We performed a comparison between Aruba Wireless and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cisco, Ruckus and others in Wireless LAN."The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The simplicity is great."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The feature I found most valuable to customers in Aruba Wireless is not a technical feature. It's more of its image, trademark, or brand as the product is very well-known in the market, and that's a good point to offer to customers. My customers just ask about the basic features of the product, and usually, when asking about Aruba products, customers don't pay too much attention to any specific feature as long as the product is solid and sure, and that you can change or modify it, as what you can get from Aruba Wireless."
"The biggest selling point was the ability to create two different SSIDs to control public versus private wireless networks."
"Price is one of the most important factors. We have a solution that's reasonably cost-effective when balanced against all the areas we need to cover."
"The cost is pretty good. It's what draws in the clients."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Wireless are the seamless feature and the concurrent user."
"It delivers constantly, there is no break in the internet using these devices. It also automatically gets connected when the internet comes back. Failure is very low."
"The wireless controller and access points are valuable features."
"If we really want to know where a specific user is connected, it gives us the ability to see that and how that user is actually receiving. We can know the speed and their IP, their MAC address and, most of the time, how much bandwidth they're using per day."
"I can say that the product is easy to use...The initial setup of the product was easy."
"This device is easy to use."
"The product is a total solution with the FortiGate, switch, and access point. It is integrated with FortiGate, allowing us to manage all the equipment through it. You can handle everything from a single point."
"The solution is very simple, and it's very easily available."
"One of the most feature-packed switching solutions you can implement."
"Ability to manage FortiAP, FortiClient, and FortiGate all from a single console"
"It is a stable solution from the security front."
"The integration with the whole platform, so there's one dashboard for everything. It is one of the most valuable features."
"The solution is expensive."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"Enrolling into the tool is a tedious process."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"The ceiling grid mount clips have room for improvement. "
"The speed could be better. I heard that Aruba is trying to shape the speed inside the wireless controller, but that has not been adopted yet. If they put some kind of mechanism inside the wireless controller for the speed such that, "Okay, this many users will have 20 by 20 - 20 in the upload, 20 in the download. Just this many users. And this many users will have that type of speed." I think it would be very good if they actually bring that functionality inside the wireless controller."
"I would like to see a faster web interface in the controller and more troubleshooting tools, including real-time troubleshooting tools."
"There were some settings which were confusing and unlabeled when trying to use the online help with the newer firmware."
"The solution's documentation could be better organized in an information portal."
"I believe more security options are needed."
"The user interface could be improved in Aruba Wireless. This would make the setup easier."
"They should provide usage guides and solutions to frequent problems."
"I'd like to see more integration with different platforms."
"I would like Fortinet to make this product easier to configure."
"The solution could provide an active VPN."
"The reporting capabilities should be included."
"The initial setup is pretty easy; we have built a knowledge base. But there's a learning curve for beginners."
"We had experienced downtime. I would like to see it to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is confusing with too many add-ons."
"It would be easier if Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access could be managed via cloud, and this is something that could be improved in this product. Bandwidth display could also be better."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 139 reviews while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 7th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Wireless writes "The portal for centralized management and virtual controller for APs are very valuable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access writes "It's a strong product that's easy to manage and costs significantly less than competing solutions ". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti WLAN and Huawei Wireless, whereas Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and NETGEAR Switches.
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