Fortinet FortiWLM vs NETGEAR Insight Access Points comparison

Fortinet and Netgear are both solutions in the Wireless LAN category. Fortinet is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.5, while Netgear is ranked #21 with an average rating of 7.3. Fortinet holds a 2.1% mindshare in Wireless LAN, compared to Netgear’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 81% of Netgear users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

Fortinet FortiWLM and NETGEAR Insight Access Points compete in network management and connectivity. Fortinet leads with advanced features and support, while NETGEAR excels in user-friendly interfaces and affordability.

Features: Fortinet FortiWLM offers comprehensive wireless management, advanced monitoring, and extensive security options, making it ideal for complex environments. NETGEAR Insight Access Points focus on seamless cloud management, easy device integration, and user-friendly interfaces, catering to simpler, more accessible network setups.

Room for Improvement: Fortinet could enhance its ease of use and reduce complexity in deployment processes. The interface, though comprehensive, might benefit from simplification. NETGEAR could expand its advanced feature sets to better accommodate large-scale deployments, improve its monitoring capabilities, and offer more extensive reporting tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NETGEAR Insight Access Points feature straightforward deployment and solid customer support through cloud-based solutions, appealing to smaller setups. Fortinet FortiWLM requires more involved setup but offers comprehensive customer support, beneficial for larger, complex networks.

Pricing and ROI: Fortinet FortiWLM involves higher upfront costs, justified by efficient handling of complex networking tasks, offering significant ROI. NETGEAR Insight Access Points are initially more cost-effective, promising excellent ROI for small to medium implementations seeking simplicity and ease of setup.

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Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Wireless LAN category, the mindshare of Juniper Mist Wireless Access Points is 5.7%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortinet FortiWLM is 2.1%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NETGEAR Insight Access Points is 1.4%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Gyan Sharma

Assistant Programmer at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha

Offers good performance, good solution and smooth implementation

I do have a suggestion: 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. If there are access points from other brands installed nearby; they can cause interference and disrupt the range of our Mist access points. So, the security features could be stronger, especially in terms of authentication. The connectivity is excellent, but security needs improvement. In future releases, integrating more AI features would be beneficial. If Mist had stronger AI features, it could provide better security against network threats and cyberattacks. So, this solution still needs to improve its AI capabilities. It would be great if the AI could improve the range of the access points, and auto-protect functionality should be there to avoid interference by other nearby access points and enhance threat detection. In the future, I'd like to see stronger threat detection features integrated with Mist, as well as better detection of nearby access points that might cause interference.

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Zachary Wheeler

President / CEO at Secure Solutions Center LLC

Impressive manufacturing quality, highly durable, and very easy to deploy

They need to do more with their marketing. That's what's wrong with them. Nobody knows they do all this other stuff. I love the product. For an enterprise-level system, you never have to explain why you're recommending Fortinet, whereas you might have to do that if you want to use the Ubiquiti Professional or the new Netgear line, but you don't have to explain Fortinet. It has been remarkable to work with. It would be nice if they had some smaller switches or hubs. They should offer two-port, three-port, or four-port devices so that you don't have to buy an eight-port switch, and you don't have to use an unmanaged element, but their product line is very complete, and I can't say enough about it.

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Calvin Ong

Business Manager at KAIRA Technologies pte ltd

Reasonably priced product with a straightforward deployment process

I never thought about what could be made better in the product since my company is a customer-centric organization where we provide Aruba or NETGEAR, depending on the demands and needs of our customers. The product's UI needs to be simplified and made more straightforward. It would be great if it was possible to send notifications regarding some errors related to the product that can be sent from our company to our clients through the organization's post-sales team.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."

"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."

"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."

"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."

"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."

"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."

"The solution is very secure."

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"The firewall integration is very important for the security of the connection."

"The most valuable features of this solution are its speed, reliability, and integration with the firewall."

"We're using SD-WAN at all of our locations now, which helps increase and aggregate and lower response time and improve application performance."

"We can deploy a tunnel-based VLAN and SSID, for something that happens at the last minute, in a matter of minutes, because of the interaction between the FortiGate, the FortiSwitches, and the FortiAPs."

"Seamless roaming by leveraging Virtual Cell is a major advantage which reduces roam times and issues related to roaming. Code stability has been excellent and the hardware quality is second to none."

"If you do have a FortiGate Firewall somewhere in the network, you can connect the wireless controller to that... You get 100 percent visibility from a single point... You can see everything that's connected to the FortiGate, whether it's a switch or a wireless AP or a wireless controller or any other Fortinet product."

"The setup was easy."

"Fortinet FortiWLM is good for tracking assets, monitoring, and overall management."

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"I now have the ability to remote access my network. That works extremely well. I can access it from any place. I don't need to be physically at the device. This saves me on time and travel."

"The product's deployment is straightforward."

"I am all about simplicity. With the Insight management solution, I don’t need an additional cloud controller, appliance, network manager, or PC/server to configure and manage my access points. You have to look at cost, and everything has a cost. There is a cost to using Insight. But if the cost is reasonable, I don't want another layer. The ability to deploy a network and then have that software built-in, without having to go to a third-party, is big. Also, the less pieces that I have to call in on, the better. So, when I'm calling NETGEAR, it's not like I'm using some third-party piece of software to manage their product. It doesn't add that layer of complexity, which is key."

"The initial setup of NETGEAR Insight Access Points was straightforward."

"Our company sometimes uses the solution's technical support, and we have seen that they sort out our general problems quickly."

