We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and GajShield Next Generation Firewall 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."Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"Good for the servers and can stop network attacks, including spam."
"Its performance is adequate. We are quite satisfied with its performance. The fact that it is a complete ecosystem with all kinds of integrations is valuable. It did take us a couple of months to get a grip on the new software, but all in all, it replaced our on-premise and single-point solution environment."
"The most valuable feature is that its IPsec works perfectly."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to operate."
"It's a very simple solution to manage."
"The functionality provided is very good."
"This product is affordable and it's a good, high-performance appliance."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate-VM are its flexibility and scalability. This solution is available as a license, which allows us to activate it based on the specific needs of the customer. This gives us and the customer a great deal of versatility and customization options."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"It is a stable solution."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"New versions are complicated with a big configuration."
"Right now, we have two data centers that are a thousand kilometers apart. It would be nice to be able to string them together."
"The interface needs to be updated and simplified."
"They should keep us up to date about the latest version. That's the biggest thing. Currently, we have to go looking for the latest version. We should get notified about what's going on with the versions. I would like to see easier dual-factor authentication."
"It would be useful to have integration with different reporting tools. This is something we are sorely missing. It would be a plus to have reporting integrations. It would be good to have more integration with the identity suites, such as Office 365 and Azure Active Directory, of different providers that we use. Integrations are already available, but it would be nice to have some more advanced options."
"The block, the clarity, the quarantine command, is not very user-friendly. You would have to do everything through the command line and I would have preferred if it wasn't a CLI."
"The reporting is not as good as it is with other firewalls and it should be improved."
"They could simplify the troubleshooting process."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
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Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while GajShield Next Generation Firewall is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while GajShield Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.8. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GajShield Next Generation Firewall writes "User-friendly settings, frequent updates, and responsive support". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas GajShield Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Sophos XG, WiJungle and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. GajShield Next Generation Firewall report.
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