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SiteOps Command vs Ekahau
Ekahau is the benchmark dedicated Wi-Fi survey tool. SiteOps Command puts standards-grounded RF on the same model as cameras, A/V, and cabling — and walks the building for you, without the survey-hardware truck roll.
Where each tool fits
An honest frame beats a feature war. Ekahau earns its reputation in dedicated Wi-Fi survey work. The question is whether Wi-Fi should be a separate tool at all.
If you sell Wi-Fi and only Wi-Fi, a dedicated survey tool can carry you. But most integrators design Wi-Fi and cameras, access control, cabling, and conference rooms into the same building — and in a point-tool stack, each of those lives on its own spatial model. The wall you move in the Wi-Fi tool never reaches the camera tool.
SiteOps Command models the building once — walls with real materials, glass, racking, zones — and computes every discipline from that one model. Wi-Fi RF is one engine among several, not a separate product. And we compare on capability only: no accuracy claims, no invented benchmarks, and their prices below are your current spend, never ours.
Capability by capability
| Capability | SiteOps Command | Ekahau |
|---|---|---|
| Predictive Wi-Fi design on real floor plans | ✓ | ✓ |
| RF engine basis | Public standards — ITU-R P.2040 / P.526 / P.1238, Fresnel zones, diffraction, antenna gain and beamwidth from the product record | Proprietary model |
| Site survey without dedicated hardware | Autonomous virtual site survey — SOC walks the building and flags fixes | Sidekick hardware ($3K+) and an on-site walk |
| Calibration from real-world readings | Calibrates the prediction from readings you enter at points on the plan | Core workflow — measured on site |
| Import Ekahau .esx projects or Sidekick survey data | Not available yet | Its own format |
| Camera coverage on the same model (DORI, 3D POV, IR) | ✓ | — |
| Conference-room A/V assessment (AVIXA DISCAS, IEC 60268-16 STI) | ✓ | — |
| One obstacle model shared across disciplines | ✓ | — |
| 3D walkthrough with live multi-discipline measurement | ✓ | — |
| Design → BOM → quote → install → as-built → renewal | ✓ | — |
| Customer portal, renewals, and AR on the same record | ✓ | — |
The RF story
Standards-grounded RF, not a cartoon bubble
Wi-Fi coverage in SiteOps Command is computed by a deterministic engine from public, citable standards — ITU-R P.2040 material losses, P.526 diffraction, P.1238 indoor propagation — with Fresnel-zone awareness and antenna gain and beamwidth from the product record, over the wall materials your building actually has.
- Every figure has a named basis you can hand to a network architect.
- Signal readings you enter at points on the plan calibrate the prediction against the real site. Sidekick and .esx import are not available yet.
- We publish no accuracy comparison against Ekahau — no measured-vs-computed benchmark exists yet, and we won’t invent one. We publish the basis instead.
The truck roll
Survey the building without the hardware
The autonomous virtual site survey walks the modeled building for you — measuring Wi-Fi signal along the route, flagging weak spots, and proposing fixes — before anyone drives to site. That is design-phase work a $3K survey kit and a day on site used to own.
- Walk anywhere in the building in 3D and read live coverage at your position.
- Wi-Fi, camera pixels-on-target, and A/V measurements in the same walkthrough — one visit, every discipline.
- Findings become design changes on the same model, not notes to re-key.
Beyond Wi-Fi
The same model carries the whole install
Wi-Fi is one discipline of the job. On the same obstacle model, SiteOps Command computes camera coverage with DORI pixels-on-target and IR reach, scores conference rooms against AVIXA DISCAS and IEC 60268-16 STI, routes cabling, and generates the BOM — then carries the project to install, as-built, and renewal.
- One design → one BOM → one quote → one as-built record.
- Renewals, orders, and AR attach to the same project — no re-keying into a CRM.
- The survey never goes stale: it is the record the whole job runs on.
What Wi-Fi-only tooling costs today
Published ranges as documented in April 2026, framed as what you spend now — never as our price.
- $4–12K/yr
- Ekahau subscription
- Published range as of April 2026 — your current spend, not our price
- $3K+
- Sidekick survey hardware
- Plus the truck roll to carry it
- ITU-R
- P.2040 · P.526 · P.1238
- The public standards our RF engine is built on
- One model
- Wi-Fi + cameras + A/V + cabling
- One obstacle model feeds every engine
Frequently asked questions
Is SiteOps Command an Ekahau alternative?
For predictive Wi-Fi design, yes — with the difference that the RF model lives on the same building model as cameras, A/V, cabling, and power, and feeds a BOM, scope, and renewal lifecycle. If your work is exclusively deep Wi-Fi validation surveying, Ekahau remains a strong dedicated tool. Most integrators are designing the whole install, not one discipline.
How accurate is your RF prediction compared to Ekahau?
We don’t publish an accuracy comparison, because no independent measured-vs-computed benchmark exists yet — and we won’t invent one. What we publish is the basis of every number: ITU-R P.2040, P.526, and P.1238 propagation, Fresnel-zone and diffraction handling, antenna gain and beamwidth from the product record, and your real wall materials. SOC never invents the numbers; the deterministic engines own every figure.
Do I still need a Sidekick?
Not for design-phase work. The autonomous virtual site survey walks the modeled building and reads coverage everywhere without hardware. When you have real-world readings, enter them at points on the plan and the prediction calibrates against them. Importing Sidekick survey data or Ekahau .esx project files is not available yet, so readings come in by hand.
Can I bring my existing Ekahau projects over?
Not yet. Ekahau .esx project import and Sidekick survey data are not available today. What works now: upload the floor plan, set its scale, design on the shared model, and enter the readings you already have at points on the plan to calibrate the prediction.
What does Ekahau cost today?
Published ranges as documented in April 2026 put Ekahau at $4,000–12,000 per year, with the Sidekick survey hardware at $3,000 or more. Those figures describe your current spend on a single discipline — they are not SiteOps Command pricing — ours is published per seat at /pricing/.
What happens to the Wi-Fi design when a wall changes?
In a fragmented stack, a wall added in the Wi-Fi tool does not exist in the camera tool. In SiteOps Command there is one obstacle model — change a wall or its material and the affected engines re-compute, Wi-Fi included.
Design the Wi-Fi — and the rest of the install
Upload a real floor plan, place APs from the product library, and read standards-grounded coverage next to your cameras and conference rooms.