoon - PeerSpot reviewer
Wireless Services Manager at Veritas Managed Solutions
A solution for site verifications and enhanced with adapters that provide more realistic readings, but needs to support Wi-Fi 6E
Ekahau and AirMagnet Survey have their own pros and cons, in my opinion. For example, the APs are not visible in Ekahau but AirMagnet Survey allows us to see what APs and channels are being used in a live view, which Ekahau lacks. In Ekahau, the signal from the AP it's capturing at that time is visible which is a bit of an inconvenience. The predictive planner of AirMagnet's is better. However, Ekahau has advantages over AirMagnet because it groups all the SSIDs into one AP, whereas with AirMagnet, one needs to group them manually. Ekahau also supports Wi-Fi 6E, but its licensing is restrictive and more costly.
Shahnawaz Nusrat - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Technical Operations at ITE
Effective and extensive campus Wi-Fi with room for better frequency management
We have deployed Huawei CCTV solutions at multiple universities in Pakistan. This includes Huawei Wireless for Smart Campus projects, where we provide blanket Wi-Fi coverage and Safe Campus projects, where we deploy security cameras and multiple devices to monitor the campus Huawei Wireless has…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"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."
"It allows us to prepare more real designs, and later we validate them with actual surveys."
"The benefit is with the ease of use of the software, I am able to show the customer, "Here is what your wireless coverage looks like." It is set up in a fashion that non-technical people can understand it."
"I would like to rate the product as eight of ten."
"The product is very good and I highly recommend it, especially if you have to present the survey finding to clients."
"Clear and easy to use maps."
"Everything about the AirMagnet is useful."
"We haven't really used any other solution because there really wasn't anything out there like AirMagnet."
"The most valuable features of Huawei Wireless are WiFi coverage and ease of use."
"The most valuable thing about Huawei Wireless is that it is one of the cheapest WiFi 6 systems. Its price is very nice. The other WiFi systems cost about 15% more."
"The solution has high performance and we are using Wi-Fi 6 that we have found to be the best coverage."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"It is easy to set up."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The product is simple and easy to use."
"It provides high-speed network connections."
 

Cons

"The product would frequently crash and this was on different laptop platforms."
"The surveying features are in need of improvement, along with general usability."
"Often, AirMagnet will crash and you will have to reboot your laptop or tablet to start it again. Data will be lost if you haven’t saved it."
"I would like to see a clearer representation of different power readings/levels when the survey tool renders heat maps."
"It'd be nice if it was cheaper, however, you get value for your money."
"I had some crash issues due to the wireless card driver."
"AirMagnet Survey doesn't cover certain devices in the system."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"While I am fine with the current licensing price, I would appreciate it to be more cost-effective."
"The demo program is an area for improvement in Huawei Wireless as it's hard to use. As a partner, you can use the solution for free, for thirty days, for example. On paper, everything looks fine, but you have to get permission and explain why you want to download the software, even if it's just for demo purposes. I don't get why I have to do this as a partner and still give an explanation that this would be for a demo setup. Downloading the solution isn't a click-and-install process that should go smoothly and efficiently. You have to get a lot of approvals and explain a lot, and in the end, you find out that you received the approval for one piece of software. It looks like you need additional software to use the software. My company asked for approval and received the approval three days later, but you need to install another software to use some of the features. In the past, most features were separate. Because Huawei wants a single pane of glass where all features should work with the Huawei equipment, Huawei decided to combine everything into the iMaster NCE Campus, which incorporates every other cloud solution. However, you still have to ask for approval for every piece of software, and without clear information on the features, the type of software, and the software files required, it's not so good from my point of view."
"The stability could be improved."
"The solution's integration with some AAA servers like Aruba ClearPass is difficult and could be improved."
"Huawei Wireless has a small technical problem. When you use a power injector, it needs to be specially configured for the switch to which it is connected. It tries to take power not from the power injector but from the switch. The funny thing when you look at it is that you have three switches or maybe four or five that are theoretically capable. However, the port on these switches is disabled. When you connect the access point to a power injector, the access point checks for features from the switch, but on this port, the switch doesn't do power. So, the access point changes these features to energy save mode and cuts off some features, especially WiFi 6. It took me two weeks to find out what's going on and how to mitigate this sort of problem. It is very easy to fix. You need to disable LLDP on the port on which you connect the access point to the power injector. Power injectors aren't quite commonly used, but I have 54 access points, and I have used about 27 power injectors. So, about half of the access points were working at reduced speed, not full speed, for two weeks."
"There were some issues with the network design, but that is not specifically related to the product."
"Huawei Wireless has a small technical problem. When you use a power injector, it needs to be specially configured for the switch to which it is connected."
"Improving the visibility, control offered, and cloud management would all be very helpful. Also how you can monetize the information you get from Wi-Fi controllers should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is medium."
"There is an annual cost of the solution. There are some additional charges, such as support and maintenance."
"This product is very expensive."
"For technical support, you need an annual license, but it is not worth it."
"The pricing needs improvement."
"The licensing of AirMagnet Survey is different when compared to Ekahu. It is a third of the cost of Ekahau but there are no dedicated laptops to the Sidekick. AirMagnet allows you to license an adapter and share that adapter."
"The moment we began needing more of the vendor's support, the cost became very high; we switched to another solution."
"Huawei Wireless is an expensive solution."
"The platform is less costly than one of its competitors. I rate the pricing a three out of ten."
"I would rate them something, like, eight to nine, on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"I pay monthly for the solution."
"Huawei Wireless is one of the cheapest options in the marketplace."
"The price of Huawei Wireless is very good."
"Its price is reasonable."
"The product has a good price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise12
 

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Which wireless solution would you choose - Huawei or D-Link?
Huawei wireless is a strong and solid product that has a lot of features - and for all that it offers, it happens to be very cost effective. As a wireless solution, it is simple and its user interf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei Wireless?
For SMB customers with limited wireless users, Huawei Wireless may not be suitable due to the lack of multiple access points and the need for a centralized SSID. However, for large-capacity custome...
What needs improvement with Huawei Wireless?
The manageability of radio frequencies to avoid overlapping needs improvement. Additionally, the reporting part requires enhancement as some customers need detailed reports of each Wi-Fi point, whi...
 

Also Known As

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Huawei WLAN
 

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Sample Customers

Houston Methodist Hospital, Love's Travel Stops
Anhui Agricultural University (AAU), China Everbright Bank
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