We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access and Meraki MS 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 tool's setup was very easy."
"I can say that the product is easy to use...The initial setup of the product was easy."
"With FortiSwitch, you can easily identify who is connected to each port, disable ports as needed, and retrieve configurations from FortiGate when required."
"The most valuable feature is that I can completely isolate devices that are compromising the network."
"The tool's VLAN feature is easy to understand. It was very good."
"It is a cheap and secure solution. The job switching and security features are better than other solutions."
"What stands out is the effective management and enhanced security provided by the solution's function as an extension of the firewall."
"The technical support has been very good."
"The main features of Meraki MS Switches are integration, high quality, and hardware guarantee."
"It is easy to deploy, maintain, and update. It has been trouble-free so far. I am still a Cisco command-line bigot, but the web interface makes it a lot easier for our help desk to interact with a client. When the clients call in and say that they aren't able to connect, it takes the help desk 10 minutes or less to look at everything in the enterprise or location. They can look at the firewall, switches, or access points in the dashboard. That's why I like the dashboard."
"They're easy to update."
"Meraki MS Switches are amazing. Whoever built it is a genius. I like that it's a plug-and-play solution."
"To me, this is a product that meets all of the needs that anyone could possibly have for a networking device."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are their reliability and simplicity."
"he product is easy to integrate with other software tools."
"Meraki MS Switches have a very user-friendly dashboard and the policies are straightforward for sending them to the devices and blocking sites."
"The product's end-user protection feature needs improvement."
"The scalability and technical support can be improved."
"The solution has SD-WAN but it doesn't have SDN. This should be added."
"The solution could provide an active VPN."
"If you contact Fortinet, it's a bit difficult. Most of the time, they send you just links and documents to read for troubleshooting. When you contact support, you don't need documents. You want someone that can understand your problem, give a hand, and help you. I'm not impressed by the support really."
"The product must improve its prices."
"While Fortinet is good for school boards and mid-sized businesses, enterprise-class networks require a zero-trust solution. If you're building a zero-trust network with end-to-end security, that's where Fortinet falls behind Cisco, HPE, and Aruba."
"The installation is not difficult. However, some features have to be activated from the CLI."
"This product depends on a cloud connection in order to function. If you have an unstable internet connection or other connectivity issues the product will not function as expected."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The documentation could be more extensive. For example, it could describe more scenarios. It would be great if they could incorporate AI engines into the switching infrastructure and firewall so you can configure it to prevent intrusion. They have intrusion prevention and detection, but they could enhance it by incorporating AI into their firewall."
"The quote-building process is challenging and it needs to be simplified."
"The pricing can be made cheaper."
"Meraki MS Switches do not offer as many features as their competitors, so we are quite limited in what we can configure on the switches and firewalls."
"On the switches, I don't know a whole lot that I would change. Different levels of switches have different layer 2 and layer 3 functionality. It's always nice to have layer 3 functionality across the board if you can, but that drives up the cost. They've got different lines for different amounts of layer 3 functionality. However, on their models that do include full layer 3 access, when you choose to use layer 3 on a switch, it doesn't have the full functioning routing capabilities of an MX firewall. It can be limiting in some of those aspects."
"They're definitely missing some of the higher end data center Cisco features."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is ranked 6th in Ethernet Switches with 41 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 87 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is rated 8.2, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.4. 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 Meraki MS Switches writes "They're not expensive and configuration is very easy". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Arista Networks Platform. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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