We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and Untangle NG Firewall 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."Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The solution is stable."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"Simple to manage."
"The internet traffic shaping has been very valuable."
"In a week, we can make new policy and view what all our users did."
"They have very good technical support and I have relied heavily on them."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"It has very good features; it's easy to use, configure, set up, and deploy."
"It is easy to manage, which is one of the most important things for us. It is also flexible, stable, and scalable."
"It's flexible, easy to configure, and easy to manage."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"All features are useful. We are using premium features such as bandwidth sharing, failover, web filters, SSL controls, antivirus, and VPN. We use these features to the fullest. These features are available in the paid firewall license, not the free one."
"Application Control and filtering features are valuable."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"They need to improve the link between Meraki and Active Directory."
"We could have more reporting options and the ability to send alarms to the administrator."
"MX can only be managed via a web interface, but I'm accustomed to using a CLI or a graphical interface. I would also like to see more reporting features. It doesn't provide enough information for me to know precisely about some clients."
"It would be nice to get detailed logging information without third-party software."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"It would be great if the Meraki devices let us see, in real time, the internet demand on a single device."
"I need more UTM protection security features."
"As far as what needs to be improved — nothing really comes to mind. It does what we need it to do."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"The hardware can be improved."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 58 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 6th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 22 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and Check Point NGFW. See our Meraki MX vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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