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Fortinet FortiGate vs. UniFi WiFi Access Points

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    UniFi WiFi Access Points

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AUbiquiti Networks in San Jose provides the UniFi wi-fi access points. The enterprise products support 1,000+ client capacity, long-range 6 GHz performance, and 10 GbE PoE connectivity with native high availability architecture for critical enterprise environments.N/A
    Pricing
    FortiGateUniFi WiFi Access Points
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FortiGateUniFi WiFi Access Points
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFortiGate 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
    FortiGateUniFi WiFi Access Points
    Considered Both Products
    Fortinet
    Chose FortiGate
    Great subscription services and easy branch office VPN configuration. Also a big plus for 2FA via Forti Token integration.
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    The solution was selected by our parent company, but the idea of changing platforms is still daunting. Fortigate offers an ability to convert your ASA, Checkpoint, JunOS, etc. configs to Fortigate for a small cost. This product works like a champ and eliminated the reasons why …
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    FortiGate has a strong offering at a very competitive price point. I like that with your subscription you get access to all of the pieces, and that features aren't arbitrarily turned off unless you buy a specific license or bundle. For what you get for the price, it's really …
    Incentivized
    Ubiquiti Networks
    Chose UniFi WiFi Access Points
    Completely replaced our Fortinet Wireless LAN after they were unusable without the FortiGate router.
    Incentivized
    Chose UniFi WiFi Access Points
    Before using of Ubiquiti Networks UniFi we were using cisco WAP 150 series.which is not giving good signal strength and also having issue to manage 10different APs individually.so getting every day complain regarding slow internet speed sue to signal strength. we found Ubiquiti …
    Incentivized
    Chose UniFi WiFi Access Points
    Ubiquity is easy to configure, first-time installation and management is a lot easier, the controller is free of charge and access points worked well with the software controller.
    Incentivized
    Chose UniFi WiFi Access Points
    D-Link Wireless solution is another one of the cost-effective wireless solutions in the market and it does really well for small businesses. however even a slightly higher traffic load brings the performance of the wireless APs down and sometimes they hang and need to be …
    Incentivized
    Chose UniFi WiFi Access Points
    Ubiquiti is a large product line. The switches are great, but only layer 2, and don't have a ton of super advanced features. So they won't meet everyone's needs. The Access points have most features people need, and are a fantastic performer for the price.
    The UniFi Security …
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    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
    FortiGateUniFi WiFi Access Points
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Fortinet FortiGate and UniFi WiFi Access Points
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    UniFi WiFi Access Points
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    Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console8.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN8.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability9.535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server10.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FortiGateUniFi WiFi Access Points
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    9.0
    (39 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    6.9
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)