We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and LiveAction LiveNX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"It's simple to use in terms of inbound and outbound traffic management."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiOS is great."
"FortiOS's most valuable feature is a next-generation firewall that can be used as the APT solution in advanced threat protection."
"The main features I find useful are intrusion prevention and web filtering. Additionally, the solution is easy to manage."
"It efficiently manages large-scale firewall deployments."
"I like its configuration and the various functions it offers."
"It is more robust than SonicWall, particularly on the VPN from site to site."
"The pricing is excellent."
"The product has a very good graphical interface."
"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."
"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."
"We don't have any complaints about the software. According to my team, it's a very good tool that's very intuitive."
"The alerting feature is very good because it allows you to set MOS alerts at various network junctures or data points."
"Its analytical capability is really good."
"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"The reports are very basic."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Fortinet FortiOS is stable. However, last month we had an issue with a released patch. We had to receive another update to fix the firewall issue consuming all of the resources. The patches should be tested more before going into circulation."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve the GUI and remove the command line interface. All the functionality should be available from the GUI. Day-to-day management can be tough for IT administrators. Additionally, the reporting is not very good."
"The complexity of the VPNs should be improved."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is better troubleshooting and reporting."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the pricing could be lower. The price is very steep."
"In terms of what needs improvements, the troubleshooting could use improvement. When we work with other products like Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, and Check Point, we see a big difference in the troubleshooting. It's not easy to find a report."
"Fortinet FortiOS's integration could be improved."
"We had assistance from one person from our local vendor for the implementation."
"They need to create a more simplified UI."
"The tool crashes sometimes when we try to pull reports simultaneously."
"The only downside to this software is the price."
"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."
"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."
"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."
"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while LiveAction LiveNX is ranked 55th in Network Monitoring Software with 7 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while LiveAction LiveNX is rated 6.8. 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 LiveAction LiveNX writes "Greta visual analytics and real-time monitoring but requires better documentation". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas LiveAction LiveNX is most compared with ThousandEyes, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and OmniPeek.
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