We performed a comparison between AirMagnet Survey and Fortinet FortiWLM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Ekahau, NetAlly, iBwave and others in Network Modeling and Simulation."The addition of the AirMapper software on the nXG and our AirCheck G2s has helped a lot because we're mostly not drilling down into the data. Local managers only need to see the coverage on their end and whether there are performance bottlenecks. These things are easy enough for us to ascertain with iPerf."
"The most valuable feature is the predictive survey. The antennas' RF patterns are reflected correctly on the drawing when preparing predictive heat maps."
"The heat maps are quite good, and some features are easy to use."
"It allows us to prepare more real designs. Later, we validate them with actual surveys."
"Using the products to ensure the safety of our equipment that we have a lot invested in."
"Clear and easy to use maps."
"Customer service is great."
"I would like to rate the product as eight of ten."
"Having the single pane of glass, by using the Fortinet Security Fabric, allows us to tighten security, and more easily and quickly create additional VLANs to help protect data. Rules in the firewall mean we can protect data and systems so that, should anything go wrong, any security issue is held to an individual device."
"The firewall integration is very important for the security of the connection."
"If you do have a FortiGate Firewall somewhere in the network, you can connect the wireless controller to that... You get 100 percent visibility from a single point... You can see everything that's connected to the FortiGate, whether it's a switch or a wireless AP or a wireless controller or any other Fortinet product."
"For me, the ease of setup and the rugged nature in harsh environments are most valuable. So, durability and ease of use have been its best features."
"Although there are a few steps, the initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Seamless roaming by leveraging Virtual Cell is a major advantage which reduces roam times and issues related to roaming. Code stability has been excellent and the hardware quality is second to none."
"The most valuable features are central management and the many other features available."
"At the moment, particularly with the COVID-19 situation, the most valuable feature is probably the IPsec VPN, which is easy to implement with Fortinet."
"It'd be nice if it was cheaper, however, you get value for your money."
"When you conduct an active survey and then want to use it for design work, it's actually not very useful."
"The user interface needs a lot of improvement. The auto-placement of access points is not accurate."
"I would say some of our newer techs that are going out to job sites can be a little bit intimidated by the interface."
"The throughput should be more advanced in the future. They need to add more versions of WiFi than just one."
"The surveying features are in need of improvement, along with general usability."
"AirMagnet Survey doesn't cover certain devices in the system."
"Less time consumed doing the real surveys."
"When using the FortiGate as the wireless controller, you cannot have automatic user registration, which is something that they should offer."
"I have used Cisco previously and I don't see any specific differences from Fortinet FortiWLM or other vendors."
"The pricing model can be improved to encourage use by small business and individuals and the hardware could stand to be redesigned."
"This solution should be easier to set up in a production environment."
"The range needs some improvement and also the stability."
"Cost is something that could be improved, but you have to pay for what you get."
"Technical support is very poor. We are not satisfied with the technical support because there is not any direct person from Fortinet for any troubleshooting, which we expected."
"The guest management features need to be improved by adding automation."
AirMagnet Survey is ranked 2nd in Network Modeling and Simulation with 38 reviews while Fortinet FortiWLM is ranked 15th in Wireless LAN with 22 reviews. AirMagnet Survey is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiWLM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AirMagnet Survey writes "It fixes so many problems quickly that we don't regret spending more on high-end tools than most companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWLM writes "Impressive manufacturing quality, highly durable, and very easy to deploy". AirMagnet Survey is most compared with Ekahau Site Survey, Aruba Wireless, AirCheck G3, iBwave Wi-Fi and Ubiquiti WLAN, whereas Fortinet FortiWLM is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Ubiquiti Wireless.
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