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Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers vs. Fortinet FortiGate

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ACisco offers wireless LAN.N/A

    FortiGate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AFortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Wireless LAN ControllersFortiGate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Wireless LAN ControllersFortiGate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—FortiGate pricing starts at $250 for home office use, up to $300,000 for large enterprise appliances. Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Wireless LAN ControllersFortiGate
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers
    We looked at Meraki, Ubiquiti and Aruba along with Cisco. At the time, all of the systems were decent well designed systems. Cisco was decided upon because of the depth of products, the support and recommendations of others. We are very happy with the system, and plan to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers
    D-Link Wireless network solution is a good solution for small businesses. It has all the features of an enterprise-class wireless solution. However, it does not perform well with a high number of users and devices. Cisco Wireless [LAN Controllers] Solution, on the other hand, …
    Incentivized
    Fortinet
    Chose FortiGate
    Feature to feature comparisons, Cisco and Fortinet are on par with each other. Both have great service and support. Both have robust security features that protect your network from various threats and exploits. Both have great logging and reporting capabilities. Both are high …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cisco Wireless LAN ControllersFortiGate
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers
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    Ratings
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.638 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.538 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings9.439 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.538 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Wireless LAN ControllersFortiGate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (66 ratings)
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)