iBwave Unity Reviews

It can speed up design of a Wi-Fi network.

It could be improved by improving the speed of the product. 

It crashes often, and is not quite stable. 

Yes, I used tech support. 

I implemented the product. It was straightforward.

I am currently looking for an alternative due to my reluctance with the reliability of this product.

The object database is simply fantastic. It saves a lot of time when creating a new project.

The iBwave WiFi was really useful in terms of time saving for predictions and validation of RF coverages.

A very good instrument to create professional documents for customers and their IT staff.

Surely, one improvement could involve the materials panel in the prediction tool. For example, there are some materials missing in the materials list, like metallic shelves in a warehouse, metallic floors (mezzanine).

In the iBwave software there are some features and one of those is the capability to predict diffusion of the radiofrequency signals.
Propagation in a specific environment is conditioned by several things:
height of the RF Source, type of antenna (transmitter and receiver), obstacles between source and destination.
Obstacles may vary in a warehouse where could exist a stock of wood, or mineral water, or generic food (cartons or cans or bottles). All of this stuff may reflect or absorb the RF signal at certain frequencies so being able to predict the behavior of RF signals within a warehouse could be a very nice stuff. I tried with several different materials already in the system and I've found a good compromise but having it clear and ready to use could be great.

I have been using iBwave for more than one year.

We have never encountered deployment issues.

We have never encountered stability issues; this product looks very stable.

From 1 to 10, I would say customer service is a 10. Pre-sales and post-sales support were great.

I needed their support only two times, not so much to give them a vote, but both times it was A+.

I was using an old version of Ekahau Survey, then I decided to change because of the support level from iBwave.

Initial setup was not complex at all.

An in-house team, our team, implemented it.

For our type of business, I think that the ROI can be considered as one year. It saves time and money with predictions that are very accurate. I tested personally a prediction with real devices after deployment; the results were almost the same.

Pricing and product quality are number one.

I tested Ekahau but in demo mode; full functionality was not available for testing, not even for a few days.

iBwave were the only ones that gave me a fully functional demo (30 days). That's why I decided to buy iBwave WiFi; the only ones to give me a fully functional demo to test all the features.

The new UI is fantastic, easy to navigate, and has a better layout.

I am referring to the icon size in the navigation bar, the description of the icon is self explanatory “Import iBwave Collection Data”. In general, I must say there are a lot of improvement in that regards. In my opinion, maintaining all the capabilities and resources available to the user is the most important differentiator when I evaluate similar prediction tools.

It is a more cost-effective way to do a Wi-Fi design since all the tools to be used to create a design are incorporated. We create more accurate designs since we have the tool.

• Prediction processing time in general

I have used Wi-Fii for two years, before IBWAVE Design to create In-building design as part of a daily activity.

We have not encountered any deployment issues at all.

We have not encountered any stability issues.

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

Excellent customer service team!

Top-notch technical support, as always.

Before, we used rudimentary tools. iBwave Design is the best tool for in-building design on the market.

Initial setup was straightforward; easy to set up .

A vendor team implemented it; it was top notch!!

I don't have visibility of the return of investment.

I suggest to go with perpetual licensing model.

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated Ekahau.

Keep going in the same direction!! Really good teamwork.

• AutoCAD import
• Network parts modeling and connection
• 3D representation
• Automatic calculations and reporting

• Ability to offer professional engineering services even though we're not using it for Wi-Fi only, but it allows doing some technical studies on various proposed solutions to come up with an optimum design even for sites under construction

We hope iBwave improves the performance of large files and simplifies some routine tasks even further.

I have used it for five years.

We had to use a powerful machine to overcome typical performance issues with large files.

There were very few crashes over the usage span, especially for a situation where memory is pushed to the limit.

We have not encountered any scalability issues, but it is very costly to renew the annual subscription to get the latest versions and features.

Customer service is 9/10.

Technical support is 9/10.

We have not used a different solution before iBwave.

Setup is always straightforward and user-friendly.

We used our own expertise to deploy the solution.

• Getting exposure to reputable clients and projects

There are many options to select from using iBwave's sales team help.

Before choosing this product, we did not evaluate other options.

Although the interface is user friendly, it's better to get well trained to use the solution in order to benefit from its detailed feature set.