We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate IPS and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You have access to CLI in case you have no web access."
"I love the interface."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable features are security and vision, and all of the UTM functionality."
"The most useful features of Fortinet FortiGate IPS are you can create a virtual firewall within it, most other firewalls do not have this feature. You are able to manage your network and have network segmentation within your firewall. Additionally, you can create virtual switches within the firewall and have policy management, such as firewall and access policy."
"Provides good VPN capabilities."
"FortiGate IPS is really easy to use. I don't have any problems with this."
"One of the most valuable features is the anti-malware protection."
"We are currently using the URL filtering feature, which is the most popular."
"Edge protection is a valuable feature."
"It's a monster, it's got so many beautiful features. We do deal with other firewalls and we've got a better idea of what other firewalls' capabilities are, any comparison with the Palo Alto I liked the quality of service on the applications that you can control the amount of bandwidth an application is allowed to consume. The best feature is the quality of the application quality of service."
"It is a stable product."
"I like the solution's interface."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Threat Prevention for our company is the next generation firewall."
"The user interface is a bit more professional than some free products."
"We'd like to have multi-factor authentication via fiber."
"The interface and product support could use improvement."
"The learning curve is a bit higher."
"IPs are not handled well and the process is unnecessarily complicated."
"While the security is good, we'd always prefer if it was even better to ensure protection."
"To stay ahead of the competition Fortinet FortiGate IPS needs to think about how to adjust pricing."
"The reporting was limited."
"I would like to be able to generate reports about the protections that we have. I would like a report feature."
"Generally, to deploy it will take some downtime, about a day."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the only thing I don't like is the support."
"The application’s pricing and dashboard need improvement. It could be user-friendly."
"The installation was complicated."
"The price of licenses should be lowered to make it less costly to scale our solution."
"Right now we are focusing on email. If Palo Alto can increase the features related to email filtering and the new malware, it would help us protect our systems."
"The cost involves the price of the hardware, which is expensive. However, most of the Palo Alto solutions are expensive."
"The solution needs to improve its local technical support services. There is no premium support offered in our market."
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Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 7th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention writes "A good amount of granularity and advanced URL filtering capabilities". Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Arista NDR, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Darktrace. See our Fortinet FortiGate IPS vs. Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention report.
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