We performed a comparison between Stormshield Network Security and WatchGuard Firebox based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"The solution is scalable."
"The product offers very good security."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"The most valuable features are the IPS, the firewall function, and the price."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"I like that it works fine. Stormshield is a very good solution."
"It's an easy, straightforward management platform to use."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"A very robust product."
"Our organization's main concern is stability, and this is a stable solution."
"This solution is quick and easy to configure."
"One of my favorite features is the Geolocation service, where you can actually block specific activity or IP addresses registered to certain countries. For example, I don't want any web traffic from Russia or North Korea. I may even lock down certain policies down to 'I only want U.S. IP addresses.' I find that very useful."
"They've done a lot of work with their SD-WAN, which we do use, to have our old internet service with our new internet service. If anything goes down on a particular interface, I can have different rules applied. Most of my users don't even know when our primary internet goes down anymore... I don't have to be here to do anything to switch it to our backup internet or to switch it back."
"The solution has many security features. We have an intrusion provision system and filtering and block filtering."
"The GUI is easy and intuitive."
"It provides us with Layer 2 and Layer 3 security."
"If you just plan to use WatchGuard Firebox in your office and not publicly, then it is okay to purchase it. With WatchGuard Firebox, you can manage your users and permissions while also taking care of the basic setup phase in your office."
"I like that this product has very few issues."
"What I found most valuable in WatchGuard Firebox is that it's a functional platform that works, and each of its features works well. The solution also has good reporting and dashboard capabilities. I also find the overall performance of WatchGuard Firebox great."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"The product must improve its pricing."
"Stormshield Network Security is quite expensive."
"The filtering configuration could be better. We have some difficulties with the filtering configuration and the filter extension. It's not that easy. It's not that straightforward. In the next release, I would like to see a reporting system. Stormshield doesn't have any tutorials on how to do the configuration and things like that. They just have documentation on the website. If you want to configure, for example, Cisco or Fortinet, you can find tutorials on YouTube. They show you how to configure the features, and so on. In Stormshield, there is nothing on social media or the internet on how to configure different things. The lack of documentation or the lack of material makes it difficult for others to adopt this solution."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"It could be better if it were more user-friendly. It's too complicated for us to use it. The price could be better as well."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."
"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to improve its accessibility."
"It's very hard to get information from their website, for exactly what I need to do. Sometimes I end up having to open a lot of support tickets... It's a navigational issue which makes it hard to find what I'm looking for and it's just so broad."
"The user interface for WatchGuard Firebox has room for improvement. Right now, it's a bit complex to work with and could be easier."
"It would be wonderful if the WatchGuard team develops nice products for threat intelligence."
"The solution can improve by adding a feature to tag a MAC address of a computer system in the policy and more IP configuration settings."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say their web blocker feature. It is still quite a confusing setup, especially when you want to filter out a particular category for granularity. For example, you do not want to filter Facebook but you do want to filter Facebook games only. It can be done, but the process to do it is very confusing."
"The UI is not as user-friendly as the model that I had used before, which was from Check Point. The design of the Firebox UI is restricted and needs an experienced network guy to understand the format and settings."
"We use WatchGuard to manage our failover for internet. If a primary internet goes down, it does a failover to the secondary the internet. However, what it doesn't do so well is that if the primary internet has a lot of latency but it's not completely down, it doesn't do a failover to the backup in a timely manner."
Stormshield Network Security is ranked 12th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 80 reviews. Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Stormshield Network Security vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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