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."The product has an inbuilt IPS software. We can configure it to block specific anonymous attacks that are happening."
"It is a reliable solution."
"Simple interface and easy to deploy."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS has an easy-to-use interface and configuration."
"The solution effectively blocks unwanted traffic."
"We like FortiGate's website change feature."
"My company never had any complaints about the tool in terms of performance or stability."
"It is a good product. It does what we want it to do so. I didn't find many false-positives or things like that. We mainly use the IPS and URL filtering features, and they are pretty good."
"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."
"The sandboxing tools offer great prevention for cloud feeds."
"Most of the features of Palo Alto Threat Prevention are alright. I recommend features like content filtering, IP address, & intelligent firewalls. The reporting feature is very good."
"For those who want a next-gen firewall that's easy to configure and easy to operate, I think you should go for Palo Alto."
"The stability of Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention is good."
"We are currently using the URL filtering feature, which is the most popular."
"Edge protection is a valuable feature."
"The user interface is a bit more professional than some free products."
"Integration with the antivirus companion Webroot is not seamless on Mac computers."
"The IPS monitoring can be improved."
"FortGate's IPS reporting could be made better by giving more details regarding the source and destination of network traffic when it comes to the overview section. This would allow me to more easily follow the flow of traffic based on IP addresses, without having to integrate the IPS with other products that perform more sophisticated traffic analysis."
"To stay ahead of the competition Fortinet FortiGate IPS needs to think about how to adjust pricing."
"The prevention mechanisms and implementation are not easy."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS could improve the VPN. There are times it is slow."
"The web filtering categories could improve in Fortinet FortiGate IPS. There are too many websites under the category of Unknown and the other categories are not featuring all the necessary sites."
"The system can slow down when inspections are carried out."
"We are attempting to improve the use of URL filtering beyond threat protection."
"The organization mail security solutions could be improved. There is no mail security solution available."
"The technology firewall anomaly network could stand improvement."
"Mission learning techniques should continue to expand and detect unknown threats on the fly."
"The cost involves the price of the hardware, which is expensive. However, most of the Palo Alto solutions are expensive."
"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 price of licenses should be lowered to make it less costly to scale our solution."
"The initial setup is complex."
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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, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT, Check Point IPS 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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