We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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."I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The scalability is very good."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall can be described as the most complete solution."
"Overall, I am satisfied with the product."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is a good solution because it has a range of options and a clear ecosystem."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall has a simple configuration."
"The GUI configuration is its most valuable feature"
"The usability of the solution is its best feature."
"The IPS and the application control feature are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the integration within the environment, with centralized reporting."
"I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten."
"The ROI is good since I get free support."
"The configuration, graphical interface and command line are easy to use."
"The support is good. We don't have any issues with the technical support."
"We like FortiGate-VM's IPS features and its ability to create multiple virtual firewalls."
"The most valuable features are site-to-site connections and UTM."
"The product can scale."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Lacks training for new features."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"The solution needs to improve its support."
"Being a great product, some changes in the pricing would make it a great choice for even more organizations."
"The room for improvement is to have more flexibility on the virtual machines of their next-generation platforms."
"Vulnerabilities owing to viruses in the OS need to be reduced in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall from an improvement perspective."
"There is an area for improvement in vulnerability management."
"There are some issues with security features and aspects like logs not being up to the mark."
"Its load balancing feature could be easy to configure."
"I see room to explore its integration with Secure Service Automation for a more comprehensive security view."
"The one thing that could be improved is the integration with the exchange. The gateway level controls can be enhanced a bit more. For example, it's still little here and there. You do get malicious attacks and suspicious emails like spam. It's not like Sophos where we got a lot of spam email, and yet, it's still relatively vulnerable. It can be upgraded, maybe with a fifth-generation firmware that it is ready for unknown threats."
"Improvements are needed for the responsive UI and JIT traffic reporting."
"In the first two releases of FortiOS 5.6, we had some trouble with the SSL VPN service. Sometimes it stopped working, and the IPS daemon too."
"Data backup functionality could be included in the product."
"New versions are complicated with a big configuration."
"FortiGate's application load balancing has to be improved. They need to improve a lot on the load balancing and RAF side. They are far behind Citrix in that regard."
"The product's initial setup phase is a bit complex."
"The log settings and filters could use some improvement."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, 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". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, whereas Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Fortinet FortiGate-VM report.
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