We performed a comparison between Cambium and Ubiquiti Wireless based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Ubiquiti Wireless seems to be a superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found the Cambium to be rather expensive to purchase. Additionally, some users of Cambium feel that it is difficult for users to deploy. Finally, users of Cambium feel that its stability could be improved.
"Cambium Networks Wireless WAN is scalable. The XV2 model of the solution can support up to 216 people at a time."
"What I find valuable is the fact that you don't need to purchase any license. Basically you just get the hardware for the access points, configure an IP and connect it with a switch."
"It is highly scalable. I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten."
"One could say that Cambium is a scalable solution."
"When we log in to the device, we can easily configure it. So it is quite user-friendly."
"The initial setup of Cambium is straightforward."
"Technical support has been good."
"The feature that I really liked is the mesh feature. Currently, we are in quarantine, and the request of home users is that they need to cover the whole house or the whole indoor house. Mesh solution works really nice in Cambium environment. Being able to set up access points in advance is a good feature. It lets you set up the whole environment in your lab or any other place before deploying the access points."
"It allows us to offer policy control."
"Easy to use and flexible."
"Very simple, very basic setup for Ubiquiti Wireless. Its performance in a home or small business setting with fewer access points is fantastic."
"Their hardware is very good."
"I have found the most valuable features to be the ability to use the main centralized administration process and the internet."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of setup."
"The stability and performance are great."
"I would say that the user experience is pretty good in this solution as well as the roaming solution part of it."
"The range of the product is disappointing so far."
"The modulation could be optimized for better performance, and the configuration should be made adaptive to ensure dynamic adjustments as needed."
"The Cambium user interface and configuration should be improved."
"I think this product could be improved if It were SMS based. If I have a visitor in my office, I'd like to be able to send them the wireless password as a message via SMS, so I don't have to give it out."
"The product could have more access points to increase the network coverage."
"Cambium Networks Wireless WAN is stable but sometimes the 2.4 gigahertz network is sometimes not as stable as the 5 gigahertz. The 5 gigahertz works smoothly with everything, but 2.4 has some problems. If we change the configuration I am not sure if it would fix the problem."
"If someone wants to go to the location-based portal of the product, like the one available in Meraki, it would not be possible, and it is an area that needs improvement."
"Cambium Networks Wireless WAN's support services could be better."
"The product lacks some security features."
"Better security is important because we need to have some degree of control over who is connected and how we can restrict the level of connectivity."
"They should make more advanced features for the power users. I am a technician and I am functional, but I do need some features that I find only in Microsoft."
"We tried to create an access point with built-in voice and sound that we could use in schools, for example. We tried to create something that could play sounds or messages out of the access points. We wanted to, for example, use it as a school bell instead of using other equipment. It didn't work very well. It turns out when you connect to the Ubiquiti Wireless access point, it's not possible to send simple messages (like what is going on in the canteen, or some news update for the school, etc.). We had to use the on-premises version, as the cloud version wouldn't allow for this."
"We need an official distributor in Egypt as we don't have one right now."
"t does not have traffic shaping or traffic policies in its wireless requirements."
"After upgrades to the interface, some features disappear."
"There should be an easier way to contact the support. If we need to do something on it, it will be easier and faster if there is a support number to call. Currently, their support is mostly through email or chat. If there is a hotline that you can call directly, that would be good. It will really help a lot. They should also include more after-sales support. They can maybe also provide more details on what's happening with the network."
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Cambium Networks Wireless WAN is ranked 3rd in Wireless WAN with 23 reviews while Ubiquiti Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless WAN with 68 reviews. Cambium Networks Wireless WAN is rated 8.6, while Ubiquiti Wireless is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cambium Networks Wireless WAN writes "Provides point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connectivity and user-friendly solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubiquiti Wireless writes "It's cheap and easy to use but isn't suitable for large deployments or complex use cases ". Cambium Networks Wireless WAN is most compared with Ruckus Wireless WAN, Cisco Wireless WAN and Aruba Networks Wireless WAN, whereas Ubiquiti Wireless is most compared with Ruckus Wireless WAN, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Aruba Wireless, ExtremeCloud IQ and Fortinet FortiWLM. See our Cambium Networks Wireless WAN vs. Ubiquiti Wireless report.
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