The setup cost involves licenses. Sometimes it requires three to five years, and it depends on the subscription. I sometimes face issues with clients regarding this.
The product is nearly too expensive in terms of quality. It varies depending on the project’s scope and specific requirements. Prices range from around 5000 euros to 30,000 for larger, more complex implementations.
We opt for a one-time purchasing fee model in our setup. Since we don't utilize a management platform or WLAN controller, there are no recurring costs. The access points we typically use, which support Cisco's wireless masters, are priced at around $250 each. Occasionally, we purchase them in packs of five or as part of extended packs at a prorated cost.
The price of Cisco Wireless is the same as that offered by Huawei. Presently, there is no difference in the prices between Cisco and Huawei. There is a need to renew the licenses for Cisco Wireless every three years. My company needs to pay around 25 percent of the budget meant for the tools we purchase towards the price of Cisco Wireless. The payment made towards the licensing is not for the operational purpose of the product but towards the support, which is why it may come across as an expensive product to many.
The platform is expensive for small-scale businesses. There are no extra costs included. We can add essential features to the on-premise version as required. I rate the pricing an eight or nine out of ten.
It was expensive. Considering the challenges faced in third-world countries like Pakistan or India, cheaper solutions are preferred. Huawei, for example, is much cheaper compared to Cisco. We use an annual license model.
Cisco is on the expensive side. I'd rate the product a three out of five in terms of affordability of the product. They could improve their lead times. The wait time for their equipment is very long now and the pricing is very steep for Cisco.
Presales Consultant - Enterprise Networks at Cubit technologies LLC
Real User
Mar 10, 2022
Pricing is a little higher for Cisco Wireless than all other vendors. Cisco should work on improving the pricing because there are some other vendors out there in the market which may have the same features or equivalent features that Cisco has at a lesser price.
Technical Operations Manager at a media company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Feb 14, 2022
The price of Cisco Wireless could be adjusted down, it is a bit expensive. The solution is worth it for the name and the brand. However, there are more products now in the market that give you the same quality, but at a cheaper price.
Network & Information Security Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Nov 11, 2021
The licensing is usually for an average of three years, depending on what we buy. There may be some add-ons that could cost a bit more. While, typically, Cisco is a little bit more costly, the costs also depend on your relationship with Cisco.
Technology Manager at International School Of Dakar
Real User
Oct 11, 2021
Cisco Wireless solutions should have a price reduction for educations centers. Education centers are there to help people grow and there are not large budgets. The solution tends to be expensive and it can cause difficulties when purchasing them here in Africa.
Cisco's APs are licensed and you need to buy them. Basically, for every AP, you have to have a license. Some of the other devices do it so that they support X amount and you can buy the licenses for zero to 20, 20 to 40, et cetera, and it's a little bit more affordable. That's kind of why I was trending towards Ruckus. They handle their licensing a little bit differently. Every time somebody asks "How much is a wireless access point? We need wireless in this room." Well, then you tell them the cost and mention "Oh yeah, and there's a license." It's expensive. Users purchase each AP, and that's until the end of that product's life. If you break it down over a year, it's fairly affordable. However, nobody replaces one AP, we replace them all typically at the same time. Unless one dies or they need one expanded, as far as specific costs go, it's different for indoor and outdoor ones. It might be around $100 for a license. The internal ones are far cheaper than that.
Principal Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Jun 29, 2021
Cisco has several pricing models. I think things have gotten more expensive due to the economic climate around COVID and things like that for most vendors now. Everybody is price-sensitive. I'm just the partner, so I'm looking at the solutions for the client. I'm not the customer. The customer, obviously, would say cheap is better and because a lot of people are price sensitive now they're trying to get as much value as they can at a good price.
Technology Architect at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Mar 4, 2021
Its licensing is not simple. There are additional license costs for features, which is frustrating for us. There are some features that are included for free in the base Aruba product, but they are available at additional costs in this solution.
Telecom/Networking Analyst at a religious institution with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Feb 25, 2021
The price for this product is a little bit high, which is why I am not using the most recent version. Rather, I look for products there are mid-ranged, being not too old or too new. The licensing fee is yearly.
Technology Specialist at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Real User
Feb 19, 2021
It's expensive because a lot of the controls come with licenses. A couple of my controls have 15 or 25 access point licenses. And if it's in a building that I need more, then I have to go out to a vendor and be able to purchase the add-on license and then pop it in. It's not bad putting a license in, it's just the biggest complaint I have about Cisco is the cost. Right now there's no subscription. That's the other thing I like about it. We buy it and that's it. The only thing I purchase is the SMARTnet that allows me to do software upgrades for my equipment. I'm paying about $6,000 or $7,000 a year in SMARTnet contracts for that support. Basically, I use it more for the software updates that allow me to keep everything up to date.
