We performed a comparison between Aruba Networks Wireless WAN and Fortinet FortiWLM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Ubiquiti Networks, Ruckus, Cambium Networks and others in Wireless WAN."I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"From the performance perspective, I'm happy with the solution. Also, from the technical side, it seems to be pretty good."
"The most valuable feature of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is centralized management. It has features like other solutions, but it's easier to manage. Aruba Networks Wireless WAN also has a tax asset benefit which is good."
"It works well. It is reliable."
"Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is stable and good."
"The most valuable features are price, quality, and performance."
"The security feature and the signal are good as they is dependent on our needs."
"An engineer with enough experience can tune the network however they want. It's crucial. It's good to customize our information security how we like it and configure the solution to achieve the level of stability we need."
"I use Fortinet FortiWLM for wireless communication and the internet."
"This is the only product on the market currently that supports as many access points for wifi users."
"The firewall integration is very important for the security of the connection."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its speed, reliability, and integration with the firewall."
"The security is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are central management and the many other features available."
"At the moment, particularly with the COVID-19 situation, the most valuable feature is probably the IPsec VPN, which is easy to implement with Fortinet."
"We can deploy a tunnel-based VLAN and SSID, for something that happens at the last minute, in a matter of minutes, because of the interaction between the FortiGate, the FortiSwitches, and the FortiAPs."
"Its technical support service could be better."
"If they provided more updates that would be ideal."
"In a meshed environment, the handoff between access points is sometimes not smooth when users are mobile. For example, a connection is occasionally interrupted when a user takes their laptop from the gym to the cafeteria."
"Device integration has room for improvement in Aruba Networks Wireless WAN."
"The support needs improvement because it is not very good in terms of response time."
"Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is expensive."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing, it's quite a premium."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Licensing is the only area that I think they are below average. They need enterprise licensing, an all-encompassing license to cover all products for a company."
"The roaming of Fortinet FortiWLM could improve when comparing it to other solutions. We are missing some of the functionality in the controller. Additionally, they should offer more logs instead of using FortiAnalyzer because all the users will not be using the same thing."
"The solution should improve user capacity."
"In the next release, they could improve by adding a controller-less server, or architecture that is provided in other solutions, such as Aruba. This would be a great benefit for customers."
"This solution should be easier to set up in a production environment."
"The guest management features need to be improved by adding automation."
"The interface could certainly do with some improvement. We have other customers with WiFi networks, and they always use Ubiquiti. With Ubiquiti, it's a much better user interface, and it is much easier to configure."
"Documentation could be improved."
Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is ranked 5th in Wireless WAN with 47 reviews while Fortinet FortiWLM is ranked 16th in Wireless LAN with 22 reviews. Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiWLM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN writes "It's reliable, cost-effective, and easy to troubleshoot". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWLM writes "Impressive manufacturing quality, highly durable, and very easy to deploy". Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is most compared with Cambium Networks Wireless WAN, Ubiquiti Wireless and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN, whereas Fortinet FortiWLM is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Wireless and Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN.
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