Ubiquiti vs. TP-Link

[Suff1xed]

Hey all,

Apologies, if this has been covered before.

I am moving from a large property with a cottage into a smaller 4 bedroom house. My current WiFi setup is selling with the house.

I was running a Uniquiti Dream Machine Pro with AC-Lite APs. This setup has been really good and I have enjoyed the setup and covered the use case with the cottage.

My question is for a simpler requirement. Is a Ubiquiti Dream Router and U6 Plus APs complete overkill compared to a TP-Link Deco Setup?

 

[Stingrat]

You cant compare ubiquiti to tplink. Unless you want to compare non coverage and user experience to non coverage and non user experience.

What size are you trying to cover?

 

[Suff1xed]

You cant compare ubiquiti to tplink. Unless you want to compare non coverage and user experience to non coverage and non user experience.

What size are you trying to cover?

320sqm so not a major space.

Happy for any other recommendations?

 

[Rivesh]

Frankly speaking in terms of feature set, TP link grossly lacking unless you go for an omada setup.

But on the other hand if can live without the additional features than go TP Link its rock solid.

In the end you will save cash going with TP link and having Wifi 6 at lower cost.

Another thing to consider is your internet speed as well.

 

[Suff1xed]

Frankly speaking in terms of feature set, TP link grossly lacking unless you go for an omada setup.

But on the other hand if can live without the additional features than go TP Link its rock solid.

In the end you will save cash going with TP link and having Wifi 6 at lower cost.

Another thing to consider is your internet speed as well.

Appreciate the response. What would be the headline features that would be missing?

 

[glitchfreak]

I've installed both solutions for clients and I really can't recommend the TP-Link for any non-home user set up.

If you are a power user of sorts, stick to UniFi. It's worth the investment.

You could get away with the Dream Router and two pther APs (depending on the house layout). I'd recommend that as a start

 

[Rivesh]

Appreciate the response. What would be the headline features that would be missing?

extensive traffic monitoring, ids/ips, vlan's, creating multiple ssids the list can go on if you want a essay that is and also their are quite abit of quality of life things as well.

One thing, you may want to switch back to unify if you go with tp link lol because that's how big of difference between the 2. Prosumer stuff is next level

Do abit of research as well to draw your own conclusion.

I am of the same opinion with @glitchfreak

BTW not fanboy of unify just sharing info based of my knowledge

 

[Suff1xed]

Thanks all! Ubiquiti it is!