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AirMagnet Survey PRO vs Riverbed SteelCentral WebAnalyzer [EOL] comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 7, 2025

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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 (5th)
Riverbed SteelCentral WebAn...
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

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.
it_user539928 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
I was able to monitor two key applications that were hosted externally.
WebAnalyzer includes support for Ajax transactions, while this is invaluable, it becomes difficult to provide a big picture analysis of pageviews AND ajax transactions. The APDEX score is calculated on pageview response times. Some applications use Ajax extensively to imitate desktop applications. This can be confusing if you only look at Pageview times.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"As far as using the software, it's going to give you true results and be very accurate."
"AirMagnet is a very stable and time-tested product."
"The AirMagnet Survey allows you to see the list of APs in the live view. It only supports certain adapters, which can be limiting, but it's also beneficial because these adapters are more comparable to real-life devices like laptops. With Ekahau, Sidekick needs to be used for full features, but I find the Sidekick too strong, which can hamper results. Therefore, I prefer AirMagnet's approach because the adapters provide more realistic readings."
"Everything about the AirMagnet is useful."
"We use the solution for Wi-Fi and networks."
"The reports are amazing and very easy to run."
"We haven't really used any other solution because there really wasn't anything out there like AirMagnet."
"It has helped us to survey coverage after implementation."
"In deploying WebAnalyzer, I was able to monitor two key applications that were hosted externally."
 

Cons

"I would like to see a clearer representation of different power readings/levels when the survey tool renders heat maps."
"It would be nice to have some more training resources for younger techs. We can use them if we need some assistance, but that usually requires one of us who knows what we're doing to calibrate the programs properly."
"I feel like the software crashed on my laptop so many times, as compared to when I was using the Ekahau, but it's fine."
"The surveying features are in need of improvement, along with general usability."
"The moment we began needing more of the vendor's support, the cost became very high; we switched to another solution."
"AirMagnet Survey doesn't cover certain devices in the system."
"Less time consumed doing the real surveys."
"The worst thing that is built into AirMagnet is, if your laptop crashes in the middle, all of the work you have done is gone."
"Clients are manually installed. This makes mass deployments impossible."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For technical support, you need an annual license, but it is not worth it."
"The moment we began needing more of the vendor's support, the cost became very high; we switched to another solution."
"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 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."
"The pricing needs improvement."
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Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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