We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Fortinet FortiOS 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."I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"We use the FortiGate Sandbox to detect zero-day vulnerabilities, such as anomalies or malware, that are unknown and have not yet been discovered."
"It’s easy to integrate the solution with our network infrastructure."
"There is an interesting possibility of building a tunnel to a firewall from access points. We use this feature for small branch offices with one to two employees with access to central RDP servers."
"It's almost perfect. It's very stable. We don't have many hardware issues."
"The most valuable feature is the WAN optimization."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"Its performance is adequate. We are quite satisfied with its performance. The fact that it is a complete ecosystem with all kinds of integrations is valuable. It did take us a couple of months to get a grip on the new software, but all in all, it replaced our on-premise and single-point solution environment."
"It is highly scalable because it has a mesh architecture that allows consistent policies."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the integration within the environment, with centralized reporting."
"The user experience is great. The graphical user interface is also good."
"The interface is good."
"It efficiently manages large-scale firewall deployments."
"The product is scalable and easily expands."
"The stability of Fortinet meets our requirements and I'm satisfied with it."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"I have found the most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the low maintenance."
"I like that the firewall gives me a lot of control in terms of outgoing and inbound traffic, and it scores better in deep packet inspections when compared with the Azure Firewall."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"The biggest area for improvement is storage configuration. It could be smoother."
"I have had a data issue with physical devices that could improve."
"The solution should provide more useful GUI features."
"VM should be more optimized."
"The reporting is not as good as it is with other firewalls and it should be improved."
"The tool is expensive."
"Fortinet could improve the availability and delivery of its products. It takes four to six weeks for every purchase to arrive."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Some features I have found to be hidden and cannot be accessed through the graphical user interface, you can only access them through the command-line interface(CLI). All the features should be accessible through the graphical user interface."
"The central management can improve in Fortinet FortiOS. It is sometimes difficult to manage all the devices."
"I would like to see smaller and more frequent updates."
"I want to see a better integration or a better integration with the endpoint protection or with EDR with the security life cycle."
"Technical support could be better. Some competitors have much more responsive support teams."
"It should also manage the local DSCP network."
"The complexity of the VPNs should be improved."
"FortiOS doesn't work well with all browsers. I think they need to do a better job of making it compatible with the various browsers that are out there."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. 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 Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Darktrace and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Fortinet FortiOS report.
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In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most.
PA is good at app control, web filtering and such like, they have always been top of the pile there. The GUI is very good, and their product is very user-focused.
Fortinet is good for scalability and predictable high throughput (ASICs in the hardware), and useful things like authentication flexibility, CLI config (if you have any networking/Cisco people, they always seem to prefer CLI over GUI) and have better OT features, maybe relevant to your manufacturing use?
Fortinet seem to have a broader integration offering with their security fabric than PA do, plus they can do Fortinet-based wifi, switching, etc. Depends if you are prepared to go all-in with a single vendor.
Hi,
Both FT and PA have compelling features for large Enterprises. I would like to add a few good points about Fortinetwhich might be helpful ( from my 13 years of engagement with them as Distributor and Partner)
Fortinet:
Have higher throughput; which comes with competitive rates
Wide range of models to select to meet your requirement, without spending heavliy
Outstanding customer support and very active customer care team
Easly available skilled resources from the channel for deployment and post-implementation support
Regards
Abhilash
Hello. The question is what you are going to have as a result of application