We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Untangle NG 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."With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"FortiGate-VM's firewall is excellent."
"I have worked on some of the largest and smallest solutions that Fortinet sells and they all scale really well."
"It's very easy to set up, even for more junior developers."
"It is very versatile."
"The most valuable features are the IPS and Antivirus."
"A top feature is the really good web interface and the classic Fortinet features, such as IPS, IDS, AV scanner, and spam filter."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"It handles our current load with ease, and I think it can handle a bit more. It definitely can handle a lot more capacity than we currently use."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"My only complaint about FortiGate is a lack of QinQ VLAN tunneling. I haven't found this feature in any Fortinet product. You can do this on all Cisco routers, including the smaller models. However, QinQ isn't available on the biggest, most expensive Fortinet units. They still don't have that. I think now we're on software version 6.0, and they still haven't found a solution for QinQ. It isn't a dealbreaker, but that's my main complaint."
"The product has issues with integration. I would like to see better integration in future releases of the product."
"The costs could be lowered."
"The tool is expensive."
"The management tools should be more user-friendly."
"Now they do have the ability to pop up a command line, which is nice, however, the fact that you can't do everything within the GUI is probably a problem."
"The pricing is expensive."
"The operating system isn't stable, so it goes to memory counters every night."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The web content filtering needs improvement."
"The common center facility that Untangle provides should be available on-premises. There are great corporations here in Mexico that like the Untangle solution, but they don't like the fact that the monitoring and access to the appliance are in the cloud. They request for the common center facility to be available and installed on-premises."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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