Sophos Wireless AP6 (Wi-Fi 6) vs Competitors

Wireless Network Manager

Sophos AP6 Aruba Instant On Aruba (HPE) Central RUCKUS Cloud UniFi Cloud Console ExtremeCloud IQ FortiLAN Cloud Cloud Managed Wireless Wi-Fi in WatchGuard Cloud
(WNM)
Free tier provides basic configuration
N - Web/app management of up to Free tier ('Connect') provides basic with limitations (e.g., max 30 APs/3
Local management included with HW
50 APs and switches is included with Y - priced at $29.00 /month, single configuration with limitations (e.g., Switches, data retention limited to 7
purchase; Central management is Y - per AP; two tiers - Foundation and Y - per AP; two tiers - MR Enterprise Y - per AP; two tiers - Standard Wi-Fi
Management - subscription required HW purchase; no paid option to Y - per AP license to manage up to 500 APs and max 10 APs, max 4 SSIDs etc.); days); Y - per AP
included with Support subscription - Advanced and MR Advanced and USP Wi-Fi
extend mgmt. beyond the 50 device switches Full mgmt. requires subscription per Full mgmt. requires subscription per
per AP
limit AP (two tiers - Pilot and CoPilot) AP (called "FortiLAN Cloud FAP Adv.
Mgmt. License")

HW purchase includes 90 days of

Lifetime hardware warranty included Support and basic RMA included with Lifetime hardware warranty included
24x7 support (excluding holidays) and Basic RMA included with HW HW purchase includes basic support HW purchase includes 90 days of 8-5
with HW purchase; Aruba Central license; Optional with HW purchase;
2 years of limited hardware warranty; purchase, advanced RMA sold as an (no phone) and limited RMA; the "UI Mon-Fri support and RMA; post 90
Support subscription includes 'Foundation Care' support add-on FortiLAN Cloud subscription includes
Support/RMA subscription Optional 'Foundation Care' support add-on; Care" add-on plan, sold in the US only, days an ExtremeWorks support Included with both MR licenses Included with WNM license Included with both licenses
advanced RMA, 24x7 phone support, upgrades RMA to either next business advanced RMA, 24x7 phone support,
add-on uplifts RMA to next business Support included with Ruckus Cloud enables priority RMA service; no paid contract is needed, which entitles
firmware updates, and Sophos day exchange or 4-hour onsite repair firmware updates, and cloud
day exchange and extends support license option to upgrade support 24x7 support and accelerated RMA
Central management and replacement management
for the duration of the contract period

FortiAP UTP series requires an

Most security features including AV,
Optional 'Aruba Pro Care' support add- additional "FortiGuard UTP
sandbox, web/app control etc. are
Other subscription/license fees on entitles priority access to senior Subscription" license to get security
part of the advanced capabilities add-
support engineers features such as IPS, app control, web
on package
filter, AV etc.
Wi-Fi 6 capabilities such as OFDMA, BSS coloring, TWT etc. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
●
Wi-Fi 6E APs (6 GHz band support) ● ● ● ● ● ●
(AP6 420E and 840E)
●
MU-MIMO ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
(AP6 840/E)
Max 50 Instant On APs and switches
WatchGuard Cloud can only manage
only; enterprise APs are managed Cloud mgmt. support for 6E models
Central management of all APs ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Wi-Fi 6 APs, Wi-Fi 5 APs are managed
separately via the Aruba Central (R560 & R760) in roadmap
in the "Wi-Fi Cloud" console
console
● ●
Cloud-based unified console to manage multiple products ● ● ●
● (APs and switches only, max 500 (FortiLAN Cloud can manage APs and ● (WNM supports APs & switches only) ●
(e.g., Web, Email, Endpoint, Wireless etc.) (APs, switches and SD-WAN only) (APs and switches only) (APs, switches and SD-WAN only)
devices supported) switches only)
WPA3 personal (SAE) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
WPA3 enterprise and enhanced open (OWE) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Enterprise authentication (RADIUS) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Fast Transition (802.11r) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Top-tier license (USP Wi-Fi Mgmt.)
Rogue AP detection ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
required
● ●
●
(Supports adding rogue AP (Supports adding rogue AP ● Limited (rogue and suspected), Evil
Enhanced rogue AP classification (Rogue, untrusted, evil twin etc.) ● ● (Supports adding rogue AP
classification profiles and mitigation classification profiles and mitigation (Supports containment) twin on AP330 and AP430CR only
classification profiles)
controls) controls)
Mesh ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Auto channel selection ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Captive portal customization requires
Hotspot (Captive Portal) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
top-tier license
Customer scheduled firmware update ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Standard license includes reporting
for past 24 hours only, could be
Connected clients reporting ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
extended to 30 days with top-tier
license
Device vendor visibility (e.g., Apple, Samsung etc.) ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Band steering ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Airtime fairness ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Not available at launch, future ● ● ● ●
Synchronized Security (EP/Mobile)
availability TBC post-launch (requires ClearPass OnGuard NAC) (requires Cloudpath NAC) (requires ExtremeControl NAC) (requires Cisco ISE NAC)
Walled garden (allowed websites / IP addresses) ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Social login ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Not available at launch, future
Authentication with OTP (One time password - SMS) ● ● ● ● ● ●
availability TBC post-launch
● ● ●
Not available at launch, future ●
Web traffic visibility and control (web usage insight) ● ● ● (Web filtering requires the FortiGuard (visibility only, control using Cisco (Requires advanced capabilities add-
availability TBC post-launch (visibility only)
UTP Subscription license) Umbrella license) on)
● ●
Not available at launch, future ● ● ●
Application traffic visibility and control ● ● (App control requires the FortiGuard (Requires advanced capabilities add-
availability TBC post-launch (App-specific firewall policies) (visibility only) (Layer 7 firewall rules)
UTP Subscription license) on)
MAC filtering ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Client isolation ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) ● ● ● ● ●
Note: While the majority of features shown as "not available at launch" are planned to be introduced in subsequent releases, inclusion here does not guarantee future availability.

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