We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and GajShield Next Generation Firewall 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 pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate-VM are the servers, analyzer, and track protection."
"Regarding specific features, I appreciate the option for external selection, where you can choose either to use a default or create a self-description. This simplifies the process compared to other vendors that require creating a test extension profile and then applying it to the installation. With FortiGate, there is a streamlined approach. From the benefits perspective, clients mainly see cost reduction, especially with FortiGate VM Firewall, as it eliminates the need for additional hardware."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is easy to use."
"I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten."
"I really like that it's internationally deployable."
"The customer care center of Fortinet is good. For all the requests that we have done, they work as fast as possible, so this is a good point for Fortinet."
"The solution can scale well."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"FortiGate-VM could be improved by making it cloud-based. I'd like it to be a cloud-based management solution instead of just a dedicated management orchestration tool."
"FortiGate should be more customer friendly and budgeted better."
"FortiGate's application load balancing has to be improved. They need to improve a lot on the load balancing and RAF side. They are far behind Citrix in that regard."
"The product's initial setup phase is a bit complex."
"The key activation is very complicated at times."
"In the next release, we would like to see full integration with VMware NSX virtualized networks."
"Deployment can be difficult and they could dispense with reliance on FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"Technical support could be better."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
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Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while GajShield Next Generation Firewall is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while GajShield Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GajShield Next Generation Firewall writes "User-friendly settings, frequent updates, and responsive support". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas GajShield Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Sophos XG, WiJungle and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. GajShield Next Generation Firewall report.
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