We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Huawei Ethernet 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."I like that everything flows back to FortiGate, which is the controller, management console, and firewall. There's one central point for the entire network, so the security, switching, wireless, etc., flows back to the FortiGate. The ease of management is what customers like. They don't need separate solutions like Cisco."
"The visual scope of the solution is very good. It allows me to see and download all of the network information."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access has good scalability."
"I can say that the product is easy to use...The initial setup of the product was easy."
"What I actually use in this deployment are Forti APs (Fortinet Access Points). So, I can see all my office infrastructure from a single console, which is handy. One FortiGate, one FortiSwitch, and five access points, everything under good control. It's really nice to see it all together like this."
"The most valuable feature is the security switch."
"The most valuable feature is that I can completely isolate devices that are compromising the network."
"This device is easy to use."
"They are very user-friendly. Handling Huawei is very easy."
"The tool’s pricing is reasonable. It has a high throughput capacity."
"The affordability of this solution has been most useful."
"The most valuable feature is the audit systems. I also like that it can synchronize on the alternate configuration of products together at the same time."
"When you buy a switch from Huawei, the switches come along with a lot of features that you do not need to pay extra money for."
"They have the ability, since they have a very big R&D team, to create an upgrade for any feature or patch very easily."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its network monitoring system."
"This product is competitive technically with the best products in the class."
"I feel that the product's stability is an area where improvements are required."
"The solution could provide an active VPN."
"We had experienced downtime. I would like to see it to be improved."
"The installation is not difficult. However, some features have to be activated from the CLI."
"They could provide integration with Fortinet Authenticator."
"Technical support needs to take a different approach and pricing should appear more competitive."
"The tool should improve its CLI."
"While Fortinet is good for school boards and mid-sized businesses, enterprise-class networks require a zero-trust solution. If you're building a zero-trust network with end-to-end security, that's where Fortinet falls behind Cisco, HPE, and Aruba."
"I would like to see some improvements in the access layer switch that is available in Aruba."
"There needs to be more documentation. If they opened up a bit and shared more information and maybe allowed for YouTube videos about their products and how to work them, it would benefit the users quite a bit."
"Dashboard could be improved."
"The solution needs to provide GUI commands."
"One of the problems with Huawei is that when you receive a product quote from one of the vendors, you cannot get prices from the other ones because they register your request with Huawei."
"The product's stability has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Huawei Ethernet Switches are scalable but can be improved."
"The stability can be improved."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews while Huawei Ethernet Switches is ranked 12th in Ethernet Switches with 54 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2, while Huawei Ethernet Switches is rated 7.6. 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 Huawei Ethernet Switches writes "The solution is power efficient, stable, and provides free-of-cost batch upgrades". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Alaxala Ethernet Switches, whereas Huawei Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, H3C Ethernet Switches, HPE Ethernet Switches and Arista Networks Platform. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access vs. Huawei Ethernet Switches report.
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