We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch 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 initial setup was simple."
"Based on my use cases, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center was a great product that was easy to manage and work with while being a powerful tool."
"The single pane of glass that helps us manage everything through FortiManager is the most important feature."
"It integrates well."
"An affordable and stable solution for small-medium companies."
"The solution has made configuration and setup very, very easy."
"The interface is very straightforward."
"I have found the solution to be scalable."
"There are a lot of features to control permitting or stopping packets in the network."
"The wiki page that describes the scripting and other features is very good."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"It is user-friendly, reliable, and cheap."
"I like that it's quite flexible and addresses different issues. It's quite easy to use, and the pricing is great. We find them to be very capable switches."
"It is easy to set up."
"The most valuable feature is that it has better throughput than its competitors."
"The GUI is easy to use."
"FortiSwitch should improve the FortiGate map. The diagram cannot move automatically to show the switch. The map does not map the physical location. It cannot move or touch the diagram."
"The product must improve the latency in the management center."
"There could be more porting software options for easy deployment in the product."
"Routing is an area in Fortinet FortiSwitch with certain shortcomings where improvements are needed."
"The FortiSwitch product was initially quite complex."
"They could improve availability and security by detecting and preventing switch attacks."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The UI of the firewall and reporting could be improved."
"The port isolation and VLAN need to be improved."
"The solution does not yet offer a SaaS version."
"The bulk efficiencies and the control of traffic could be a bit better."
"Stuff that I'd like to be improved is really just training and documentation because I think the feature set is full. Another improvement I'd suggest is that their new, bigger releases should be a bit more stable."
"Technical support could be better."
"Improvements are needed with respect to some of the security, especially for VPN links between vendors other than Cisco."
"It happens that you may find your network is down, if you reboot the switch, they come up. However, sometimes, they reset themselves. That's a big issue."
"The packet filtering, user log data, and user access log could all be improved."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is ranked 16th in Ethernet Switches with 18 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 14th in Ethernet Switches with 17 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is rated 8.0, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center writes "Has intuitive graphical user interface, but the security features need improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Easy to set up, user-friendly, and reliable". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Huawei Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Netgate TNSR, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Cisco Enterprise Routers and Juniper MX Series Routers. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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