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 solution has made configuration and setup very, very easy."
"SD-WAN and the security fabric are essential features of the product."
"The product is stable."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center's scalability is good."
"A valuable feature of FortiGate is its management integrity."
"The single pane of glass that helps us manage everything through FortiManager is the most important feature."
"The most valuable feature is the port analytics."
"We are able to monitor everything that is happening on our network."
"The initial setup is easy."
"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."
"Some of the most valuable features are the simplicity, cost, usability, and power. As a package, it's extremely effective."
"The wiki page that describes the scripting and other features is very good."
"The performance has been good."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"The GUI is easy to use."
"Routing is an area in Fortinet FortiSwitch with certain shortcomings where improvements are needed."
"With IT products, there is always room for improvement."
"The product must improve the latency in the management center."
"Managing the VLANs is an area where the solution lacks and needs to improve."
"When there are many switches being used, the speed declines noticeably."
"There could be more porting software options for easy deployment in the product."
"The FortiSwitch product was initially quite complex."
"The UI of the firewall and reporting could be improved."
"Technical support could be better."
"The solution does not yet offer a SaaS version."
"It would be even better with a centralized management platform."
"The port isolation and VLAN need to be improved."
"There has to be more development in the OS. It's complex for this switch as compared to others like Cisco. For NetGear and Cisco, it's easy to adapt the VLAN concept but it should be simplified for MikroTik."
"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."
"MikroTik needs to add some features like IPS, mail security, or antivirus, et cetera."
"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."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is ranked 16th in Ethernet Switches with 7 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 14th in Ethernet Switches with 10 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is rated 7.8, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center writes "A stable solution that is worth the money and easy to manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Simple with a user-friendly interface and good reliability". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Huawei Ethernet Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Netgate TNSR, Cisco Enterprise Routers, Huawei Enterprise Routers and Aruba Switches. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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