Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Wireless Access Points vs. Fortinet FortiExtender

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Wireless Access Points
Score 7.7 out of 10
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Access Points work with OmniAccess WLAN switches/controllers to provide a high performance wireless mobility solution for enterprises. They can be securely deployed in a variety of locations such as on walls, cubicles, desktops, and in the ceiling, and the AP antenna diversity allows for the best possible signal processing using dual, omni-directional antennas.N/A
Fortinet FortiExtender
Score 8.0 out of 10
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FortiExtender is the wireless WAN offering from Fortinet.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Aruba Networks Wireless WAN
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Wireless Access PointsFortinet FortiExtender
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
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8.8
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
One of best use cases for using OmniAccess Wire Access Point is where we have dense no. of users as client associated capacity is very good. Also one of the use case is when administrator wants different PSK for each user for authentication. OmniAccess WAP supports in better way.
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Fortinet
Fortinet FortiExtender is well suited to delivering fast 5G and LTE service. The cloud-based system is great so that our agency can manage the cloud from anywhere which is great during remote work. The Fortinet FortiExtender was easy to deploy and the system has been easy to manage. The Fortinet FortiExtender is less appropriate when it comes to the cost to implement and the customer support could be improved.
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Pros
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
  • Flexibility in terms of deployment, management
  • Better security feature
  • Application awareness ,WIPS
  • DPSK
  • Better client associated count
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Fortinet
  • Failover protection by supporting multiple bands.
  • Cloud based management helping to manage the system from anywhere.
  • Integration with the Fortinet firewall.
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Cons
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
  • No of Interfaces
  • must have a variety in terms of MIMO
  • better throughput
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Fortinet
  • It is good when any problem occurred in our fiber cables but when it gets problematic then there isn’t any way out for us and its graphic interface is not helpful.
  • Its support team is useless and didn’t help in any regard.
  • The price is not in our favor.
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Alternatives Considered
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
Have used Cisco Meraki access point earlier having management on cloud and is on license (subscription basis). But Alcatel OmniAccess Points have management on cloud, on premise as well which means to say flexibility in terms of management. We had one requirement where we number of user is large which is going to connect on access point but Cisco Meraki only supports 200 users per radio whereas OmniAccess point have better client associated capacity with 524 per radio.
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Fortinet
By looking at the market of similar devices, we quickly recognized that Fortinet FortiExtenders are very reasonably priced; however, they provide top-level functionality that even some of the competitors don't have.
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Return on Investment
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
  • Better Roaming
  • Ease of Management
  • Better performance
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Fortinet
  • Backup connectivity is helping us in many ways especially at times when connections run out and we have to perform any action that is essential to be done at times.
  • It provides a secure network.
  • With direct management, we can monitor and add and remove unwanted devices.
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