We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access 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.
"An affordable and stable solution for small-medium companies."
"What I like about the solution is that it can be accessed anywhere."
"The single pane of glass that helps us manage everything through FortiManager is the most important feature."
"The solution has made configuration and setup very, very easy."
"SD-WAN and the security fabric are essential features of the product."
"I like the solution's technical support. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"We are able to monitor everything that is happening on our network."
"It integrates well."
"The technical support has been very good."
"My advice those using a firewall Fortigate is: use their APs because they work very well."
"I can say that the product is easy to use...The initial setup of the product was easy."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access has essential features for managing switches."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"The software is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the security switch."
"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."
"Does not have as many features as other solutions, such as segmentation and analytics engines."
"Routing is an area in Fortinet FortiSwitch with certain shortcomings where improvements are needed."
"Managing the VLANs is an area where the solution lacks and needs to improve."
"Cisco is better in terms of price, scalability, and ease of management. Regarding resources, they are available in Pakistan to manage these systems."
"The product must improve the latency in the management center."
"The FortiSwitch product was initially quite complex."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The solution can improve by upgrading QSFP+, it is very limited and must be supported more than it is now. If we need FortiSwitches to support all the QSFP ports our budgets would have to be very large."
"I believe that stacking, a feature that is available in Huawei and Cisco, is not available in Fortinet products."
"An area for improvement would be the segmentation and network in logic networks."
"The central management needs improvement. The initial setup could be easier."
"The product could use more security related features."
"It could be simpler but compared to the competition, it's not so bad."
"The product's pricing needs improvement for small and medium businesses."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is confusing with too many add-ons."
"Its cloud features could be better."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is ranked 17th in Ethernet Switches with 19 reviews while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center writes " Handles network connectivity between data centers and supports internet applications". 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 ". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Huawei Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches, whereas Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Arista Networks Platform. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center vs. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access report.
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