SecureW2
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a mid-size or large org rolling out certificate-based 802.1X Wi-Fi or replacing on-prem NPS and CA servers.
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Comparison
SecureW2 vs Purple
SecureW2 and Purple both land on Depends.
Purple
Depends
Confidence: Low
Low confidence: evidence is thin, but Purple (purple.ai) appears to be a guest-WiFi analytics and venue-marketing platform suited to high-footfall physical venues.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Orgs moving Wi-Fi to certificate-based 802.1X | Physical venues with busy guest WiFi |
| Who it's not for | Small teams that just need a Wi-Fi password . massive overkill | Online-only businesses . there is no venue WiFi to mine |
| Privacy | No recent public CVEs found; one legacy 2005 TLS vulnerability in the old SecureW2 3.0 client.⁷ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.16 |
| Support quality | No review evidence on support | G2 team comment too truncated to judge |
| Public sentiment | Users on Capterra and G2 call SecureW2 rock-solid and reliable, with 99 G2 reviews across its products.² | Independent user feedback is sparse; a small G2 review base is the main public signal.12 |
| Biggest gotcha | Pricing is fully quote-based; expect sales negotiation, no self-serve tiers⁶ | Quote-only pricing . expect sales negotiation and no self-serve signup11 |
Pick SecureW2 when
- Orgs moving Wi-Fi to certificate-based 802.1X
- Teams replacing on-prem NPS/RADIUS
- Schools and universities with many devices
- Passwordless rollouts via cloud PKI
When SecureW2 is not a fit
- Small teams that just need a Wi-Fi password . massive overkill
- Anyone wanting transparent, self-serve pricing
- Home labs and solo admins
- Orgs with no IT staff to manage certificates and RADIUS
Pick Purple when
- Physical venues with busy guest WiFi
- Retail and hospitality marketing teams
- Brands wanting opt-in customer data capture
- Resellers and IT partners
When Purple is not a fit
- Online-only businesses . there is no venue WiFi to mine
- Small cafes wanting simple tools and transparent pricing
- Teams with nobody to act on location data
- Buyers who refuse quote-only sales processes
Sources
review
- JoinNow Cloud RADIUS reviews . Capterracapterra.comreview
- JoinNow reviews . Gartner Peer Insightsgartner.comreview
- SecureW2 raises $80M from Insight Partners . TechCrunchtechcrunch.comnews
- Managed PKI . SecureW2 officialsecurew2.comofficial
- SecureW2 Pricing Formsecurew2.comofficial
- CVE-2005-3087 . NVDnvd.nist.govsecurity
review
- SecureW2 for Government . Carahsoftcarahsoft.comofficial
- Foxpass: A Simpler SecureW2 Alternativesplashtop.comofficial
review
- Allied Telesis Partners with Purple for Optimized Venue Managementalliedtelesis.comnews
official
- Purple product security pagepurple.aisecurity