We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiWLC and Symantec Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about HPE Aruba Networking, Cisco, Ruckus and others in Wireless LAN."It provides private network access, helping us protect our company’s devices."
"With Mist, every Wednesday they roll out new features."
"You can easily monitor, manage, and cover all your IT equipment."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper Mist is the Virtual Network Assistant, powered by artificial intelligence."
"The artificial intelligence feature is very good."
"The AI capabilities of Mist Wireless are superior to other OEMs."
"Overall, we've been very pleased with the performance."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is Marvis, the AI-driven network management system."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiWLC is the overall high quality."
"It's easy to set everything up during implementation."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the URL database, malicious URLs, policies, and policy creation."
"Global Intelligence Network is the best feature of the product."
"We can address and rectify issues promptly, resulting in consistently positive outcomes."
"The most valuable feature is the caching."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Proxy is the support and autoscaling."
"The developer's assistance is valuable, enabling seamless integration which allows for a comprehensive view of categories, even if not certified by the link."
"It enables us to manage bandwidth for users based on their privilege levels. For example, if a user wants to use a certain application or resource, we can provide access based on their privileges."
"The Symantec antivirus suite and the proxy component are the most valuable feature."
"They should include SD-WAN features to it."
"It would be helpful to have even stronger security features to help protect against interference from other nearby access points that aren't part of our network."
"I need a bit more time with it before criticizing the features."
"Improvement is needed in the user-friendliness of Juniper Mist, particularly in enhancing the interaction with AI features."
"The pricing should be made cheaper."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support and installation."
"The price could be better."
"Improving third-party integration is key for Juniper Mist's next release."
"One thing that is lacking is, compared with some other brands, the signal is a bit weaker. Ruckus has much wider signal coverage."
"Fortinet FortiWLC is not simple to configure when compared to other solutions. The design could be better."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"The user interface could be improved, and the price could be lower as well."
"There are performance issues with all of the proxies."
"Prior to the Broadcom purchase, every appliance was application based, but now they have one ISG device and on top of it multiple applications are running. It has a single point of failure. If your device goes down, all of the applications would be down."
"Activating the SSL inspection is one of the challenges. We are currently moving to the O365 cloud, and one of the challenges is the performance when all of our users are connected to O365 by a proxy."
"Marketing needs improvement in Symantec Proxy, as it needs to catch up in sales here in the Asia Pacific region. Symantec Proxy licensing renewal also needs improvement."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"The initial setup is actually quite complex to install because our users don't have admin rights on the boxes and there's no remote install option by an administrator."
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Fortinet FortiWLC is ranked 25th in Wireless LAN with 2 reviews while Symantec Proxy is ranked 14th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 18 reviews. Fortinet FortiWLC is rated 9.0, while Symantec Proxy is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWLC writes "Quick support, overall high quality, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Proxy writes "A user-friendly solution with good technical support". Fortinet FortiWLC is most compared with Fortinet FortiWLM, whereas Symantec Proxy is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, Skyhigh Security, Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway, Zscaler Internet Access and McAfee Web Gateway Cloud Service.
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