Omada vs Unifi pricing in recent years
In the United States, in recent years, the Omada networking equipment seems to be more expensive than Ubuiquti's Unifi equipment for similar products. Is this an issue with tarrifs or has TP-Link just decided to charge more?
When I first started using TP-Link's Omada networking equipment they were noticably cheaper than Ubiquti's Unifi products. Often 10% or even 20% cheaper. And so the more limited eco system and lower levels of fit and finish seemed like a reasonable trade off. Recently I've noticed that similar Unifi products are equal or even cheaper than the Omada products.
For example the TP-Link Omada TL-SG3428X-M2, a 24-port 2.5 Gbps switch with 10 Gbps uplink is $520.
A similar spec'd Ubiquti Unifi switch like the Pro Max 24, a 24-port 2.5 Gbps switch with 10 Gbps uplink is $450. The Unifi switch has a lot of extra frilly features as well such as lighted ethernet ports, a touch screen display, and DC power backup port.
The Wifi 7 devices are pretty evenly matched in price, but not cheaper like the used to be. The EAP720 and EAP770 are 99 and $195.
The Unifi equivalents as best I can tell, the U7 Lite and U7 Pro are 99 and $189.
So if prices are basically the same or cheaper for Unifi, which also has a larger eco system of devices and accessories, what is the advantage of buying into the Omada system now days?
What happened to TP-Link's budget friendly pricing?
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(NOTE: the language content censor system won't allow 99 or 100 with a dollar sign before them. Why is that?)
