# Pathloss Reviews **Vendor:** Pathloss **Category:** [Other Vertical Industry Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-vertical-industry) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 17 ## About Pathloss The Pathloss program is a comprehensive path design tool for radio links operating in the frequency range from 30 MHz to 100 GHz. The program is organized into eight path design modules, an area signal coverage module and a network module which integrates the radio paths and area coverage analysis. ## Pathloss Reviews ### 1. Pathloss Good tool for LOS comunincation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** mazher s. | RF Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** We can rely on this tool for BH link and , it will give you immediate result about service availablity **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** probably clutter should be updated correctly **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** Good tools for the guys who do microwave planning **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** we are solving our day to day BH link modulation and availablity issue ### 2. Look for pathloss 5 training **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hamadou B. | Ingenieur optimisation transmission & IP, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** Link path design, link clerancy, Interferance throostching, **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** No things in path, if there is any future missing **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** Link Design Link clerancy It make me realize good link design ### 3. Best Transmission Design Tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rahim G. | Sr. Executive TXN, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** Its Applicable to all vendors and equipment not limited to one vendor. It also has high accuracy in terms of rain models and all other terrain data projection. PathLoss has an extra edge on other tools that its interface has not changed so much and learning design by self is very easy. **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** Still are some bugs, like not responding to huge data and files. **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** All Design of MW TXN can be done with this Path Loss and overall it's very beneficial to users in Designing MW networks in very robust and accurate ways. ### 4. Helpful prediction tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ernie E. | Project Manager for Technical Design and Business Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 06, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** I like best is the real time report generation for each project. The application is very interactive that it provides easy editing of the data inputs. **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** Maps are not yet integrated and needs to be downloaded or needs a separate file. It would be better if an online map is integrated for better plotting of terrain profile data. **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** Highly recommended software for LOS and Non LOS RF design very interactive and user friendly. **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pathloss is very useful in a multivendor environment when it comes to path profile calculations and it is very useful tool. ### 5. PATHLOSS give you the most regarding performance, quality and cost efficiency. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** During my project on the telecom industry, I have come upon a lot of options, but PATHLOSS is the most effective one for transmission link design. **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** The simulation ability is not so up to the mark. **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** While most of the other software were great, I have found the perfect solution is PATHLOSS for the company's needs. Compared to the other software products I saw, I found that PATHLOSS is the best and meets all the qualifications that you set. **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** Make Network Configuration Make Path Profile to find antenna height in each station Calculate Link Budget to find Antenna diameters , RX level & Link Availability Frequency Plan for overall network Frequency Interference calculations for overall network ### 6. Best tool for link planning and link budget **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** ease of use great to maintain site data good for link planning and link budgeting Ease of reporting. Ease of integrating GIS data **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** Entering co ordinates is a time taking Maps integration is not yet done. **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** it will help to resolve link planning and link budgeting issue help to the export report of the entire network grid plotting of link help to prevent line of sight issue Customize reporting of network grid and equipment is easy **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** planning and designing the link capacity planning of network with terrain data, help to resolve line of sight issue ### 7. I have used Pathloss since 2006, this is fantastic Transmission Microwave design tools **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fabien M. | Senior Optical Fiber (FFTH) Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 19, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** - Frequency Planning and Channel allocation - Interference analysis - LOS Checked - Profile Geration **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** - Cost of license - Importing Geodata - Luck of trial software - Luck of reseler in the market **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Fast network site design - Interference analysis - Fast traffic utilization analysis ### 8. Very helpful tool for Microwave radio point to point Link design. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 25, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** Simplicity and detail functions that we can use for design **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** Nothing that i can think of . Very happy with the tool. **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** Check the minimum requirement of equipments , antenna size/height to get the desired SLA for customer. ### 9. One Stop MW design SHOP! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 05, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** Intuitive and simplified User interface All Advanced features ability to handle large databases **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** Not easy to set up initially. Import and export features not refined **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** it is an excellent tool for many MW planning requirements. Do ensure that you have some experience of planning tools so it can be setup quickly and correctly. **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** Planning MW Links of up to 1000 sites. have been able to plan and execute multiple networks for 3g and 4 g roll out sites in telecom operators ### 10. Pathloss user experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 02, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** The terrain database, no need for physical maps. Works with most brands of radio and antenna **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** None. It has been my go to tool for path profiles and link budget calculations **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** Best tool for microwave systems design **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** The problem with keeping topographical maps. Quick check of line of sight ### 11. Current standard of microwave design **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** Having the datasheet of current OEM's helps you identify the link and design it with precision. **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** The program needs to be a more graphic interface, current software has a lot of graphic information. **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** We current use pathloss for design every p2p link in the network. ### 12. Pathloss Experience **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** KPI calculation. Linkg budget calculation has become easier. **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** Interference checking, often it shows error. The interface could be more user friednly **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** Recommend to buy version 5 **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** There should be a simple tool for checking high low violation. Interference calculation checking has become more accurate ### 13. the only tool we use for professional desktop design for LOS survey **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** it assures the customer that our planning using path loss are validated **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** the complicacy of the features and tools **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** we save time, resources and avoid huge losses by doing pre-design before the survey to determine which locations are suitable before implementation ### 14. Pathloss is Best Planning Tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ADEEL AHMAD K. | Program Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 19, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** Best Microwave Radio Link Design and Planning Software. User Friendly All in one Solution **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** It meets the expectation and professional requirements **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use path loss for the Microwave planning and propagation ### 15. Best Tool for Wireless path profile **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** It provides updated terrain information **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** Different results in different environments **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** Best tool for radio links profile design and planning **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it for point to point LOS survey and design and its helful ### 16. Ecellent tool for planning **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2021 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** It is helping me for planning backaul links **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** some time it processing speed is slower than usual **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** Very useful tool for planning **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** it provides me the precise information ### 17. Microwave planning engineer for Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia, Huawei, for short and long haul links. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cosmin C. | Microwave Planning Service Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2020 **What do you like best about Pathloss?** The interface is a friendly, stand-alone tool, price (lowest in the market). **What do you dislike about Pathloss?** There are no many options to compute automatically links budgets for big networks. **Recommendations to others considering Pathloss:** It is a friendly tool as long as you know what is behind it - theory and formulas. Pathloss is not an automated tool like IQ link, Atoll. **What problems is Pathloss solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used Pathloss for day by day activity, mainly for the design (link budget) and interference computation of microwave point-to-point links for pre-sales and post-sales process. The outcome for pre-sales was translated into a BoQ and for post-sales network optimization. Pathloss works relatively easily with import input data (sites, links) and export results. It can also export the network layout to Google Earth (.kmz). In my activity, Pathloss was suitable because I had projects in different countries in the world (today in Europe, tomorrow in Africa, other in Asia). Specific parameters can be quickly configured and equipment imported. I used Pathloss for a long time (12 years), versions 4 and 5, for all kinds of situations. ## Pathloss Discussions - [What is Pathloss used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-pathloss-used-for) - [View Pathloss pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/pathloss/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+23%3A33%3A04+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=afab533f-536e-4538-b617-ef04b95bdbb4&secure%5Btoken%5D=c541ed0939e963086ebc1049486fe8eefb8e9f77a82b250eabef92d9560ccbf5&format=llm_user) ## Top Pathloss Alternatives - [Publishizer](https://www.g2.com/products/publishizer/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (30 reviews) - [MVR Monitoring - Driver License Monitoring](https://www.g2.com/products/mvr-monitoring-driver-license-monitoring/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (47 reviews) - [Leica Geosystems](https://www.g2.com/products/leica-geosystems/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (16 reviews)