We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and NETGEAR 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 software is very stable."
"This device is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of FortiSwitch is its user-friendly interface, which facilitates easy management and propagation of rules throughout the network."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access has good scalability."
"It is very user-friendly. There is no need to use command lines to configure it or to do anything in it. You hardly use command lines, which makes it different from Cisco. In Cisco, the CLI is your best friend. Fortinet has the lowest TCO, so you can use its integrated components without having to buy additional licenses. They provide centralized management without needing to buy or acquire additional licenses. You have an integral or complete vision through a single pane of glass, and you can see everything from one single console without having to buy additional licenses, which is a plus. It works the same way when you add wireless. You can see everything from FortiGate. It has a security processor, which is another plus. It does not have a standard desktop processor. It has a multi-threat security processor, and it is built by Fortinet. So, all the components that you include in a Fortinet solution are proprietary and work in an integral way. It has one single solution, whereas other brands, such as Palo Alto and Check Point, have been acquiring certain solutions, and they're not fully integrated. With Fortinet, everything is integrated. If you start building on Fortinet, everything that you expand to the local LAN or WAN is integrated. You don't have to pay for professional services and other things to do that. Their technical information is also very good. Most of their information is based on how-to, and it can be found online, which is something my clients like."
"The product is a total solution with the FortiGate, switch, and access point. It is integrated with FortiGate, allowing us to manage all the equipment through it. You can handle everything from a single point."
"The integration with the whole platform, so there's one dashboard for everything. It is one of the most valuable features."
"The tool's VLAN feature is easy to understand. It was very good."
"One of the biggest benefits of the remote management is that it's easy to use and you can use it from a mobile device or tablet with the app they've developed... If one of my engineers is out in the field at a client and an alert comes in from another client, that engineer can take that alert and look at it in real-time."
"The solution is stable."
"NETGEAR Switches has valuable cybersecurity features."
"Since it has a web interface, it is easy to set up. You don't have to take three years of training somewhere for a lot of money."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. I have not faced any issues with the product whatsoever."
"The remote management tools are fantastic. The combination of the webpage as well as the app makes life so much easier. I don't need to go and visit sites to do upgrades or any sorts of changes. The firmware can all be deployed remotely. I can see the traffic on each of the switch ports remotely as well, so I can see if we've got problems, down to an individual port. It's very granular."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"The solution is very powerful and versatile."
"The security of the solution could be a bit better."
"The product must improve its prices."
"The central management needs improvement. The initial setup could be easier."
"The range of products could improve from Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access."
"They could provide integration with Fortinet Authenticator."
"I believe that stacking, a feature that is available in Huawei and Cisco, is not available in Fortinet products."
"I would like Fortinet to make this product easier to configure."
"We had experienced downtime. I would like to see it to be improved."
"I'd like to see a little bit of slowdown on the firmware updates. They've been doing a lot of them. I don't know if that's just because it's such a new product line, but the firmware updates have been a little annoying because they've been coming once a week. For a switch, that's a little extreme."
"Their old firmware was a problem for us and we're still working on it. It didn't apply correctly so it took about half of our switches offline, which meant we couldn't use some of the functionality like the firmware updates. Unfortunately with that firmware, which they've sorted out, if you don't go through all the firmware and make sure it's past that point and back online, that's an issue with them. It's something to cautious about"
"There is a lot of delay in the data coming to the servers."
"The tool does not offer extra firewall security."
"One thing I have asked for, something that NETGEAR lacks that I would love to see — and from what I understand it's in the works — is a REST API to programmatically interface with multiple switches. That would be a great feature."
"Support needs to be improved."
"Perhaps in the future, we will have even more different types of switches and be able to fulfill more collections."
"The tool needs to improve its network management. The tool can be also more simplified."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 7th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 51 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. 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 NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches and Aruba Instant On Switches. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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