We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiExtender and HPE Wireless WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Wireless WAN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You don't need to have two different vendors to interoperate and get into comparability issues or inter-operability issues."
"The product is easy to use and easy to integrate."
"The solution is extremely user-friendly."
"The initial setup was was just beautiful. It was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature will be that it works."
"For me, the best feature of Fortinet FortiExtender is its integration with an external solution such as a 5G LTE broadband modem, wired modem, and cellular network. I also like that the product can be integrated into one device or a unified device, and that is one of its best features because it allows you to manage and centralize the control of every device."
"We appreciate that this solution can be used as an active secondary link as well as a backup."
"Management can be carried out from a central point."
"It is a good and stable solution."
"It's easy to use."
"The main benefit of this product is the lifetime warranty, up to 99 years. For example, if your switch card fails after 10 years, and the hardware fails, it will be replaced with the very same switch or the equivalent model available at the time."
"The support has been responsive and helpful."
"HPE Wireless is easy to use. Integration is not an issue. It is easy to integrate HPE Wireless with any operating system and other brands of switches."
"The most valuable features of HPE Wireless WAN are high quality and capability."
"The most important is that the solution is stable."
"Setting up the solution initially is very easy."
"The engineering of the solution has some negative points, especially in terms of troubleshooting. It's difficult to troubleshoot when we have a problem. It's not like other products like Cisco or Palo Alto which make troubleshooting much easier."
"I would like to see them make it smaller in the next release so that it has a smaller footprint for mobile clients."
"Though Fortinet FortiExtender has some security features, the product could still be improved by adding features similar to those in FortiGuard, such as antivirus, intrusion, prevention, and detection, as well as web filtering features. The product is also not as user-friendly, so that's another area for improvement. In the FortiGate UTM solution of Fortinet, there's software-defined or SD-WAN, and in the next release of Fortinet FortiExtender, I'd like to see SD-WAN embedded in the product. Most of the communication in Fortinet FortiExtender is related to WAN and Edge, so having an SD-WAN function in the product would be useful for integrating and controlling WAN communication."
"What most of my clients are telling me is the price is a problem."
"We would like to see some improvement in the price for 5G models, as they are currently very expensive."
"The support could be faster and more responsive."
"There is a huge downside because we need to remove and insert the SIM to get it working."
"The solution would be a lot better if it was a little bit more intuitive. Additionally, the help menu would be a lot better if it was easier to identify the items that I was looking for. I find the graphical interface a little bit difficult to navigate. And I find the font that is used on the HTML interface not conducive to being able to be read in low light situations."
"Scalability is an aspect of this product that should be improved."
"Technical support could be improved. They could respond a bit faster."
"The license cost of the product is an area where the prices are neither expensive nor cheap, leaving a scope for the prices to be lowered further."
"The installation is easy. However, my implementation is complicated and you would need special training to complete it."
"It should be a faster device."
"Sometimes it can be difficult to find the right sizing."
"In the next release of the solution, there should be better integration with other platforms."
"The price of HPE Wireless WAN should be reduced."
Fortinet FortiExtender is ranked 6th in Wireless WAN with 8 reviews while HPE Wireless WAN is ranked 8th in Wireless WAN with 16 reviews. Fortinet FortiExtender is rated 8.2, while HPE Wireless WAN is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiExtender writes "Seamless with excellent integration capabilities and flexibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Wireless WAN writes " A tool that ensures to provide seamless connectivity to its users". Fortinet FortiExtender is most compared with Cisco Wireless WAN, whereas HPE Wireless WAN is most compared with Ruckus Wireless WAN. See our Fortinet FortiExtender vs. HPE Wireless WAN report.
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