We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Huawei Ethernet 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."The most valuable feature would be network management, separating the network management component from security. It can do both but we promote it on its own. It's a good solution to do network management."
"Integration is good, as well as price and technical support."
"What I actually use in this deployment are Forti APs (Fortinet Access Points). So, I can see all my office infrastructure from a single console, which is handy. One FortiGate, one FortiSwitch, and five access points, everything under good control. It's really nice to see it all together like this."
"Ability to manage FortiAP, FortiClient, and FortiGate all from a single console"
"The integration with the whole platform, so there's one dashboard for everything. It is one of the most valuable features."
"I would rate the the ease of management and scalability within our network architecture an eight out of ten, with ten being best."
"Deploying the solution is a breeze, even a novice can do it."
"I rate Fortinet support 10 out of 10. Their support is excellent and inexpensive. They respond immediately."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The affordability of this solution has been most useful."
"Easy to use, flexible, stable, and offers great performance."
"Huawei switches come in small, medium, and large capacities and can be used for monitoring and switching."
"Huawei Ethernet Switches also have effective network switching features."
"Huawei Ethernet switches are easy to use and can be managed using either the GUI or via the command-line."
"Scalability isn't an issue."
"It is cheap."
"In Fortinet, the packet reconstruction in the SD-WAN solution needs a little bit of improvement. When it comes to the Secure Access to the switches or the mix of Fortinet solution, the very small ones do not have the capability to use fiber cables. So, the small FortiGates have to work with the copper cables and cannot use fiber cables. Even though they have the capacity and throughput on all technical connectors, they don't have the interfaces, which is one of the good things with Cisco. They just add models to it. You buy the independent models, and you add them."
"The product's pricing needs improvement for small and medium businesses."
"The installation is not difficult. However, some features have to be activated from the CLI."
"An area for improvement would be the segmentation and network in logic networks."
"The tool should improve its CLI."
"The security of the solution could be a bit better."
"It could be simpler but compared to the competition, it's not so bad."
"The solution has SD-WAN but it doesn't have SDN. This should be added."
"Integration could be improved. The price could also be lower."
"The durability of the device can be improved."
"The company needs to provide more on hand training on the product."
"I would like to see more training opportunities available."
"The interoperability of the devices, in general, on the Huawei switches is not good and is known to be not good. Maybe they can improve this a bit."
"The solution's marketing could be better. It spends money on marketing but doesn't highlight the most important features. Sometimes, it provides too much information, which can confuse customers."
"Devices should have the ability to configure more easily."
"The technical support is a bit difficult to work with if you don't speak Mandarin."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews while Huawei Ethernet Switches is ranked 12th in Ethernet Switches with 54 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2, while Huawei Ethernet Switches is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access writes "It's a strong product that's easy to manage and costs significantly less than competing solutions ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei Ethernet Switches writes "The solution is power efficient, stable, and provides free-of-cost batch upgrades". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Alaxala Ethernet Switches, whereas Huawei Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, H3C Ethernet Switches, HPE Ethernet Switches and Arista Networks Platform. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access vs. Huawei Ethernet Switches report.
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