We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX are we can register our customers and they can receive free training and all the solutions features."
"The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX is the flexibility, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, the long-distance performance of the application storage is easy and effective."
"Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has high availability."
"The platform is valuable for bandwidth reduction."
"At the moment, for us, it is a very good solution because it has all the features we need and it is not so expensive."
"I really love the auto-tunnel creation feature."
"The most valuable feature of Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect is the boost."
"The initial setup is very easy and not confusing."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The license features should improve in the solution. For example, when you purchase VMware, it starts at a low level that has some functionality. When you want to expand, the difference in the price is substantial. I purchased the lower functional version for $4,000, and now if I want to upgrade, they ask me for $80,000. This is a $76,000 difference, there's no logic, but this is VMware."
"Reporting is something that they can improve on."
"If compared with Cisco, then Aruba's pricing is very aggressive."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform needs to improve integrations with other vendors."
"In future releases, I would like to see security features, so Aruba might need some firewalls, like other vendors."
"The security can be improved, with the firewall for example, because they supply a basic one but not a UTM."
"We would like to have better features for path selection. For example, if we know the network is going to go down then we would like to set up an alternate route for data packets in real-time."
"I expect automation in the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform's next release."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Its price could be better."
"The pricing could always be better."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 6th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 19 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 306 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Steelhead, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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