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.
"What I like best about Aruba ClearPass is its 802.1X certificate-based authentication feature."
"The most valuable features of Aruba ClearPass are its ease of use and the general network access controls."
"It is a robust product."
"Aruba ClearPass's most valuable feature is dynamic segmentation."
"What I like most about Aruba ClearPass is its access tracker that serves as its monitoring feature. The access tracker is really helpful when you want to troubleshoot authentication failures."
"The web dashboard and the policy manager are very intuitive and very easy for the engineers to use."
"The interface is very easy to use and the workflow is quite straightforward."
"Aruba has improved my organization because it supported me on my level of access."
"The users say that FortiNAC is configurable and easy to use."
"All the features of Fortinet FortiNAC are valuable."
"Fortinet FortiNAC has good user account customization."
"Compliance checks are a good feature. Compliance check is for windows updates and for antivirus updates, etc."
"The FortiNAC features I found the most valuable are security and the ability to consolidate wireless networks."
"The initial setup was easy and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is having visibility over the IoT devices on the network."
"The device fingerprinting feature allowed for easy creation and enforcement of access policies."
"The setup of ClearPass can be a bit convoluted at times."
"A specific component is part of the solution called ClearPass Onboard, which can sometimes be complex and challenging to set up. If they could simplify the process and make it easier, that would be a benefit."
"The product's graphical user interface (GUI) could use an update and better integration between the guest management and policy management interfaces."
"I would like to see is “AAS”. Not only Aruba APs with central, but NAC/ClearPass, AirWave, and everything licensed as a Service. This way, like AWS, they can spin up what they need when they need it and vice versa."
"The AirWave Dashboard heat maps could be better designed."
"I would like the area of managing wired technology to be improved. Wireless is very good but I'm still struggling a bit to do my end to end configurations in the wired technology area."
"The scalability could improve."
"There is room for improvement in terms of scalability."
"The automation in Fortinet FortiNAC could improve."
"The user interface and the product's intuitiveness could be improved."
"The GUI is a little bit strange — different than other Fortinet products."
"The training documentation needs to be more transparent."
"Fortinet's local support could be improved."
"The platform must enable troubleshooting."
"The course content could be improved, it's not that simple to work through."
"They need to change or upgrade the technology in the product."
Aruba ClearPass is ranked 2nd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 75 reviews while Fortinet FortiNAC is ranked 4th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 43 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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