BT Halo for Business vs. Cisco Meraki Go

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BT Halo for Business
Score 9.0 out of 10
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BT Halo for Business is a business broadband and wifi system, featuring free wi-fi for guests for businesses that need it.N/A
Meraki Go
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Cisco's Meraki Go offers Indoor and Outdoor Wireless Access Points so you can have fast and reliable WiFi, no matter where your business goes. By incorporating the latest hardware standards, Meraki Go access points simply plug into your network and get to work.N/A
Pricing
BT Halo for BusinessCisco Meraki Go
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BT Halo for BusinessMeraki Go
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BT Halo for BusinessCisco Meraki Go
User Ratings
BT Halo for BusinessCisco Meraki Go
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(12 ratings)
User Testimonials
BT Halo for BusinessCisco Meraki Go
Likelihood to Recommend
BT Group
In my experience BT Halo for Business is the best option for great connectivity and speed, you can connect huge numbers of mobiles, and digital phones line without any problems and they provide some great automatically work features that solved most of your problems. BT Halo for business is great for all business small, mediums and big.
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Cisco
Cisco Meraki Go is well suited for small or large organizations that want to centralize their network management. We have half a dozen offices spread over two states. I can manage all of my networks through a single pane of glass. The only time Cisco Meraki Go isn't super appropriate is when larger organizations may want to use a more granular security approach or set up VPNs with non-Meraki hardware.
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Pros
BT Group
  • great numbers of devices connectivity.
  • provide higher speed then any other options in market.
  • BT Halo support team is great.
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Cisco
  • Cheap and fast hotspot supporting multiple simultaneous clients.
  • Guest control through a Captive portal.
  • They work with the 802.11ac Wave 2 protocol.
  • They direct the WiFi signal directly to the client that is accessing the internet and increase the quality of the signal.
  • Managed in the cloud and accessed via the web
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Cons
BT Group
  • new users need more information online about BT Halo for Business and how it works.
  • They can do some more improvement to how BT Halo automatically switches to 4G.
  • There's always room for improvements in speed and much better connectivity.
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Cisco
  • One thing I would add is that sometimes the app has downtime or works particularly slowly on the weekends. Why that is, I'm not sure, maybe because I have an older iPhone.
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Likelihood to Renew
BT Group
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Cisco
It's just as easy to use as Meraki but a perfect fit for home and SMB. It's a no-brainer.
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Support Rating
BT Group
No answers on this topic
Cisco
It's good, it can be better, but it's good. We had problems with Outlook 365 disconnecting and their support wasn't able to help us. We spent a few hours on the phone and finally, one of our NOC guys decided to change the MTU. I'm sure their support is good, I just think that this time we didn't find the right person.
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Alternatives Considered
BT Group
BT Halo for Business has a well-experienced support team to help you if you have any queries or problems. BT Halo for Business provides great speed and connectivity for your business at an affordable price.
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Cisco
Cisco Meraki Go is very fast and offers high productivity than other solutions available in the market. It offers a wide range of features in a very affordable pricing model which is quite a competition for all the alternatives out there. Since we have offices in remote as well, that's why we went with Meraki Go as it can be easily moved from one location to another.
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Scalability
BT Group
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Cisco
The ease of deployment can be moved from one site to another easily. There is no need for any source or managing controller and hence it can be easily moved with the same configuration. This type of solution is best for teams who work together and are on the move from one location to another and who rely on high performance and good security for their wifi network.
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Return on Investment
BT Group
  • Because of high speed connectivity we save more time and invest in right work.
  • BT Halo for Business helps a lot in internal device connectivity which helps for company growth.
  • We not face any problems with BT Halo so far, it's a good sign.
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Cisco
  • Meraki has improved our business and our sales by a lot.
  • Customers are always happy to enter our brewery and have a drink, even more, when their internet works to near perfection.
  • I even catch myself watching an episode or two on netflix during my lunch break, considering the internet can support my 4k streaming.
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