This solution is expensive, but you get value for your money. Cisco is not cheap. That's actually an understatement. Our Cisco partners want us to partner with Cisco Meraki solutions because their cloud platform is monthly-based. We pay roughly $2,000 a year with our current subscription.
Coordinator of the IT Department at College Notre-Dame
Real User
Feb 9, 2021
The licensing system is very rigid. I work for a school and we are just treated like big companies. At some point, there's a limit to what we can do about that. I can't remember what we paid for the equipment, though in the end we bought some extra switches from an aftermarket company. We started doing our own replacing of equipment, which we didn't really use. The SMARTnet contract was only for the core switch and the Wi-Fi controllers, and we didn't go that way for the rest of the equipment. If we had, it would have cost something around $2000-$3000 per switch, and we have 30 of them, so it wouldn't have been affordable for us.
Telecommunications Specialistde Telecomunicaciones at Telalca
Real User
Feb 4, 2021
The price is a little high. However, you get what you pay for. The quality of the product is high, you will find it is worth the money. There is some additional cost, for example, customer support.
The cost of the solution is quite high in our region. It would be better if they could take cost into consideration in Latin America to make it more reasonable for local companies.
Cisco Network Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Nov 4, 2020
Cost is one of the reasons why we are switching to Aruba. Aruba is significantly lower than Cisco in price. We do the licensing on a three-year basis. Cisco makes licensing very difficult.
Senior Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5
May 27, 2019
Cisco licensing is usually provided for 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years. You can get a hardware SLA or hardware and software SLA for a period of 5 years. Longer terms of SLA influences the pricing. License pricing also depends on the features that are being used.
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Feb 5, 2019
As far as pricing and licensing go it really depends. I think that it would be better to have more flexible licensing mostly for our clients because then we could commercialize those solutions and position them for a more broader market segment. The pricing depends on the size of the project and the support from the client side.
This product's pricing is good. It's not too expensive. Whether the pricing is a good value depends on the product. I was looking for some Cisco products and found that some are expensive, like the Cisco Spectrum Expert Wireless adapter.
CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Aug 22, 2018
The pricing is okay. I believe it is competitively priced. But it is not just the price by itself, it's the price and the technical features. The features also play a big role. It has to give me the relevant output. That is more important. Price is secondary. Price will not play a very big role because if it does not deliver what I need... For example, if I were to buy a car without an engine, that's still a car, but it is of no use. I might as well buy a car that works. They have simplified the licensing. Now there is a single license that is required. Earlier, multiple licenses were required. Single licensing is good. As a customer, I don't need to keep an inventory of multiple licenses.
CCIE, Sr. Network Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Aug 19, 2018
Pricing is a bit on the high side compared to its competitors but we have to consider the support and usages of the solution. Licensing is now RTU and smart licensing. We need three types of licenses, one for the: * APs * HA * controller.
Technology Manager at International School Of Dakar
Real User
May 24, 2018
We have 10 Cisco 1552E and i ordered 10 more. Now, i have the release for 8.0 and 8.5 for my wlc but i stay with 7.4.100 software version. I will stay with Cisco and see next time Insha ALLAH. The coverage will be extended and the dead zones will be covered.
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The price of Cisco Wireless is pretty expensive.
Cisco has provided significant discounts for large-scale deployments.
The licensing of Cisco Wireless is competitive.
The setup cost involves licenses. Sometimes it requires three to five years, and it depends on the subscription. I sometimes face issues with clients regarding this.
I rate the tool's pricing a nine out of ten.
The product is expensive.
It is an expensive product. I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten, with ten being expensive.
The product is nearly too expensive in terms of quality. It varies depending on the project’s scope and specific requirements. Prices range from around 5000 euros to 30,000 for larger, more complex implementations.
We opt for a one-time purchasing fee model in our setup. Since we don't utilize a management platform or WLAN controller, there are no recurring costs. The access points we typically use, which support Cisco's wireless masters, are priced at around $250 each. Occasionally, we purchase them in packs of five or as part of extended packs at a prorated cost.
I rate the tool's pricing a ten out of ten. It is expensive compared to Aruba and Juniper.
The pricing is reasonable. We license the APs and not the controllers.
