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Fortinet FortiAP pros and cons

Vendor: Fortinet
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

FortiAP's integration with SSID configuration simplifies deploying permission rules and allows efficient management through the firewall.
Users find pricing of FortiAP reasonable, providing value for money with significant cost savings.
FortiAP is praised for its performance, stability, and capable technical support when required.
FortiAP's deployment is straightforward, especially when FortiGate or FortiManager is in place, and benefits from zero-touch deployment with FortiManager.
FortiAP is recommended for users with FortiGate firewalls, offering seamless integration, passwordless authentication, and central management.

CONS

Security integration between network and firewall needs improvement.
Users experience issues with wireless functionality.
Technical support can be challenging and may require premium service for better assistance.
FortiAP could be more affordable.
There is room for improvement in scalability without purchasing a new model.
 

Fortinet FortiAP Pros review quotes

StaffordSlater - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Founder And Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jan 23, 2026
Fortinet FortiAP's zero-touch deployment feature with FortiManager is utilized in the current deployment, enabling deployment and configuration that is very useful, leading to huge cost savings.
Shahnawaz Nusrat - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Technical Operations at ITE
Sep 18, 2025
I always recommend to customers who have a FortiGate firewall to choose Fortinet FortiAP instead of deploying any other wireless controller or OEM because it provides a single posture of security and a single management console, is easy to use, easy to deploy, and offers central management with FortiGate.
JayPrajapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at ITCG SOlutions Pvt Ltd
Jun 13, 2025
Fortinet FortiAP provides value for money, and I can quantify the savings at about 80%.
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reviewer2647713 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT System Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Mar 11, 2025
Fortinet FortiAPs are useful for small to medium-scale companies where there are budget concerns.
Brian M. - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 4, 2025
The integration is efficient, allowing for management through the firewall.
Yati Gharat - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Litmus
Mar 27, 2024
If we have FortiClient installed on multiple devices, it is seamless to connect with FortiAP. It supports passwordless authentication as well. That is a great thing about it.
Charity Kimotho - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at DTE Technology
Feb 28, 2024
The product's initial setup phase was easy, especially with FortiGate or your FortiManager in place.
Rui Ribeiro. - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Infrastructure at CSAT
Aug 30, 2023
The pricing is reasonable for what it offers.
Preshit Lanjekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Network SME at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jun 18, 2024
The solution supports recent security components like encryption or hashing algorithms. We can control the APs from FortiGate Firewalls and integrate those APs into FortiGate. You don't have to purchase a separate controller for it.
SM
Technical Manager at PSR
May 17, 2024
The product's deployment phase is very easy since its documentation part is available in the public domain.
 

Fortinet FortiAP Cons review quotes

StaffordSlater - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Founder And Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Jan 23, 2026
A point for improvement for Fortinet FortiAP would be improvements in the GUI, which is adequate but could be improved.
Shahnawaz Nusrat - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Technical Operations at ITE
Sep 18, 2025
Throughput can be better in terms of other vendors, but currently, it's working fine.
JayPrajapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at ITCG SOlutions Pvt Ltd
Jun 13, 2025
I am not satisfied with Fortinet FortiAP's technical support in India. Whenever we call them, they only provide KB articles first.
Learn what your peers think about Fortinet FortiAP. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: September 2026.
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reviewer2647713 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT System Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Mar 11, 2025
There could be constraints where a product can't be scaled further without purchasing a new model.
Brian M. - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 4, 2025
There is nothing that particularly comes to mind for improvement.
Yati Gharat - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Litmus
Mar 27, 2024
FortiAP is very good in an indoor environment, but we are struggling with the outdoor environment.
Charity Kimotho - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at DTE Technology
Feb 28, 2024
The product fails to offer default access points to deal with the areas revolving around configurations.
Rui Ribeiro. - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Infrastructure at CSAT
Aug 30, 2023
Technical support is a pain. Fortinet has to get its act together. If you don't pay for premium service, you will have issues.
Preshit Lanjekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Network SME at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jun 18, 2024
The improvement factor could be in APs. Also, it could have a control, like MAC address.
SM
Technical Manager at PSR
May 17, 2024
The support offered by the solution has certain shortcomings, making it in areas where improvements are required.