We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center and NETGEAR 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."We are able to monitor everything that is happening on our network."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to manage switches from one central point."
"The single pane of glass that helps us manage everything through FortiManager is the most important feature."
"An affordable and stable solution for small-medium companies."
"The most valuable feature is the port analytics."
"I have found the solution to be scalable."
"A valuable feature of FortiGate is its management integrity."
"The initial setup was simple."
"The solution helps transfer data."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"The company provides a lifetime warranty."
"You are not limited in terms of stacking ports, and especially, if you're using the 96X as a core switch, the scalability, I could see this being very large. If you're using a type of a hybrid topology with a core switch going out to multiple switch stacks, or something like that, I could see the scalability of this being very good, especially considering the kind of backplane switching capacity on the 96X."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use."
"The solution is reliable and it is easy to setup."
"It's nice, if there is an issue, to be able to go in through the remote. The fact that the remote doesn't require a static IP... is nice. They initiate the contact to the outside world, without requiring a static to get in."
"Valuable features include network monitoring and ease of programming for VLANs, etc. I especially like NETGEAR because it's easy to teach system administrators how to use them, how to look at them, how to make changes to them without having the complexity of CLIs, but still having a CLI should we need it."
"When there are many switches being used, the speed declines noticeably."
"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."
"Routing is an area in Fortinet FortiSwitch with certain shortcomings where improvements are needed."
"The solution can improve by upgrading QSFP+, it is very limited and must be supported more than it is now. If we need FortiSwitches to support all the QSFP ports our budgets would have to be very large."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"The FortiSwitch product was initially quite complex."
"Does not have as many features as other solutions, such as segmentation and analytics engines."
"The product must improve the latency in the management center."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"What I'd like to see is more compatibility with virtual stacking, so that 4300-series switches and 3300-series switches will actually stack together and that virtual switch stacks, themselves, are not limited to just six devices, so that they can create larger loops with more bandwidth and more redundancy."
"If they could come up with ways to look at metrics on it while the video is capping through the system, that would be nice. There could be some interesting uses for that, but it's a long way off."
"The product could be more robust."
"Perhaps in the future, we will have even more different types of switches and be able to fulfill more collections."
"One thing I would like to see improved is the response time for technical support."
"There is a lack of documentation, and the documentation I have is unclear, so I have to rely on Google for information."
"The technical support could be more helpful."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is ranked 16th in Ethernet Switches with 18 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 50 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is rated 8.0, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center writes "Stable product with efficient SD-WAN features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Huawei Ethernet Switches and Mellanox Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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