We performed a comparison between Aruba Wireless and Fortinet FortiWLC based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cisco, Ruckus and others in Wireless LAN."With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The solution is stable."
"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 simplicity is great."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The functionality is very high and we can properly meet the clients' requirements."
"With the central management system, I'm able to access each device. I can configure one device and then it provisions all the other devices with the same configuration, rather than my having to configure them one by one."
"It provides excellent performance and security through the use of available features and policies, reducing the reliance on external firewall configurations while ensuring a secure and reliable network environment."
"I have found the Access Point (AP) group profile feature extremely useful. It makes deployments look easy."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Aruba Central, which offers centralized management. You can manage its switches, APs, and data access. It is easy to manage the entire switches and APs. The solution is the best in terms of security and manageability."
"I have not experienced any bugs, software, or hardware issues with Aruba."
"Aruba Wireless is easily scaled between a lot of devices and a lot of endpoints. When we decided to use it as our solution, we had planned to use it exactly for its ability to scale."
"We were able to increase capacity very easily."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWLC is the overall high quality."
"It's easy to set everything up during implementation."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"It would be helpful to have even stronger security features to help protect against interference from other nearby access points that aren't part of our network."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"The price could be better."
"The solution is expensive."
"To enhance the system, more work on integration would be beneficial."
"The ARM functionality does not always seem to perform how I would like. In some cases, I have had to manually assign channels to avoid channel confusion."
"Improvements to the GUI, such as being able to search in the Mobility Master, would be nice."
"The dashboards that represent the network access control in Aruba Wireless could improve."
"There were some settings which were confusing and unlabeled when trying to use the online help with the newer firmware."
"I used to have issues with DHCP. It is extremely buggy and difficult to upgrade with different firmware versions/models."
"We needed the help of network consultants to complete the setup for us."
"Aruba Wireless could improve the dashboard. It is not straightforward or intuitive to use and could be more user-friendly. For IT employees the dashboards are fine but when it comes to the end-user it is difficult. The Mobility Controller dashboard is not meant for non-IT employees."
"Fortinet FortiWLC is not simple to configure when compared to other solutions. The design could be better."
"One thing that is lacking is, compared with some other brands, the signal is a bit weaker. Ruckus has much wider signal coverage."
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Aruba Wireless is ranked 1st in Wireless LAN with 139 reviews while Fortinet FortiWLC is ranked 25th in Wireless LAN. Aruba Wireless is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiWLC is rated 9.0. 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 FortiWLC writes "Quick support, overall high quality, and reliable". Aruba Wireless is most compared with Cisco Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti WLAN and Huawei Wireless, whereas Fortinet FortiWLC is most compared with Fortinet FortiWLM.
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