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 platform is valuable for bandwidth reduction."
"The solution includes features for SD-WAN and WAN such as batch conditioning and optimization."
"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."
"The tool is easy to configure due to the existing pre-configured templates. It is easy to manage compared to legacy systems, which takes time. We can complete a site within 30 minutes. The tool's best feature is outdoor onboarding. You need to bring the box to the site with the internet. It is a simple plug-and-play. The solution offers a zero-touch procedure."
"The file and data reduction capabilities are very good. Without it, we have a great deal of network congestion."
"The most valuable feature of Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect is the boost."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform needs to improve integrations with other vendors."
"The support, which is the direct support from Aruba, has shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"This solution is suitable for small to medium-sized companies. If we have large-sized companies it is better to use Cisco or Palo Alto."
"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."
"More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution."
"If compared with Cisco, then Aruba's pricing is very aggressive."
"There are some functional limitations that could improve."
"The support from Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has declined since Aruba acquired them. The knowledge and speed of the agents could improve."
"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."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
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Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 8th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 11 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 108 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Very unique that SD-WAN and WAN optimization can be used for any hardware or software". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "Efficient, user-friendly, and affordable". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN, Steelhead and Cato Networks, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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