We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Zscaler Cloud 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."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The solution can scale well."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"High network throughput while providing leading edge network security technology for a competitive price."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"The most valuable features are the IPS and Antivirus."
"I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten."
"In spite of the solution being inexpensive, it has everything one would need."
"The technical support is very good."
"I like the visibility and monitoring features because they're easy to use to monitor traffic. Features like geo-blocking and more have AI, and we're currently using all of it. But for now, we're only using geo-blocking, and we're able to block traffic from different countries. I also like that it's highly responsive. VM04 is also very powerful."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate-VM are the servers, analyzer, and track protection."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"It provides in-depth visibility into your network, ensuring that traffic flowing into your organization, be it from offices or individual users, is effectively filtered and secured through multiple layers of protection."
"The product’s firewall and VPN package are fantastic compared to any other solution."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"The support system could be improved."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The price model is not transparent by any means and should be made more clear. What's included in the packages is often not very obvious."
"Fortinet support needs improvement. The response times are lackluster. Fortunately, the product is stable and we seldom have issues. Also, it takes months for them to deliver hardware when we order it."
"The solution should provide more useful GUI features."
"It is a very good product, and it is good at standing by itself. It can maybe have a little bit of integration with other products, but it is not that important for most use cases."
"It needs an Application Inspection."
"When new versions are deployed they tend to be a little buggy, so they should be more fully tested before release."
"The costs could be lowered."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Pricing is a challenge."
"Its technical support services could be better."
"Certain criteria need to be met if you want to scale this solution."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, OPNsense, Cisco Multicloud Defense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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