We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Zscaler Cloud 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 technical support is great."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"It is highly scalable because it has a mesh architecture that allows consistent policies."
"The user interface, stability, and scalability are the most valuable features."
"Its interface is good. It comes with a lot of features, and its performance is also very good."
"The most valuable feature is geofencing, where we can block all access from all non-domestic locations."
"The web GUI is easy to use."
"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."
"It handles our current load with ease, and I think it can handle a bit more. It definitely can handle a lot more capacity than we currently use."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the integration within the environment, with centralized reporting."
"The product’s firewall and VPN package are fantastic compared to any other solution."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It is a stable solution."
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"The solution is scalable."
"Zscaler provides effective protection against various cyber threats ensuring a safe environment"
"It needs more available central management."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"The user interface could be improved."
"If I could add one feature, it would be free security profiles."
"The pricing is expensive."
"The product may not be as robust as Palo Alto. However, unless you are a big bank, you probably won't need it to be."
"The performance could be better. Some features need to have quality control when the switch is working. The dedicated bandwidth for some users is not reliable."
"The interface needs to be updated and simplified."
"Web filtering is a feature that needs some improvement. There should be some additional features to allow active users to change their own passwords."
"VM should be more optimized."
"We encountered scalability issues in IPSec Module. The tunnels freeze sometimes."
"There are some areas it could improve when it comes to blocking, we have to block some things manually. For example, if we block a top-level domain we have seen that the new IPs come through, the IPs are not blocked. There should be some more granular way of doing it. My only request is if you're blocking something at a top level, the sub-level sub-domains and all those other IPs should be blocked too automatically."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
"Its technical support services could be better."
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
"It would be better if they improved their policy, package visibility, and flexibility while we're creating rules for inspection. It could also be cheaper or more things could be included in the basic package. In the next release, I would like better coverage in the Asia Pacific region and better quality of service."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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 Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, OPNsense, Cisco Multicloud Defense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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