We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and OPNsense 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."You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The most important feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the IPS."
"The product is scalable and easily expands."
"I find filtering traffic, filtering web traffic, session traffic, and managing the network as valuable features."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiOS is great."
"It has a lot of scalability abilities which makes it easy to scale."
"The technical support is very good and the assistance they gave was very good."
"We've been happy with the pricing."
"It's easy to use."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"What I like best about OPNsense is that, as a firewall, it's pretty good. I'm quite impressed with it. I had an excellent experience with OPNsense, which helped me achieve the targets I wanted."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"The graphic user interface is very good and it is user-friendly which makes the product easy-to-use."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"Lacks training for new features."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"The report and policy optimization tools can be improved in the next release."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve the monitoring function, it could be more accurate, easy to use, and understandable."
"It should also manage the local DSCP network."
"The pricing of the product is too high."
"The central management can improve in Fortinet FortiOS. It is sometimes difficult to manage all the devices."
"Fortinet FortiOS could improve by having better authentication methods with Microsoft or Google Services."
"The signature discs, compared to Palo Alto, aren't as good. It takes more time to get the signature updates."
"The support could be improved, Fortinet's response time is very slow. Setting up the VPN could be made much easier, especially when deployed with Azure."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
"The solution could be more secure."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. OPNsense report.
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