VisiWave Site Survey
VisiWave Site Survey is a Windows tool for surveying and analyzing wireless LANs during Wi-Fi design, validation, and troubleshooting.
What VisiWave Site Survey is
VisiWave Site Survey is a Windows tool for surveying and analyzing wireless LANs during Wi-Fi design, validation, and troubleshooting. It converts radio measurements into heatmaps and reports covering coverage, performance, and problem areas. Support includes 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax across 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands. Surveys use a Windows laptop and standard wireless adapter, with locations marked on a floor plan or tracked through an optional GPS receiver. Views include channel, co-channel interference, data rate, and coverage maps. VisiWave groups radios into access points and classifies them as local, external, or on other floors. Reports can be explored interactively or exported as PDF files and images. The product is described for offices, warehouses, campuses, city-wide hotspots, indoor and outdoor deployments, and pre-deployment planning. The VisiWave Site Survey plan costs $379 a year per license, covering one computer, features, updates, and email support. An upgrade plan costs $189 a year.
Good
- Supports Wi-Fi through 6GHz
- Heatmaps and multiple analysis views
- PDF and image report export
- Optional GPS location tracking
- 30-day evaluation available
Watch out
- Windows-only platform
- License cannot be shared
- Evaluation data is randomized
- Current version lacks predictive surveys
Who it suits
It suits network professionals planning or diagnosing Wi-Fi in offices, warehouses, campuses, hotspots, and other indoor or outdoor environments. Windows users needing map-based survey reports are the intended audience.
Verdict
VisiWave Site Survey provides detailed wireless mapping and reporting for network planning and troubleshooting. Its Windows license model, randomized evaluation data, and lack of predictive surveys should be considered before purchase.
Plans and prices
From VisiWave Site Survey's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| VisiWave Upgrade | $189 a year | Upgrade from any existing version · existing license code required · renews at regular price after first year · cancel at end of current subscription · $189 for first year per license |
| VisiWave Site Survey | $379 a year | One license per computer · all features and updates · email support · cancel at end of current subscription · $379 per year per license |
The facts
Each one read from VisiWave Site Survey's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analysis views
- Its views include channel maps, co-channel interference maps, data rate maps, and coverage maps.checked 8 Oct 2001
- AP classification
- VisiWave automatically groups radios into access points and classifies APs as local, external, or on other floors.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Data and privacy
- The FAQ says survey data is stored locally on the customer’s computer; the privacy policy says the website collects download and support form information and uses Google Analytics, Elastic Email, and Stripe.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Data collection
- Surveys use a Windows laptop and standard wireless adapter, with locations marked on a floor plan or tracked with an optional GPS receiver.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Environments and users
- The product is described for indoor and outdoor environments including offices, warehouses, campuses, city-wide hotspots, existing deployments, and pre-deployment planning.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Evaluation limit
- The evaluation version runs for 30 days, and its collected data is randomized, so signal values and coverage maps are unreliable for analysis or decisions.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Heatmaps and reports
- It maps radio characteristics into heatmaps and reports for evaluating coverage, performance, and problem areas.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Integrations and payment
- The privacy policy identifies Stripe for payment processing and says checkout redirects customers to Stripe’s website.checked 8 Oct 2001
- License limit
- A license is tied to a particular computer and cannot be shared among multiple computers or users.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Notable feature limit
- The FAQ says the current version does not support predictive surveys.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- VisiWave Site Survey is a wireless LAN surveying and analysis tool for designing, validating, and troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Report export
- Reports can be explored interactively or exported as PDF documents and images.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Support
- Support and maintenance are included while the subscription is active, and the vendor says it typically responds the same or next business day.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Wi-Fi support
- It supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax across 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands.checked 8 Oct 2001
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