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Cambium Networks Wireless LAN vs ExtremeWireless comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.6
Cambium Networks Wireless LAN provides cost-effective, reliable service with triple-band devices and easy management, ensuring stable, long-term investment.
Sentiment score
8.5
ExtremeWireless provides scalable, cost-effective solutions with 30% ROI savings, easy deployment, and excellent support for long-term use.
The best ROI is achieved over a three-year term.
The monitoring access and excellent support provide significant value.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.8
Cambium Networks Wireless LAN customer service is praised for responsiveness, though some improvements in flexibility and expertise are needed.
Sentiment score
7.2
ExtremeWireless support is helpful but inconsistent, with slow response times and limited availability affecting user satisfaction. Ratings vary.
They were always available when needed, which we appreciated.
Cisco's support is very good and ranks 10 out of 10.
The local team helps with issues primarily, and if they can't resolve them, they connect to the technical support team in the US, who are very much trained on resolving issues and providing support.
I rate their support as a nine because they are very helpful when we need assistance and they strive to help, even if not the fastest.
The technical support sometimes closes cases without resolution.
I would rate the customer service as a ten.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Cambium Networks Wireless LAN is praised for scalability, flexibility, and advanced technology, supporting from small homes to medium enterprises.
Sentiment score
6.7
ExtremeWireless is scalable and adaptable for medium to large enterprises but may face stability issues at higher user thresholds.
Allowing deployment of fewer access points while covering more area.
Ruckus provides better area coverage and interference withstanding capacity.
The Extreme access points handle high-density connectivity needs very well, managing lots of traffic efficiently.
ExtremeWireless is suitable for companies with a user base below three hundred.
ExtremeWireless is quite scalable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Cambium Networks Wireless LAN is praised for stability and reliability, though signal issues arise beyond 60 meters in dense areas.
Sentiment score
7.0
ExtremeWireless is praised for its stability and reliability, though some encounter challenges with firmware updates in high-density environments.
I believe the hardware used in Cambium Networks is pretty robust, and the radios are strong in terms of signal and performance.
They work well without failures.
I experienced issues during firmware upgrades, as some devices required a physical restart, which affects system stability.
The stability of ExtremeWireless is somewhat weaker compared to previous solutions, like Motorola before its acquisition.
 

Room For Improvement

Cambium Networks needs pricing, tech updates, better support, analytics, transparency, and new products to enhance competitiveness.
ExtremeWireless must enhance affordability, integration, security, support, and performance to improve competitiveness and meet small business needs.
Channel management required manual intervention, especially in environments with multiple floors, leading to potential signal interference issues.
Cambium currently lacks such extensive analytics capabilities.
I would want more WiFi products, specifically WiFi indoor access point products.
I wish for ExtremeWireless to optimize the roaming capability between access points, especially for IoT devices.
They should develop more troubleshooting tools for system management.
There is some delay in firmware upgrades for access points.
 

Setup Cost

Cambium Networks offers competitive pricing, balancing quality and affordability, with no ongoing license fees, appealing to cost-conscious enterprises.
ExtremeWireless provides good value with both free and paid options, despite medium-high pricing and substantial hardware costs.
Cambium Networks Wireless LAN was well-priced, comparable and not the most expensive nor the cheapest option available.
Cambium's pricing is better compared to Ruckus, which has multiple components with associated costs, like license support and access point support costs.
Each customer typically buys around 100 APs, which makes it quite expensive.
The pricing is favorable due to its flexible licensing model.
The pricing is a weak point for Extreme; it is very high.
 

Valuable Features

Cambium Networks Wireless LAN offers easy deployment, robust support, scalability, and efficiency with user-friendly management and adaptable hardware.
ExtremeWireless offers cloud management, strong security, seamless integration, and stability, making it ideal for security-focused sectors.
The product was scalable, allowing for fewer access points to cover more area, and supported a high number of clients.
Ruckus offers a more extensive coverage range and has better capacity to withstand interference, which I have experienced with Ruckus products.
The features of Cambium Networks Wireless LAN that I have found most valuable is cloud management, as Cambium has the feature for cloud control, and the UI is very easy, making managing access points and devices very easy in the cloud, which I found very useful.
A single license can be used for on-premises, hybrid, or cloud, allowing for easy transition between solutions without losing investment.
The most valuable features of ExtremeWireless include the management through the one dashboard management with ActionCloud IQ, integrated with Site Engine.
The support from Extreme is very good and helpful.
 

Categories and Ranking

Cambium Networks Wireless LAN
Ranking in Wireless LAN
17th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ExtremeWireless
Ranking in Wireless LAN
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Wireless LAN category, the mindshare of Cambium Networks Wireless LAN is 1.2%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ExtremeWireless is 1.7%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Wireless LAN
 

Featured Reviews

Md Anwar Hossain - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers zero-touch provisioning feature and is very user-friendly
I have used the product, and I haven't found any problem with the tool. The problem with the tool is that its prices are on the higher end. The tool should be made more cost-effective so that anyone can buy and use the product. The product's price is higher than that of other similar brands like Ubiquiti. Cambium should look at the pricing model it offers. Recently, Cambium released Cambium Networks Wi-Fi 7 with just one technology. It is a very outdated technology, and I don't know why it has introduced such a type of technology in 2024. With the new product, I don't know why Cambium has brought in an old technology associated with MIMO. Cambium should design its products more to be like 2x2 MU-Mimo. Cambium also has a product, 2x2 MU-MIMO, that is in the high-price category. In Grandstream and Ubiquiti, products are offered in categories like 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4. In Cambium, the tools have been designed in such a way that the basic model offers 2x2 MU-MIMO. If you need 4x4 MU-MIMO, you need to go with a higher category product, which is very expensive and costlier than the other OEMs in the market. In Grandstream and Ubiquiti, the tools have been designed in such a way that the product lineup is such that the transfer from one model to another model, the pricing gap is about 20 to 30 USD, but in Cambium, it is around 300 to 400 USD to move to the next product, making it an area that should improve. Cambium should design its products within a certain budget. With Cambium, it would be very expensive if I changed from the 2x2 to the 4x4 category. I need to add an additional 400 to 500 USD for the next model of the product.
Seungho Yang - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced employee access with effective wireless monitoring and seamless roaming
Our use case for ExtremeWireless is to allow our employees to access the company systems The monitoring systems in ExtremeWireless have been very effective, and they are cheaper than other products. It provides better monitoring logs and detailed logs compared to Cisco Wireless. The most…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
18%
Computer Software Company
12%
Educational Organization
7%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
10%
Non Profit
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cambium Networks Wireless LAN?
Cambium's pricing is better compared to Ruckus, which has multiple components with associated costs, like license support and access point support costs. Although nominal, these costs are still there.
What needs improvement with Cambium Networks Wireless LAN?
I would like to see better analytics tools in the future for Cambium Networks Wireless LAN ( /products/cambium-networks-wireless-lan-reviews ), similar to Cisco's proximity and presence analytics. ...
What needs improvement with ExtremeWireless?
There is some delay in firmware upgrades for access points. When there is a problem with the firmware of one access point, the correction might be too late.
What is your primary use case for ExtremeWireless?
We work with some end customers, and we use ExtremeCloud IQ ( /products/extremecloud-iq-reviews ) for the administration of the wireless platform. We use Wi-Fi 6 E for many users.
 

Overview

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Sample Customers

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St. Xavier High School, Americatel, Diamond Light Source
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