We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Ubiquiti UniFi 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."The most valuable feature is that I can completely isolate devices that are compromising the network."
"I rate Fortinet support 10 out of 10. Their support is excellent and inexpensive. They respond immediately."
"Stability and scalability for this product are very good. Setup is easy and deployment can be completed within minutes. The technical support for Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is good."
"The most valuable feature of FortiSwitch is its user-friendly interface, which facilitates easy management and propagation of rules throughout the network."
"The visual scope of the solution is very good. It allows me to see and download all of the network information."
"The most valuable feature of this product is its simplicity."
"With FortiSwitch, you can easily identify who is connected to each port, disable ports as needed, and retrieve configurations from FortiGate when required."
"The most valuable feature would be network management, separating the network management component from security. It can do both but we promote it on its own. It's a good solution to do network management."
"It's been working fine, it's been stable, and there are no interruptions."
"The ability to manage firmware revisions."
"These switches are very simple to use and the GUI is very nice."
"The integration with the controller is one of the most valuable features of these switches. They are also very stable. For example, we have some equipment that we haven't touched for four years that is still reliable."
"For the world where you have to balance traffic and traffic loads and bandwidth, their GUI makes it really easy because the switches, though they are enterprise grade level two or level three switches, the GUI is designed so that it's easy to set up VLANs where you need to control your traffic so that your phones don't break up and get choppy because of other people loading the network down too heavily."
"The value here with using the Ubiquiti products across the board is that they're almost all single-pane management and the single-pane management is included. It's a huge benefit."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"The product’s most valuable features are stability and scalability."
"The pricing could be improved, and it could be easier to configure."
"The installation is not difficult. However, some features have to be activated from the CLI."
"They could provide integration with Fortinet Authenticator."
"The product must improve its prices."
"The solution could provide an active VPN."
"I don't like the way it's managed."
"I would like Fortinet to make this product easier to configure."
"Renewing the annual licenses for Secure the Switch FortiSwitch can be cumbersome, especially considering the relatively high cost of Fortinet licenses."
"I would like to see the pricing improved."
"I think they need to provide a better firewall solution."
"There is room for improvement in terms fo customer service and support."
"In terms of improvement, sometimes we have bugs."
"The solution needs to improve its documentation because it is quite poor."
"I would recommend changing the solution to a recognized one, such as Check Point or Fortinet."
"Most configuration can be done on the GUI but sometimes you have to go under the hood and tweak on the CLI."
"Ubiquiti UniFi Switches can improve by putting more effort into security. There are not many options in security. Other solutions, you can filter, do access control, and functionality. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches provides all the basic network security where it's all about the password for someone to access the SSID on the network, but it doesn't go beyond advanced network features of packet filtering, monitoring, and managing users."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 7th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is ranked 3rd in Ethernet Switches with 46 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2, while Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access writes "It's a strong product that's easy to manage and costs significantly less than competing solutions ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Ubiquiti UniFi Switches writes "Offers a good controller, seamless design and easy to deploy ". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Meraki MS Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Aruba Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches and Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access vs. Ubiquiti UniFi Switches report.
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