We performed a comparison between Aruba Clearpass vs Fortinet FortiNAC based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Aruba ClearPass seems to be slightly more favorable because users consider it to be more scalable and stable than Fortinet FortiNAC. Aruba ClearPass users are also very satisfied with the technical support, and report an ROI as well.
"Aruba ClearPass has complete NAC features."
"ClearPass is effortless to use and configure. It's not hard to learn the tool, and it has lots of features."
"What I like most about Aruba ClearPass is that it has the best enforcement feature for the network. I also like its Guest Captive Portal and virtual security enforcement features, but the virtual security enforcement feature is still under testing by my company. Aruba ClearPass also has a wonderful UI which I find valuable."
"ClearPass' best features are authentication, support for multiple devices, and monitoring."
"ClearPass is open to any operating system or mobile app."
"A mature and functional product."
"What I like best about Aruba ClearPass is its 802.1X certificate-based authentication feature."
"Aruba ClearPass's most valuable feature is dynamic segmentation."
"Compared to other NAC vendors, Fortinet’s user interface is more user-friendly."
"The users say that FortiNAC is configurable and easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiNAC are access control, automation, artificial intelligence, analysis, and security, and it is a unified solution. You can combine a lot of features within the solution."
"It effectively addresses issues arising from endpoint connections to the network, contributing to an enhanced overall security solution for our clients."
"The most valuable features are usability and security."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiNAC is its integration with all other Fortinet solutions."
"Fortinet FortiNAC is both scalable and stable."
"The product offers good profiling features and can support various vendor products."
"Aruba needs to improve and the processes must be clear."
"The improvement can be in the cloud area. They can improve it for the cloud so that we can deploy it on the cloud."
"Aruba ClearPass could improve the complexity of the initial usage. It takes some time to be good at it. It's not simple to build and connect the rules to the network you want to deploy them on."
"It would be good if ClearPass made it a SaaS solution."
"I would like to see better integration with the firewall for zeroing out blacklisted users."
"The initial setup phase of the solution was really very difficult, owing to which the setup phase can be considered as an area that can be improved."
"In the next version, I would like to see some enhancement or extension on the tracking side. For example, when any user enters the network, it should be more visible in the graphical form."
"The GUI of Aruba ClearPass could improve, it is not user-friendly."
"Our users have been asking for simpler documentation and training materials to facilitate the deployment process."
"They need to change or upgrade the technology in the product."
"The technical support is bad. We've had to escalate to Tier 2 and Tier 3. My customer relationship manager on the other side of this has stopped returning phone calls and emails, because there has been such a constant back and forth."
"One of the biggest issues with Fortinet FortiNAC is that it is not intuitive and has a high learning curve."
"The product must make its UI similar to other Fortinet products."
"The product could be more user-friendly in terms of GUI."
"Classifications and visibility need to be improved a lot. They have to start work on being agentless. Agentless means they need to have strong integration with Windows."
"The training documentation needs to be more transparent."
Aruba ClearPass is ranked 2nd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 75 reviews while Fortinet FortiNAC is ranked 3rd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 44 reviews. Aruba ClearPass is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiNAC is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Aruba ClearPass writes "Easy to use, multifeatured, and reliable policy management platform for identity authentication and new device onboarding". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiNAC writes "I like the solution's native integration with other devices from the same vendor". Aruba ClearPass is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Forescout Platform, Microsoft Intune, Ruckus Cloudpath and macmon Network Access Control, whereas Fortinet FortiNAC is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Forescout Platform, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Fortinet FortiClient and Portnox CORE. See our Aruba ClearPass vs. Fortinet FortiNAC report.
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