What features does the Plasma Cloud console offer and how does it compare to Cloudtrax from Open Mesh?
The comprehensive overview provides the answers and a clear winner.
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| SSID Management | ||
| WiFi security/splashpage/internet access mode per SSID | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited number of SSIDs | ✓ | |
| Per-device SSID assignment | ✓ | |
| WiFi scheduling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client Management | ||
| WiFi client splashpage bypass/block access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Individual blocked message for each WiFi client | ✓ | |
| Network Health | ||
| Per-device outage charts for the last day | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-device outage charts for the last week/month | ✓ | |
| Network-wide outage charts for the last day/week/month | ✓ | |
| WiFi Troubleshooting | ||
| Site-survey scan presented via table overview | ✓ | |
| Device Placement overview with channel occupation per-radio | ✓ | |
| Visual site-survey channel interference analytics (RF topology) | ✓ | |
| Instant RF topology update via data streaming from device | ✓ | |
| Mesh Networking | ||
| Self-forming & self-healing mesh on 2.4 and 5 GHz built-in | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ability to disable mesh for the entire network | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ability to disable mesh per device | ✓ | |
| Switch Management | ||
| Switch port VLAN management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visual VLAN assignment overview & assignment | ✓ | |
| PoE scheduling | ✓ | |
| Automated WiFi Settings Optimization | ||
| Automated channel & HT-mode selection | ✓ | |
| Automated mesh management | ✓ | |
| AP & Switch Integration | ||
| - Connected device auto-discovery and visualization | ✓ | |
| - Layer 2 network-wide topology visualization | ✓ | |
| - VLAN topology visualization | ✓ | |
| Others | ||
| - Permission sharing (organization/network sharing) | ✓ | ✓ |
| - Simple CloudTrax migration | ✓ | |
| - Per-device Ethernet port status view | ✓ | |
| - Third party device auto-discovery via LLDP | ✓ | |
| - Splashpage sharing across multiple networks | ✓ | |
| - Easy-to-use third party captive portal integration | ✓ | |