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Attribute Ratings
- WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
79%
8 Ratings
8.0
WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
80%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
100%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
Cisco [Aironet Access Points] are well suited in offices where they can be managed by a wireless LAN controller (WLC). Using them in this way allows the APs to be well managed and security policies can easily be enforced down to users connecting to these APs for wireless access. Scenarios, where Cisco [Aironet Access Points] are less appropriate, are in small-office-home-office (SOHO) situations because of price and licensing costs to use a WLC to manage them. Thus, using them, in this case, would be that the APs would have to be in Autonomous mode, and the technical know-how in converting a lightweight AP to an Autonomous one is not straightforward.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 501-1000 employeesWatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
The WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud works well in any scenario. With the number of AP model options, this solution can work at a coffee shop all the way up to a multi-tenant facility with thousands of users.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employeesPros
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
- Outdoor mesh bridging of access points brings significant cost savings to many of our production facilities. Deploying mesh APs is a significant cost reduction over trenching conduit to connect remote areas via fiber.
- Cisco APs are extremely resilient, with a failure rate of below 5% in some of our harshest environments.
- Cisco APs have the intelligence to identify wireless interference sources with Clean Air technology

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Utilities Company, 10,001+ employeesWatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
- Ease of Management
- Secure
- Wi-Fi Reporting

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employeesCons
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
- In the facilities where we operate, we had to put a reinforcement on the ceiling to avoid problems due to the weight of the access point.
- On the appearance, it could be smaller and lighter.
- As for the hardware, I think it's incredible, I don't see any points to improve.
Networking Coordinator
NetshoesInternet, 1001-5000 employees
WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
- As far as a native VLAN configuration, VLAN 0 is used while mostly all other vendors use VLAN 1 as the default (native) VLAN. Minor detail, but keeps configuration standard across the board.
- The policing feature is powerful, but at times too powerful and needs to be modified a few times before getting the solution where you need it to be. Different levels of policing would be nice, with the option of creating your own and/or modifying an existing template.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employeesPricing Details
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Support Rating
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
No score
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WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud 10.0
Based on 2 answers
The support team is great! I have never had an issue getting the support I needed. They make it a point to stick with the issue until it's resolved to the customer's satisfaction. They do not make you feel like you need to hurry up and close the ticket. They make sure the solution is working as designed.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employeesAlternatives Considered
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
The usage scenario was different. I don't see this as a benefit versus harm comparison, necessarily. What happened was that, at a certain point, the implementation of the cisco solution was the winner of our public bidding process and with that, we implemented it and have used it ever since.
Diretor de Tecnologia da Informação e Telecomunicação
Câmara Municipal de CampinasGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees
WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud offers the cloud management solution unlike Ubiquiti which needs a controller that you need to setup, configure, update, and maintain. Also Security is offered with Secure Wi-Fi cloud.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employeesReturn on Investment
Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points
- Obviously, these things aren't cheap. But we do believe that with the functionality we get, we are getting a good return on productivity.
- These things are really reliable, we don't spend a lot of time troubleshooting or replacing them.

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 201-500 employeesWatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud
- Less time spend on setting up Wi-Fi on client devices
- Addressed our Security Concerns
- Less time spent on Wireless Configurations

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employees