We performed a comparison between Cisco Wireless and Fortinet FortiWLC based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cisco, Ruckus and others in Wireless LAN."It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"The solution is stable."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The simplicity is great."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"With Cisco Wireless we have DNA technology for the frequency in which it operates, so that in case of any frequency interference it can look for and switch to another frequency, where there no interference."
"For me, there are two important features: 1) WLAN grouping – Allows us to have different groups and, within those groups, specific WLANs, so there is no overlapping. 2) FlexConnect – Enables us to have remote offices at different locations. We can have a central WLC to control all the locations."
"The product is compatible with a lot of mobile devices."
"It is a stable solution."
"The technical support is excellent."
"The solution offers very good application visibility and control integration for other analysis software."
"I like many of the features that Cisco Wireless has to offer."
"You need to learn the technology but after that the setup is easy."
"It's easy to set everything up during implementation."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWLC is the overall high quality."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"The solution is expensive."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"The pricing is very high in the Indian market."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"The price could be better."
"Juniper Wireless AP can improve by continually improving its reporting and integration with other systems."
"There should be an option for a wireless bridge that can be used to join two access points."
"If they could offer better coverage, we'd be much happier."
"The product’s interface must be improved."
"Sometimes our customers do not get proper IP addresses from the DHCP pool."
"It's very scalable, but when you shift gears sometimes, you have to do more work than people anticipate."
"It should be fully compatible with other devices."
"There is room for improvement regarding HA issues and Radius integration."
"The technical support could be better. They aren't as helpful as they need to be when we run into issues."
"Fortinet FortiWLC is not simple to configure when compared to other solutions. The design could be better."
"One thing that is lacking is, compared with some other brands, the signal is a bit weaker. Ruckus has much wider signal coverage."
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Cisco Wireless is ranked 2nd in Wireless LAN with 146 reviews while Fortinet FortiWLC is ranked 25th in Wireless LAN with 2 reviews. Cisco Wireless is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiWLC is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Wireless writes "Allows us to deploy a wide range of wireless products with stable WiFi". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWLC writes "Quick support, overall high quality, and reliable". Cisco Wireless is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Omada Access Points, whereas Fortinet FortiWLC is most compared with Fortinet FortiWLM.
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