The product is expensive. I rate the pricing a ten out of ten. We are dependent on the dollar. There is a global economic issue.
The price of Cisco Wireless is the same as that offered by Huawei. Presently, there is no difference in the prices between Cisco and Huawei. There is a need to renew the licenses for Cisco Wireless every three years. My company needs to pay around 25 percent of the budget meant for the tools we purchase towards the price of Cisco Wireless. The payment made towards the licensing is not for the operational purpose of the product but towards the support, which is why it may come across as an expensive product to many.
The platform is expensive for small-scale businesses. There are no extra costs included. We can add essential features to the on-premise version as required. I rate the pricing an eight or nine out of ten.
Cisco Wireless is quite expensive.
The solution is very costly.
The solution is a little expensive compared to other brands.
It was expensive. Considering the challenges faced in third-world countries like Pakistan or India, cheaper solutions are preferred. Huawei, for example, is much cheaper compared to Cisco. We use an annual license model.
The license structure is confusing.
Cisco is on the expensive side. I'd rate the product a three out of five in terms of affordability of the product. They could improve their lead times. The wait time for their equipment is very long now and the pricing is very steep for Cisco.
Pricing is a little higher for Cisco Wireless than all other vendors. Cisco should work on improving the pricing because there are some other vendors out there in the market which may have the same features or equivalent features that Cisco has at a lesser price.
The price of Cisco Wireless is in the high range compared to other solutions. The solution could be less expensive.
The price of Cisco Wireless could be adjusted down, it is a bit expensive. The solution is worth it for the name and the brand. However, there are more products now in the market that give you the same quality, but at a cheaper price.
The pricing is on the high side. For example, it is more expensive to use than Aruba. We have a license, however, I do not manage it.
The price of Cisco Wireless equipment is expensive. Cisco has introduced a subscription pricing model where you have to always pay and renew.
There is no license required to use Cisco Wireless solutions.
The licensing is usually for an average of three years, depending on what we buy. There may be some add-ons that could cost a bit more. While, typically, Cisco is a little bit more costly, the costs also depend on your relationship with Cisco.
There are no subscription fees.
We have a yearly license.
I don't know the details about the pricing. Typically it just gets lumped into my project. So I'm not sure what we're paying in licensing fees.
Cisco Wireless solutions should have a price reduction for educations centers. Education centers are there to help people grow and there are not large budgets. The solution tends to be expensive and it can cause difficulties when purchasing them here in Africa.
Cisco's APs are licensed and you need to buy them. Basically, for every AP, you have to have a license. Some of the other devices do it so that they support X amount and you can buy the licenses for zero to 20, 20 to 40, et cetera, and it's a little bit more affordable. That's kind of why I was trending towards Ruckus. They handle their licensing a little bit differently. Every time somebody asks "How much is a wireless access point? We need wireless in this room." Well, then you tell them the cost and mention "Oh yeah, and there's a license." It's expensive. Users purchase each AP, and that's until the end of that product's life. If you break it down over a year, it's fairly affordable. However, nobody replaces one AP, we replace them all typically at the same time. Unless one dies or they need one expanded, as far as specific costs go, it's different for indoor and outdoor ones. It might be around $100 for a license. The internal ones are far cheaper than that.
We use the product under an educational license, and therefore, we find the solution to be reasonably priced.
It's expensive. The price could be cheaper. The license is a one-time purchase.
The solution does not come with a licensing fee.
Cisco has several pricing models. I think things have gotten more expensive due to the economic climate around COVID and things like that for most vendors now. Everybody is price-sensitive. I'm just the partner, so I'm looking at the solutions for the client. I'm not the customer. The customer, obviously, would say cheap is better and because a lot of people are price sensitive now they're trying to get as much value as they can at a good price.
It is expensive, and there are some costs in addition to the standard licensing fee. Its licensing model and cost should be improved.
Because the Cisco architecture is quite complex, you may end up having to add more components and licenses. So, the cost could go up.
I believe licensing is paid on a monthly basis.
Its licensing is hard to understand.
We do not need to pay a licensing fee to Cisco.
Its licensing is not simple. There are additional license costs for features, which is frustrating for us. There are some features that are included for free in the base Aruba product, but they are available at additional costs in this solution.
The price of this solution is a little more than competitors.
The price for this product is a little bit high, which is why I am not using the most recent version. Rather, I look for products there are mid-ranged, being not too old or too new. The licensing fee is yearly.
I don't work with the commercial side, I don't have any estimate on the cost. That said, I do know that it is more expensive than other options.
