We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."A valuable feature of FortiGate is its management integrity."
"It integrates well."
"The most valuable feature is the port analytics."
"An affordable and stable solution for small-medium companies."
"The initial setup was simple."
"The solution has made configuration and setup very, very easy."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to manage switches from one central point."
"I like the solution's technical support. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"This is a lower cost product with better features than the competition."
"The most valuable feature is that the CLI is the same on all of the Juniper devices, including routers, switches, and firewalls."
"One of the nicest things about Juniper switches is they work well with other vendor products. When you have to go into a situation where other vendor switches are present, you can make it work."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the Junos operating system."
"The solution is certainly scalable."
"We have multiple cases of the customers trying to upgrade their network from Cisco, Aruba and Huawei to Juniper. They do this basically because they want to modernise their network and have an increased capacity. This shift improves their functionality because the Juniper Ethernet switches are more advanced. We provide them with assistance to configure switches, access points and Wi-Fi."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Ethernet Switches is the public remote configuration option. If you make a mistake in the configuration you can roll it back to the previous configuration automatically after a set time frame increment, such as five or more minutes. In all the other competitors once you press to enter the new configuration is already written in. You cannot roll it back automatically."
"The security is good."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center needs to improve its UI and stability."
"The product must improve the latency in the management center."
"The UI of the firewall and reporting could be improved."
"The solution can improve by upgrading QSFP+, it is very limited and must be supported more than it is now. If we need FortiSwitches to support all the QSFP ports our budgets would have to be very large."
"Before using FortiSwitch, you need several certifications."
"With IT products, there is always room for improvement."
"The FortiSwitch product was initially quite complex."
"When there are many switches being used, the speed declines noticeably."
"It was very difficult to get technical support, here in Egypt. There is no local support available."
"It would be nice to have a more available list of modules that you can get for this solution."
"The configuration could be made simpler."
"The price could be a bit lower."
"The durability of the devices could be better."
"Juniper EX Series could improve the process and ease of updating the software. It is a difficult process."
"The price is in the intermediate range. It is not overly expensive, but also not cheap. It could stand improvement."
"We are not very pleased with their performance."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is ranked 17th in Ethernet Switches with 19 reviews while Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is ranked 9th in Ethernet Switches with 65 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is rated 8.0, while Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center writes " Handles network connectivity between data centers and supports internet applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches writes "Provides campus switches and access switches that are simple to deploy, but the code isn't stable enough for a leaf and spine design". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Huawei Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and HPE Ethernet Switches, whereas Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Arista Networks Platform and D-Link Ethernet Switches. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center vs. Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches report.
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