We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar and Fortinet FortiWLM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Wireless LAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The solution is pretty generic and easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"In terms of reporting, in terms of all the user reports, it's very rich."
"The most useful feature of Juniper Wireless AP is the reporting Marvis."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"We are very satisfied with the performance."
"The solution allows you to see the SNMP packets, the DPI packets, and the SNMP server."
"The features aren't much different than those in Aruba, but deployment is easier to configure and the pricing is better."
"One feature that differentiates Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar from some other vendors is the fact that on-premise OmniVista licenses are perpetual."
"Express in default configuration mode with first turn-on is easy to set up and deploy from a medium installation standpoint."
"There is a definite ROI with this product. This product creates a baseline of technology that will be a means to grow from five to ten years from now. By using this solution, it is an investment on the installation of that baseline."
"I have worked with different solutions in the past and switched to Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar because of its quick installation time. It requires no additional preparation. The product is highly stable. I rate it a nine out of ten. The support of this solution is great. The timeliness of their responses is crucial for me. When I raise an issue, I can count on receiving a prompt reply, eliminating the need for extensive online searches or phone calls."
"I use Fortinet FortiWLM for wireless communication and the internet."
"The most valuable features are central management and the many other features available."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its speed, reliability, and integration with the firewall."
"Fortinet FortiWLM is good for tracking assets, monitoring, and overall management."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWLM is the single management pane and integrated controller inside the firewall."
"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."
"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."
"This is the only product on the market currently that supports as many access points for wifi users."
"The product should include adaptive Wi-Fi to show a more accurate location."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"If you want to do more specific stuff, it's a bit limited."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The price could be better."
"The solution is expensive."
"Juniper Wireless Access Points (AP Series) could improve if the MIST platform had a built-in master key. This would be an advantage."
"Better integration with third-party systems is what our customers are expecting in the future."
"I would prefer to have the integrated heat map feature provided by the basic controller in the Solution instead of purchasing an external one. Accessing this capability directly within the controller's access point would be convenient."
"If the customers plan to go on the cloud side, they need encryption and daily communications from a security perspective."
"There are occasional OS bugs."
"It needs to be faster in order to process and transmit bigger packets."
"It is not possible to integrate Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar with third-party software like Opera, a property management system (PMS)."
"The current implementation of our Guest Access network in isolation for Express mode is very complicated in comparison with leading market solutions."
"Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar's radio management side could be improved."
"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 solution should improve user capacity."
"There is very little publicly available information about Virtual Cell and Single Channel Architecture. Promotion of the overall technology is limited as well. Being more vocal about a product that has many advantages would go a long way to eliminating a lot of the confusion and negative perception about Virtual Cell and Single Channel Architecture."
"Areas for improvement would be the compatibility with Apple products and cross-platform integration."
"The range needs some improvement and also the stability."
"The roaming of Fortinet FortiWLM could improve when comparing it to other solutions. We are missing some of the functionality in the controller. Additionally, they should offer more logs instead of using FortiAnalyzer because all the users will not be using the same thing."
"When using the FortiGate as the wireless controller, you cannot have automatic user registration, which is something that they should offer."
"The interface could certainly do with some improvement. We have other customers with WiFi networks, and they always use Ubiquiti. With Ubiquiti, it's a much better user interface, and it is much easier to configure."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar is ranked 21st in Wireless LAN with 13 reviews while Fortinet FortiWLM is ranked 15th in Wireless LAN with 22 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiWLM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar writes "An Easily Deployable and User-Friendly Solution with Rapid Installation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWLM writes "Impressive manufacturing quality, highly durable, and very easy to deploy". Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Ubiquiti WLAN, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Ruckus Wireless, whereas Fortinet FortiWLM is most compared with Aruba Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Cisco Wireless, Cisco Meraki Wireless LAN and Ubiquiti Wireless. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar vs. Fortinet FortiWLM report.
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