It's expensive because a lot of the controls come with licenses. A couple of my controls have 15 or 25 access point licenses. And if it's in a building that I need more, then I have to go out to a vendor and be able to purchase the add-on license and then pop it in. It's not bad putting a license in, it's just the biggest complaint I have about Cisco is the cost. Right now there's no subscription. That's the other thing I like about it. We buy it and that's it. The only thing I purchase is the SMARTnet that allows me to do software upgrades for my equipment. I'm paying about $6,000 or $7,000 a year in SMARTnet contracts for that support. Basically, I use it more for the software updates that allow me to keep everything up to date.
This solution is expensive, but you get value for your money. Cisco is not cheap. That's actually an understatement. Our Cisco partners want us to partner with Cisco Meraki solutions because their cloud platform is monthly-based. We pay roughly $2,000 a year with our current subscription.
The licensing system is very rigid. I work for a school and we are just treated like big companies. At some point, there's a limit to what we can do about that. I can't remember what we paid for the equipment, though in the end we bought some extra switches from an aftermarket company. We started doing our own replacing of equipment, which we didn't really use. The SMARTnet contract was only for the core switch and the Wi-Fi controllers, and we didn't go that way for the rest of the equipment. If we had, it would have cost something around $2000-$3000 per switch, and we have 30 of them, so it wouldn't have been affordable for us.
The price is a little high. However, you get what you pay for. The quality of the product is high, you will find it is worth the money. There is some additional cost, for example, customer support.
Cisco Wireless is a little bit expensive when compared to other solutions.
The product could be priced better.
Our procurement team handles the contracts for this solution. Therefore, I don't have any insights into pricing.
The pricing depends on the requirement, so proper planning and an RF analysis help to properly size the solution and get the best pricing.
Cisco is an expensive solution and considering the price, it should perform better.
Cisco has changed their licensing mode and they've become very expensive.
The cost of the solution is quite high in our region. It would be better if they could take cost into consideration in Latin America to make it more reasonable for local companies.
This is an expensive product.
The price of this product is reasonable.
Cost is one of the reasons why we are switching to Aruba. Aruba is significantly lower than Cisco in price. We do the licensing on a three-year basis. Cisco makes licensing very difficult.
I don't handle the pricing. I don't have it in front of me. I'm not sure what the monthly costs are for our organization.
The pricing of the solution is little expensive if you compare it to other competitors.
Cisco licensing is usually provided for 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years. You can get a hardware SLA or hardware and software SLA for a period of 5 years. Longer terms of SLA influences the pricing. License pricing also depends on the features that are being used.
I think that the solution is expensive because the customer has to pay for a full year, at a minimum, in up-front costs.
Don't use Cisco Meraki. While pretty, the devices and licensing aren't worth the cost.
As far as pricing and licensing go it really depends. I think that it would be better to have more flexible licensing mostly for our clients because then we could commercialize those solutions and position them for a more broader market segment. The pricing depends on the size of the project and the support from the client side.
It's a bit expensive but it's professional and works properly.
This product's pricing is good. It's not too expensive. Whether the pricing is a good value depends on the product. I was looking for some Cisco products and found that some are expensive, like the Cisco Spectrum Expert Wireless adapter.
It's good to compare pricing, but it's Cisco and I trust Cisco.
I feel the product's pricing is a good value.
The pricing is okay. I believe it is competitively priced. But it is not just the price by itself, it's the price and the technical features. The features also play a big role. It has to give me the relevant output. That is more important. Price is secondary. Price will not play a very big role because if it does not deliver what I need... For example, if I were to buy a car without an engine, that's still a car, but it is of no use. I might as well buy a car that works. They have simplified the licensing. Now there is a single license that is required. Earlier, multiple licenses were required. Single licensing is good. As a customer, I don't need to keep an inventory of multiple licenses.
Pricing is a bit on the high side compared to its competitors but we have to consider the support and usages of the solution. Licensing is now RTU and smart licensing. We need three types of licenses, one for the: * APs * HA * controller.
Never pay the full GPL price.
The pricing is high. It could be cheaper. Cisco is known for its high pricing.
I am not a fan of Cisco's software pricing model. Their management software is far too expensive.
We have 10 Cisco 1552E and i ordered 10 more. Now, i have the release for 8.0 and 8.5 for my wlc but i stay with 7.4.100 software version. I will stay with Cisco and see next time Insha ALLAH. The coverage will be extended and the dead zones will be covered.