RESOURCES

Comparisons — the decisions that matter at procurement.

Side-by-side comparisons of the technologies and vendors that come up in real procurements. Written vendor-neutral by independent consultants — we take no commissions and have no preferred partners. Use them to challenge vendor pitches and to scope the right tech mix.

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TECHNOLOGY COMPARISONS

Choose the right radio and architecture for the use case — not the one a vendor is most comfortable selling.

UWB vs RFID

Real-time position vs presence at read points

RFID vs barcode

Bulk-read vs unit verification — and why most use both

AGV vs AMR

Fixed-path vs autonomous navigation, VDA 5050 fleets

Public vs private LoRaWAN

Carrier coverage vs self-run network — when each fits

BLE-AoA vs UWB (healthcare)

Hospital RTLS: which fits which clinical use case

Pozyx vs Sewio

Two open-platform UWB vendors compared — pricing, ecosystem, fit.

VENDOR COMPARISONS

Head-to-head assessments of the vendors that come up at shortlist stage.

Impinj vs Zebra

RFID silicon and reader ecosystem comparison

Quuppa vs Aruba

BLE-AoA RTLS vs Wi-Fi BLE-integrated

Sewio vs Ubisense

Open-platform UWB vs industrial UWB heritage

Also: independent advisor vs RTLS systems integrator vs LaaS — partner type before radio.

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How to use these comparisons

Buyer decision framework — pick the constraint first.

Enterprise buyers who search UWB vs RFID, AGV vs AMR, or Impinj vs Zebra are mid-selection. The useful answer is never a universal winner — it is which constraint dominates: accuracy, tag cost at scale, infrastructure density, interoperability (for example VDA 5050), or lock-in risk.

Use the technology comparisons when you are still choosing a radio or architecture. Use the vendor comparisons when a shortlist already exists and you need a vendor-neutral scorecard. Hybrid stacks are common: Passive RAIN RFID for item identity and counts, UWB or BLE where continuous position pays back.

Each page below is written as an independent advisory note — we do not sell the hardware under comparison. If you want the same framework applied to your site survey and RFP, book a 30-minute scoping call.

UWB vs RFID — continuous position vs portal presence
AGV vs AMR — infrastructure, flexibility, fleet managers
Impinj vs Zebra — RAIN RFID readers, chips, software
Public vs private LoRaWAN — coverage, cost, control
Quuppa vs Aruba — BLE / Wi-Fi locating stacks
Full technology landscape — UWB, BLE, RFID, GNSS, LoRa side by side

What good comparisons share

Same questions on every shortlist.

Whether you are comparing radios or vendors, force every option to answer the same prompts: accuracy at the 95th percentile under production load, tag or robot unit economics at your volume, infrastructure density and install disruption, integration path into the systems operators already use, and the cost of exit after three years.

Pages that only restate vendor brochures waste a mid-funnel click. These notes are written to be scoreable in an RFP workshop — print them, mark gaps, and bring the open questions to a scoping call.

Related buyer tools: the vendor evaluation matrix, RFP template, RTLS ROI calculator, and RFID consultant guide for Passive RAIN programmes.

30 minutes on the use case, the technology and the numbers.

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Last updated: 29 May 2026