We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ZTNA solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet offers comprehensive security solutions for various purposes."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 's most valuable features are reporting and filtering."
"User identification and application identification are valuable features."
"The solution’s interface is pretty user-friendly."
"The GUI configuration is its most valuable feature"
"FortiGate is a rapidly growing vendor with a wide range of ready-to-use products. Their delivery time is remarkably quick, usually between two to four weeks."
"It is a scalable solution."
"I found the upgrades valuable."
"It is a stable platform."
"The solution is easy to install and use."
"It's reliable."
"The solution has many features for stability and security."
"Since the solution works with Terraform, it makes Infrastructure as Code (IaC) easier."
"The app provides ready-made services that we can talk to without issue."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is an easy-to-use solution."
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"I see room to explore its integration with Secure Service Automation for a more comprehensive security view."
"The solution must improve the support provided for customers around the globe, considering the time differences in different places."
"Its technical support could be better."
"I would like to have SD-WAN as a part of the Next Generation Firewall. It would enhance high availability."
"There have been several vulnerabilities in the firewall. It is hackable, some of the images are hackable."
"I see problems with the licensing. If I have to add a new feature, we need to add a license."
"The management consoles can be improved."
"The vendors offer models with different levels of productivity of the product to its users, which is not possible in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). It lacks integration options."
"The solution should have better integration."
"The integration of the solution for patching, updating, and installing the updates could be better."
"The solution could be more reasonably priced. We find it to be a bit expensive right now."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"There is room for improvement in the tools and features available on the GCP. In particular, the managed databases and queues could be improved, and it would be beneficial to have more offerings in areas such as data science and data warehousing. Additionally, GCP could benefit from offering similar tools to those offered by its competitors, such as Amazon AWS's Redshift."
"The initial setup was quite complex."
"the documentation could be a bit better in terms of what is presented on the screen versus what actually happens."
"Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy could be more user-friendly and less expensive."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 4th in ZTNA with 37 reviews while Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is ranked 5th in ZTNA with 44 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy 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 Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy writes "User-friendly, easy to navigate, and intuitive interface". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale and Fortinet FortiGate, whereas Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is most compared with Cloudflare Access, Okta Workforce Identity, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Cato SASE Cloud Platform. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy report.
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