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 solution is stable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It is a reliable solution."
"I like FortiGate's zero-trust capabilities and protection against zero-day threats. Zero-day threat protection is critical because we're seeing constant changes in the threat landscape. The sandboxing and web access controls are also robust."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The solution provides an easy way to filter information and Fortinet lab is a great place to discover new things."
"The most valuable features are security and vision, and all of the UTM functionality."
"The feature that I find most valuable is its protection of the websites."
"It works right out of the box. You just have to enable it and you can start working."
"The initial setup was straightforward and, because we only need intrusion detection and prevention, we needed only about four hours to deploy it."
"The alarm system is valuable."
"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."
"The most important feature of this solution is the SLAs."
"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."
"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."
"We would like to see an improvement in the consistency of the product's performance levels."
"The solution could improve the configuration, there are times the configuration is missing."
"The solution’s stability could be improved because we sometimes faced some drops."
"The tool is expensive for small businesses, making it an area where the tool can improve the product by making it available at a cheaper rate."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS could improve the configuration. In some use cases, there can be some configuration conflicts."
"Its performance can be better. We have had performance issues in the past, but we sometimes tend to find that it is more related to what we do in our network than anything else. It is quite a good product, and there isn't much to improve."
"Regarding technical support, they could use more engineers."
"The user interface and configuration can be improved."
"Multi properties could be added to the solution in the future to make it better."
"I would like to see faster automatation."
"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."
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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 and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT, 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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