We performed a comparison between Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a stable solution...it is a scalable solution."
"What I found most helpful in Cato Networks is that it works out of the box. One of its main advantages is that it's a simple product to deploy. You subscribe, and you're ready to run."
"I haven't had any trouble, and practically forget that I'm using it."
"The most valuable features of Cato Networks are the always-on VPN for remote workers and centralized management. Additionally, web filtering and antivirus are good."
"We appreciate the optimization and acceleration of the performance of SDP users."
"The solution is stable."
"The query and the SD-WAN are useful features of the solution."
"The scalability is quite good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"The tool needs to be more granular. Its reports are not very in-depth."
"The solution is not cheap."
"They should add more sophisticated security features. It should also be integrated into the cloud."
"The product must evolve into the endpoint domain."
"I would like to see better integration with identity providers."
"I am located in South Korea, and I can say that most people here have no idea about Cato Networks. I think Cato Networks should promote its network services in various countries."
"The product may be complex for users with few years of experience."
"Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"They've become quite expensive."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 5th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 21 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 306 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN and Cisco Umbrella, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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