"The metrics demonstrate that NETGEAR really does a good job of balancing the load between the various access points on the networks and this results in an elimination of downtime."

"The internet connectivity is good."

"We use NETGEAR's Insight management solution to do off-property controls. It is user-friendly and provides network management, monitoring, and service deployment across multiple remote and local sites. That means I don't have to be physically at a location to do things if I want to make any changes to the network. It saves time and money."

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Cons

"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."

"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."

"The solution is expensive."

"The pricing should be made cheaper."

"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."

"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."

"Juniper should make the products more affordable."

"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."

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"I have used Cisco previously and I don't see any specific differences from Fortinet FortiWLM or other vendors."

"When using the FortiGate as the wireless controller, you cannot have automatic user registration, which is something that they should offer."

"This solution should be easier to set up in a production environment."

"One of the main features that I see as lacking in any of the Fortinet products is the reporting. If you want to have proper, end-to-end reporting, you must purchase the FortiAnalyzer... If Fortinet could offer some better, built-in reporting, that would be a point of improvement."

"The pricing for the solution is expensive and can be improved."

"The solution should improve user capacity."

"In the next release, they could improve by adding a controller-less server, or architecture that is provided in other solutions, such as Aruba. This would be a great benefit for customers."

"The platform's pricing needs improvement."

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"Software-wise, they need to provide the ability to kick users out. If multiple users are abusing the system or the network, I should be able to block them for a time and, when I need to unblock them, I should be able to do so by using their MAC ID. That feature might already be there and I just don't know about it."

"The registration is annoying. I have to go back to NETGEAR and log tickets. Access points and router registration are something that they need to address in Insight. They need to fix the bug of getting the devices activated and enrolled in Insight without fighting with them. I have probably done about six of these in the last month. You get to see patterns."

"A con is the backend system which is very, very slow."

"Ubiquiti is a very good company. NETGEAR should look at that model and expand on its remote capabilities. Ubiquiti seems to have a better product."

"Due to certain shortcomings in the solution's stability, I feel that the solution's stability requires improvement."

"The pricing and standard connectivity can be further improved."

"The product's UI needs to be simplified and made more straightforward."

"My major problem is right now, the area which I need to cover is around 7,000 to 10,000 square feet...I would like NETGEAR Insight Access Points to extend the area coverage they provide."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is something Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) can work on. The pricing is very high compared to the competition."

"Juniper Wireless AP's price is a little more expensive than other solutions, but you get what you pay for."

"I rate the product price as a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is inexpensive, and ten is expensive. It is a reasonably priced tool."

"I rate Juniper Mist's pricing a ten out of ten since it is expensive."

"If a customer has a budget of around five lakhs in Indian currency, they can afford Juniper products."

"We pay maybe 1000 SEK per year, per access point."

"The pricing is too high."

"The solution is expensive."

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"To save yourself from increased setup and maintenance costs, I highly recommend undertaking a proper site survey from the beginning."

"The price of Fortinet FortiWLM is reasonable compared to the other vendors. We are using a five-year license."

"Licensing has become easier. There is no longer a per-AP license needed on the controller."

"Fortinet would do something with their pricing model to attract smaller business users and eliminate the mandatory service contracts."

"In the last few years, due in part to the impact of COVID on the market, Fortinet has increased its prices by 35 percent."

"There is a perpetual license required for this solution and the price could be reduced."

"The product is highly expensive. I rate the pricing a ten."

"The solution is expensive. I give the solution a one out of ten for the price."

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"Their pricing is perfect for smaller businesses who are money and budget conscious. There are a lot of other solutions out there that are two to three times more expensive."

"The pricing seems to be reasonable."

"Price-wise, it is a little too high, about $20 higher than what it should be, but it's worth it. It's cheaper than Cisco's access point, but the products are not apples to apples."

"I can source the stuff pretty quickly wherever I go through the distributor. There is pricing available at NETGEAR if you can spend between $2,000 and $5,000 on a solution. So, there is special pricing that they can help with. The vendor's reps are very responsive. They have a good channel system."

"My company does not need to pay anything related to the solution's licensing costs."

"We have some basic models they give without a license."

"It wasn't much more than 100 dollars a year. For the devices that we have, the pricing was pretty fair."

"It is an expensive solution."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series)?

The solution is very secure.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series)?

Juniper Mist is cheaper than Meraki, placing it in the middle of the pack.

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What needs improvement with Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series)?

Supporting multiple protocols would be beneficial.

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What do you like most about Fortinet FortiWLM?

The security is a valuable feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiWLM?

The product is highly expensive. I rate the pricing a ten.

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiWLM?

The platform's pricing needs improvement.

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What do you like most about NETGEAR Insight Access Points?

The product's deployment is straightforward.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NETGEAR Insight Access Points?

We have some basic models they give without a license.

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What needs improvement with NETGEAR Insight Access Points?

The pricing and standard connectivity can be further improved.

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Also Known As

Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series), Mist Access Points

FortiWLM, FortiAP, Fortinet AP/OAP, Meru Wireless LAN

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Overview

Juniper Wireless Access Points work in conjunction with Juniper Mist Cloud Services and Mist AI to deliver premier wireless access capabilities. The Juniper Mist Edge extends microservices to the campus to bring agility and scale while enabling new applications at the edge.

Consolidate security and wireless LAN management with our integrated wireless solutions. Single-pane-of-glass management for security and access without the need to add point products simplifies deployment and reduces management complexity. These solutions are highly scalable to support even the largest organizations and distributed enterprises.

At NETGEAR, we turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live. Easy to use. Powerful. Smart. And designed just for you.

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