We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I really love the auto-tunnel creation feature."
"First and foremost, it enables the customer to deploy high availability connections. This kind of solution enables them to deploy these HA connections for policies mostly automatically. It's a more automated approach than with other vendors."
"The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX is the flexibility, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, the long-distance performance of the application storage is easy and effective."
"Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has high availability."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the support for asymmetric lines."
"At the moment, for us, it is a very good solution because it has all the features we need and it is not so expensive."
"The initial setup is very easy and not confusing."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform’s stability and technical features need improvement."
"The support from Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has declined since Aruba acquired them. The knowledge and speed of the agents could improve."
"The security can be improved, with the firewall for example, because they supply a basic one but not a UTM."
"Reporting is something that they can improve on."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform needs to improve integrations with other vendors."
"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"We would like to have better features for path selection. For example, if we know the network is going to go down then we would like to set up an alternate route for data packets in real-time."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"The solution is very expensive."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 6th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 19 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 306 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Steelhead, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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