Cambium cnMaestro vs FortiLAN Cloud

Cambium cnMaestro manages Cambium wireless and wired network equipment, including enterprise Wi-Fi, switching, fixed wireless broadband, and industrial IoT products. It provides network control, device visibility, and zero-touch provisioning through cloud-based or on-premises deployment. Cambium says it can run in a public cloud, private cloud, or on premises without Wi-Fi controllers; the on-premises edition is a standalone virtual machine for data-center installation. Management tools include network hierarchy, ping and traceroute troubleshooting, ePSK generation, guest portal management, email alerts, and rogue access point detection. The free cnMaestro Essentials plan requires no subscription and supports up to 10,000 devices and 10 management users. cnMaestro X has a 90-day free trial and 1-, 3-, or 5-year subscriptions priced by device tier and required device counts, with purchase through an authorized reseller or distributor. X includes Cambium Care Pro support, software updates, hardware diagnosis assistance, and accelerated access to Level 2 and Level 3 engineers. APIs use HTTPS, JSON, and OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Grant; REST APIs and webhooks can send alarms to external servers.

FortiLAN Cloud is a cloud-deployed, web-based service for managing Fortinet wireless access points and switches across sites. Its Free Tier costs nothing and covers up to 30 FortiAPs, three FortiSwitches, three sites, and seven days of log storage. Devices can use zero-touch provisioning, and the service includes guest access, roaming optimization, API access, and Wi-Fi 7 support. Licensed Tiers scale with the number of sites and include one year of logs plus advanced wireless and switch features. A Multi-Tenancy License supports multiple sub-accounts and their administration, with managed service providers as its stated audience. Fortinet was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The service is accessed through the web and deployed in the cloud.