We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"The product is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint protection."
"Cisco is head-and-shoulders above all of the competition when it comes to technical support."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The technical is excellent."
"The VPN connection portal scan works flawlessly, which was a big plus for us."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"The configuration and reporting interfaces need a lot of improvement. It needs to be more accessible forsolide without a strong technical background. If you had a simplified dashboard, the lower-level techs could manage the solution and provide services. Cisco IOS Security requires someone who is highly trained to operate it."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"It would be ideal if the solution had more capacity."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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