We performed a comparison between ExtremeCloud IQ and Fortinet FortiGate Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, HPE Aruba Networking and others in Network Management Applications."The cloud management gives us the tools and reports that we need to monitor and troubleshoot the network."
"When we deployed the new IP that is managed wirelessly in the cloud, it fixed the problems. Now, we don't have any more reports, and everything works fine."
"The cloud-based management interface allows us to fully manage all our wireless radios, ensuring consistency and ease of access."
"The HiveManager integration with the VPN Gateway is awesome."
"The tech who handles Extreme IQ tells me it's easy to use and learn. He felt like it was pretty intuitive. It comes with solid training materials. He also has talked about the security features that give you as much or as little control as you want."
"App and firewall security at the AP."
"The cloud-based controller through HiveManager is its most valuable feature. I can manage and configure changes to my access points from anywhere."
"The dashboards are great and the user interface is quite intuitive."
"The ability to manage everything from the cloud is going to be the most valuable by far with this solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the stability, it's actually tailored for that."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the remote management capability."
"It’s easy to implement."
"The IPS and firewall function is valuable in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has security features like DDoS protection and UTM."
"The tool's GUI is user-friendly."
"The solution will show us that there are some issues, but when we try to find those issues, we can't see them."
"The solution's performance needs to be enhanced because of a very high delay."
"Certain features only exist or work in certain versions."
"I know a school district, a big school district of mine, ripped out Extreme due to inefficiencies. It was the guest network that can be a struggle. They tried to differentiate between their primary network, and then offer a secondary."
"Having a wizard for customers who are just starting might be helpful."
"Pricing is a bit expensive."
"Pricing could be improved. It could be lower."
"Its price could be lower. It is a simplified solution, but it has price challenges. It is costly as compared to other solutions. It has almost everything. The only thing is that MAC is not possible on the cloud, and it has to be on-premises."
"The SSL visibility could be better."
"The platform's reporting and analysis capabilities need improvement."
"They're constantly doing maintenance and there are unexpected downtimes for the cloud interface."
"There are European and US clouds and sometimes we mix them up. The solution should make determining the clouds more clear, or make one cloud instead of having separate ones."
"The robustness of the software could be improved."
"Its price should be better."
"The product is not recommended on the basis of technical parameters. It is very tough to authenticate."
"I would like to see Wi-Fi management inside the firewall."
ExtremeCloud IQ is ranked 5th in Network Management Applications with 73 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 57 reviews. ExtremeCloud IQ is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of ExtremeCloud IQ writes "Robust stability for maximizing network efficiency and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". ExtremeCloud IQ is most compared with Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, Ubiquiti Wireless, Mist AI and Cloud, Aruba Wireless and Aruba Instant, whereas Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) and HashiCorp Terraform.
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