We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center and Meraki MS Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The virtual Chassis feature for stacking is good in general, with high bandwidth for the link, which is good."
"It's easy to use."
"In terms of performance, Juniper switches have a more user-friendly interface and more features than Cisco products."
"The solution is stable and scalable."
"The solution is certainly scalable."
"The solution is easy to use and has good integration."
"I like that it's fairly easy to implement these ethernet switches."
"The most valuable feature is switching on our network."
"It integrates well."
"I have found the solution to be scalable."
"A valuable feature of FortiGate is its management integrity."
"An affordable and stable solution for small-medium companies."
"The top feature of Meraki MS switches for me is Layer 7 application visibility. Another positive in general is that you don't need to set up a console to the switch itself; it dials in to a single dashboard where you can completely manage all your network devices."
"It is easy to deploy, maintain, and update. It has been trouble-free so far. I am still a Cisco command-line bigot, but the web interface makes it a lot easier for our help desk to interact with a client. When the clients call in and say that they aren't able to connect, it takes the help desk 10 minutes or less to look at everything in the enterprise or location. They can look at the firewall, switches, or access points in the dashboard. That's why I like the dashboard."
"You can access a single pane of glass and configure all the devices via the same access."
"Quality of Service is easy to deploy. The ease of deployment, in general, is valuable. It is easy to do port configuration and VLAN assignments."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Being able to look at every port and see what it is connected to is very useful. Everything seems to be running really well. They've got everything covered. They have a really cool mounting system at the bottom and an access point that you can use to level up your device. It is kind of cool."
"The most valuable features of Meraki MS Switches are ease of use, and we can find technical knowledge easily."
"The switches are very stable."
"The initial setup for Juniper switches is complex. Juniper has a new program that solves that problem a little bit, but it is expensive, so I don't use it. It is Juniper Mesh, Juniper Wire, or something like that where you plug in a switch, and it goes out to their cloud, finds a config, and brings it down. So, you can do everything cloud-based, but there is a fee for that. It is expensive, so I've never used it. If we were starting, we would try to do something like that. It is more for a large enterprise for managing hundreds of switches versus what we're doing. They should make its price more cost-effective or include it for new or smaller companies."
"The management platforms for the network need improvement."
"Juniper's support could be much better and faster."
"Stability could be better, especially during a reboot. We have had some issues recently with the software getting corrupt on reboot, which causes a lot of downtime."
"The only issue that we have with Juniper Ethernet Switches is the firmware because it is not stable."
"Juniper Ethernet Switches would be improved by upgrading the uplink port in EX2300 categories service from 10G to 25G."
"The updates are constantly breaking."
"The only issue that we have with Juniper Ethernet Switches is the firmware because it is not stable."
"Does not have as many features as other solutions, such as segmentation and analytics engines."
"The solution can improve by upgrading QSFP+, it is very limited and must be supported more than it is now. If we need FortiSwitches to support all the QSFP ports our budgets would have to be very large."
"The FortiSwitch product was initially quite complex."
"When there are many switches being used, the speed declines noticeably."
"The licensing model needs to be improved."
"We had some dashboard licensing issues, maybe because their method of collecting data from the user needs to be more streamlined."
"In this solution, you are lacking a feature that Cisco Classic has that allows you to save your configuration with a serial cable."
"I've had some hardware failure issues on the POE side on several switches across the years. There seems to be a problem with the POE ports of their unit system."
"I would like to add a voice capability to Meraki, to make a call or receive a call."
"Licensing is the only thing I can complain about. It's expensive, but everything is these days."
"The price for this product could be cheaper. For a low-budget school or institution, scaling up and implementing more switches could take longer because of budget constraints."
"Technical support hold times seem to be getting longer."
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Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is ranked 17th in Ethernet Switches with 4 reviews while Meraki MS Switches is ranked 5th in Ethernet Switches with 44 reviews. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is rated 8.6, while Meraki MS Switches is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center writes "Good management integrity ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MS Switches writes "Reliable and easily accessible switches with a plug and play setup". Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch and HPE Ethernet Switches, whereas Meraki MS Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Datto Networking Switches. See our Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center vs. Meraki MS Switches report.
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