Cisco Meraki Go vs. Purple WiFi

Single site where wifi and wired connections are needed with on site and remote support needed. Possibly also VPN access. Or as we use it, at home for better management of network, guest access for family, for visitors and also content filtering to keep everyone safe too. They keep adding features so there may be more just added or upcoming I might have missed. It's probably not best for larger multi site businesses but small single or dual site with VPN it works awesomely.

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Purple Wifi is well suited for an organization with an open to public head office. The number of visitors will increase your guest data collection and thus helps with targeted marketing within compliance. Purple Wifi is also useful for network analysis and tweaking to increase overall efficiency. Purple Wifi has limited uses for organizations with no public visits.

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• 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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• Splash pages
• Analytics
• Targeted Promotions

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• 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.

• Pricing
• Targeted reporting.

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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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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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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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In terms of features and productivity, Purple WiFi is a more complete software experience. More variety of features, more technical for those who know how to get their way around the clunky UI and better user management. Baidu WiFi Hotspot can offer some user control, but it can pale in comparison to Purple WiFi's offering.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

• 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.

• Reduced our Marketing spend by a factor of 30%.
• Increased Marketing effectivity by 50%.
• Slightly improved our network security.

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