We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate IPS and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."FortiGate's SD-WAN capability is the most useful feature for us."
"The solution is stable."
"My company never had any complaints about the tool in terms of performance or stability."
"The product is scalable."
"The Fortinet FortiGate IPS has a good interface and integration."
"The solution effectively blocks unwanted traffic."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate IPS are the dashboard and reporting which give us very good visibility."
"I like its ability to prevent external intrusion into our database. It's so fun."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Being able to manage blacklists and whitelists easily is very useful, especially for internal access and limiting outbound access."
"The Palo Alto solution has improved our organization by providing threat protection across a variety of internet connections. Our company also gets valuable insights regarding threat analysis."
"Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is easy to use, easy to operate, and easy to edit."
"The most valuable feature is that the product can do everything in a single device, including the firewall, rules, and the PBL. It also has good routing and switching."
"The tool blocks URLs."
"Prohibited URLs can be listed by category."
"It's allowed us to have better visibility and protection from threats."
"The prevention mechanisms and implementation are not easy."
"We would like to see an improvement in the consistency of the product's performance levels."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS could improve the VPN. There are times it is slow."
"The dashboard is not user friendly so is a bit complicated."
"I would like to be able to generate reports about the protections that we have. I would like a report feature."
"IPs are not handled well and the process is unnecessarily complicated."
"Deploying FortiGate is hard."
"It would be helpful to have a better tool for migrating all policy rules using an automatic script."
"It is an expensive solution and not everyone has the budget for it."
"For hosting sites like Blogspot, they host sites that should be in different categories, but get lumped together in general. There needs to be more granularity or multiple categorizations."
"We have had some challenges with making Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB work with ELK stack."
"One way Palo Alto can improve is by offering sandboxing. I don't know if they currently offer a sandboxing feature together with the firewall or not. They should provide secure sandboxing with the firewalls."
"Performance monitoring could use improvement."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
"Support needs to be enhanced."
"An area for improvement would be the technical support, which can be slow."
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Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews while Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is ranked 17th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 8 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB writes "Provides regular updates with an auto download option; prohibited URLs can be listed by category ". Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Trend Micro Deep Discovery, whereas Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is most compared with Check Point IPS, Zscaler Cloud IPS, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro Deep Discovery and Splunk User Behavior Analytics. See our Fortinet FortiGate IPS vs. Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB report.
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