BT Halo for Business vs. UniFi WiFi Access Points

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
UniFi WiFi Access Points
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Ubiquiti Networks in San Jose provides the UniFi wi-fi access points. The enterprise products support 1,000+ client capacity, long-range 6 GHz performance, and 10 GbE PoE connectivity with native high availability architecture for critical enterprise environments.N/A
Pricing
BT Halo for BusinessUniFi WiFi Access Points
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BT Halo for BusinessUniFi WiFi Access Points
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 BusinessUniFi WiFi Access Points
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User Ratings
BT Halo for BusinessUniFi WiFi Access Points
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(51 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
2.4
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
BT Halo for BusinessUniFi WiFi Access Points
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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Ubiquiti Networks
I love the equipment for small-scale commercial solutions and quality without the price tag. I might not recommend their products for a large organization with multiple locations and servers. However, the GUI interface will allow remote access and setup across the network. I think this is a great solution for small businesses and families or home office solutions, provided there is some IT knowledge for setup and maintenance.
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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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Ubiquiti Networks
  • Ubiquti WLAN is very easy on setup for fast deployment.
  • The monitoring software is offered at different level. Cloudkey, or just throwing up their free controller on a PC somewhere.
  • It also does a great job of publishing timely updates to firmware, and addressing bug issues.
  • The ease of the interface, without adding a bunch of fluff, makes this literally the best out there in my opinion.
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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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Ubiquiti Networks
  • Initial configuration of access points can be rather tricky. Each one I have installed was a complete pain to get setup and connected with the UniFi Controller software. I never worked out what causes me problems, but thankfully once I've stumbled through the correct procedure, it does work completely reliably after that, for years on end.
  • The UniFi Controller software will nag you to share usage data. When offered to opt-in, I choose not to do so, but you'll eventually be nagged again on a future login.
  • Some of the 'tooltips' within the Controller software could be more informative.
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Usability
BT Group
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Ubiquiti Networks
Ubiquiti makes great Access points at various tiers provided far better coverage and throughput than consumer-grade wireless repeaters and routers. We have not had any performance complaints from guests or from the administration who use the wifi on a daily basis.
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Support Rating
BT Group
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Ubiquiti Networks
Ubiquiti support is minimal, which is said to help decrease the cost of the equipment. However, with many reports of emails going directly to the Ubiquiti support line taking days to hear a response, you're better off either engaging with the community forums for help from fellow UniFi users or reaching out to a reseller that has training on the equipment that can assist.
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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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Ubiquiti Networks
Ubiquiti is overall easier to work with. There is no special training needed to accomplish many of the things required with a Cisco product. Since my time is stretched thin, I need something that I can manage without being weighed down by command-line communications. Also, I am able to use my wireless devices to maintain every Ubiquiti device on my 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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Ubiquiti Networks
  • Can't say it enough, prices are awesome, so ROI is very high IMHO.
  • Remote cloud management allows me to service more clients at greater distances.
  • Project estimates become much more attractive when you can show the savings vs more expensive solutions.
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