We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center 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 Aruba care support and the lifetime warranty are very valuable aspects."
"Very easy and quick to setup and provide a nice dashboard providing a view of everything."
"The solution has great open architecture."
"Scalable and reliable solution for your network connectivity needs, with a straightforward setup."
"Licensing costs are competitive with other solutions on the market."
"These switches have a good performance, and they are also quickly configurable."
"We didn't experience any stability or scalability issues until now with Aruba Switches"
"It is pretty easy to implement the product."
"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."
"We are able to monitor everything that is happening on our network."
"The most valuable feature is the port analytics."
"I like the solution's technical support. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"The product is stable."
"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."
"I have found the solution to be scalable."
"Aruba's management suite has some room for improvement."
"The interface could be more user-friendly and the dashboard could be improved."
"My experience with Aruba's account manager hasn't been the greatest."
"The software materials could be improved."
"The endpoint capabilities could be improved."
"The delivery time for this product is slow and is something that needs to be improved."
"The customer service could be a bit quicker and the employees could be more professional."
"Aruba Switches could improve the monitoring and increase the scope of their online portal to cover cloud and on-premise deployments."
"There could be more porting software options for easy deployment in the product."
"The product must improve the latency in the management center."
"The solution could always benefit from more security. It's of critical importance to organizations right now."
"Before using FortiSwitch, you need several certifications."
"With IT products, there is always room for improvement."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center needs to improve its UI and stability."
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Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is ranked 17th in Ethernet Switches with 19 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center writes " Handles network connectivity between data centers and supports internet applications". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Mellanox Switches, whereas Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Huawei Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Meraki MS Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. See our Aruba Switches vs. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center report.
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