We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Aruba Switches comes out on top in this comparison. According to reviews, it is a more comprehensive solution than FortiSwitch. In addition, its users say that it is cost-effective.
"Aruba Switches are always innovating to bring new solutions to the market."
"The most valuable features are stability, ease of management, and the monitoring tool."
"There is a limited lifetime warranty with the switches, so if we have any problems, the switch is replaced very quickly."
"The most valuable feature is the lifetime warranty."
"There is a feature where you can use Bluetooth. You can set up a Bluetooth pairing connection and do the configuration through your phone."
"The initial installation of Aruba Switches is easy."
"We have found that the command line interface is very useful and very similar to Cisco devices."
"These switches have a good performance, and they are also quickly configurable."
"The most valuable feature is the security switch."
"I would rate the the ease of management and scalability within our network architecture an eight out of ten, with ten being best."
"The technical support has been very good."
"The software is very stable."
"It works really well, I think the equipment is solid, and the help is great."
"What stands out is the effective management and enhanced security provided by the solution's function as an extension of the firewall."
"My advice those using a firewall Fortigate is: use their APs because they work very well."
"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."
"Aruba is still losing out to Cisco, which continues to dominate the space. Aruba needs to continue to improve its product range in order to compete with Cisco's dominance."
"We don't have visibility in Aruba Switches and we are thinking of switching to Fortiswitch because it has visibility."
"The main issue we had with the Aruba Switches was that they would heat up easily when placed outside. We have two locations with no cover in the corridor and it's a historical building. We experienced outages on the first batch of Aruba Switches we received, which we never had with the Dell Switches, for example, even though Dell Switches are not as well-known. However, the Dell Switches had been outside for a few years and we never had any issues with them. In contrast, we encountered an issue with the Aruba Switch after only one week of being outside when it shut down in security mode."
"I am forced to consider changing products because other solutions have a better dashboard and a user-friendly interface."
"The port flexibility on the 54 series, specifically the 5406 for core usage, could be improved. When I want to upgrade to 10G, I don't have many options to choose from."
"Aruba's management suite has some room for improvement."
"There is an issue with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), but it is escaping me. We aren't using this feature yet, but it is something we are considering."
"In my opinion, Aruba's new features, like the new firmware, need to be improved."
"An area for improvement would be the segmentation and network in logic networks."
"The pricing could be improved, and it could be easier to configure."
"They could provide integration with Fortinet Authenticator."
"The security of the solution could be a bit better."
"The product could use more security related features."
"It is always nice when something is cheaper."
"The solution has SD-WAN but it doesn't have SDN. This should be added."
"The product must improve its prices."
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Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 7th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". On the other hand, 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 ". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches, whereas Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. See our Aruba Switches vs. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access report.
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