WiZ Reviews & Product Details

WiZ Connected is an IoT technology company based in Hong Kong, with an international team of highly skilled software developers, firmware and backend engineers. Its founders have been designing decorative luminaires and engineering technical lighting since 2004. They produced more than 80 million lights over the past 14 years, including some of the very first LED bulbs and recessed downlights.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/15/2023

"Good CSPM for visibility"

3/5

What do you like best about WiZ?

When you have a multi-cloud infrastructure and you're needing better visibility across most of them, especially when they are different cloud providers. I like the dashboards and reporting features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WiZ?

One of the downsides that I didn't discover until we really needed it happened back when the Log4J/Log4Shell vulnerability was destroying the internet: We had Wiz deployed in our environments in both production and stage. We were frantically searching our entire infrastructure to discover java vulnerabilities. Wiz was coming up empty on several servers we knew were running java servlets and apps. Turns out, out-of-the-box, Wiz does not scan core directories in linux. /opt, /, /bin, /tmp, /var are all BYPASSED by the scanning to keep the latency down. To turn this on, you have to contact support, not able to do this from the admin settings. This was a huge loss of confidence for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Misha W.

Co-CEO with Beth Anne Holcombe

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/16/2022

"Love this smart home habitat!"

5/5

What do you like best about WiZ?

WiZ is a plug-and-play system for setting up a smart home, which simplifies the entire process of installing it. No need for a separate hub, all I needed to do was put the light bulbs in, download the app, and go through the setup process. End result: very fast setup of a smart lighting solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WiZ?

Individual items once set up cannot be changed to a different location without a complete reset of the item in question. Also, the app being the basis for it, if it goes down as it did recently, the smart home assistants can't control the lighting, making it very annoying if it has an outage. Another point, the app does not allow for resetting and recreating a smart home, and instead if the user wants to redo things, they must start a new home, starting everything from scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WiZ solving and how is that benefiting you?

WiZ provides a very easy-to-setup solution for a smart home. I currently have a hybrid setup at home, using both WiZ smart bulbs and traditional ones, with everything being controlled by a hybrid combination of AI assistants. I only wish that WiZ would have a UV black light bulb available. The Hue set is incredible with its color possibilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Entertainment

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 2/22/2022

"Lights on, lights off"

5/5

What do you like best about WiZ?

I love that I can control all the lights in my house with one app. I can control the lights in my children's rooms or turn the lights on or off without getting up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WiZ?

Sometimes the lights are not the setting I had last. I'm not sure where the lights are getting that information. There are times when I want to turn the lights on at the wall and there is a delay in the light turning on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WiZ:

If you like the ability to turn the lights on without moving to the wall, this app is for you! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WiZ solving and how is that benefiting you?

When I forget to turn the lights off in a room - I can do it from anywhere and this saves me money. If I want the lights turned on when I get home I can do that so I don't come home to a dark house. I can change the mood of the room by changing the colors in the lights with the click of a button. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.