We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate IPS and WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service 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."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate IPS are the dashboard and reporting which give us very good visibility."
"You have access to CLI in case you have no web access."
"FortiGate IPS is really easy to use. I don't have any problems with this."
"The solution is stable."
"We use it to avoid unwanted traffic."
"Has a very user-friendly interface and doesn't require any prior knowledge."
"We like FortiGate's website change feature."
"The GUI is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward and, because we only need intrusion detection and prevention, we needed only about four hours to deploy it."
"It works right out of the box. You just have to enable it and you can start working."
"The alarm system is valuable."
"The most important feature of this solution is the SLAs."
"The VPN and the filtering features are the most valuable. Its VPN is very strong, and its services are very nice. The main problem in India is the service. There are not enough Check Point and Fortinet Firewall services, but for this product, the service is very good."
"Overall, the integration could be better."
"I would like to be able to generate reports about the protections that we have. I would like a report feature."
"IPs are not handled well and the process is unnecessarily complicated."
"The interface and product support could use improvement."
"The dashboard is not user friendly so is a bit complicated."
"There could be more modifications."
"The solution’s stability could be improved because we sometimes faced some drops."
"The learning curve is a bit higher."
"Its graphical user interface could be improved because not everybody is technical. There is a lack of knowledge, and they can give some training for this solution."
"I would like to see faster automatation."
"Multi properties could be added to the solution in the future to make it better."
"The user interface and configuration can be improved."
"Regarding technical support, they could use more engineers."
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Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews while WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is ranked 31st in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 5 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4, while WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service writes "Good VPN and filtering features, 100% stable, but needs a better graphical user interface and more training". Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS and Lumu, whereas WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is most compared with Cisco Sourcefire SNORT. See our Fortinet FortiGate IPS vs. WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service report.
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