We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Perimeter 81 based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Fortinet FortiGate is highly regarded for its all-inclusive package, strong security features, ability to adapt to increasing demands and centralized control. Perimeter 81 distinguishes itself with its convenient single sign-on functionality, user-friendly setup process, ability to manage multiple networks, and prompt customer support.
Fortinet FortiGate has room for improvement in various areas such as SSL VPN features, multi-factor authentication, filtering precision, support system, reporting capabilities, antivirus and IPS functionality, delivery issues, logging details, security features, scalability, and training. Perimeter 81 can enhance its country/location definition, login instance, UI customization, tutorials, UI, session timeout notification, Desktop App versatility, downtime, login/logout process, dashboards, Perimeter login page access, security capabilities, dashboard console, and Chrome extension.
Service and Support: Fortinet FortiGate customers have mixed feelings about the assistance provided, expressing dissatisfaction with the speed and desiring enhancements. Perimeter 81 customers have generally positive encounters, praising the swift, supportive, and effective support team.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Fortinet FortiGate is generally simple and effortless, with users being able to easily transition from older firewalls through the use of provided scripts. The setup for Perimeter 81 was deemed uncomplicated, featuring an intuitive user interface and plug-and-play connectors. Nonetheless, a few reviewers did express concerns regarding the potential complexity in a hybrid environment. Implementing Perimeter 81 is straightforward and can be completed within an hour.
Pricing: Fortinet FortiGate offers different packages and pricing options for setup, which are considered reasonable and competitive. Renewal prices may be higher compared to the initial purchase. Perimeter 81 is affordable and valuable, with pricing tailored to specific use cases.
ROI: Customers have reported cost reductions and increased security with Fortinet FortiGate, while Perimeter 81 does not provide clear information on ROI yet offers the potential benefit of decreased costs and increased stability.
Comparison Results: Based on user feedback, Perimeter 81 is the favored choice. Users appreciate Perimeter 81 for its simple and intuitive setup, ability to use a single sign-on, user-friendly interface, fast and secure VPN, and efficient customer service. The convenience and productivity-enhancing features of Perimeter 81 make it the preferred option for ease of use, security, and efficiency.
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"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."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"Scaling Perimeter 81 was easy to do."
"The solution provides us with an easy way to configure and join the VPN with Perimeter 81."
"Perimeter 81 is very pretty."
"Our operators can work from home without any problems."
"The ease of use not only translates to quick adoption rates - it also ensures that our employees remain compliant with our cybersecurity protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of our organization."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"It connects quickly and stays connected. The user interface is pretty neat too. The app has in-house support with user guides that give you step-by-step walkthroughs on navigating the app. In addition, there is a live chat feature that offers prompt assistance on the go."
"Their split tunneling feature has been very valuable to our company since implementing the Perimeter 81 solution."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"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."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"I'd love to learn more about all of the features. Maybe a monthly spotlight of features or having a banner that explains more ways certain features could be used would be helpful."
"The overall UI could be improved and updated to bring a simpler feel to the application."
"There are a few areas where the solution could be improved. For instance, we sometimes encounter connectivity issues, which can be problematic. Recently, I experienced a connectivity issue while trying to move to Azure. Connectivity issues can be quite frustrating."
"In order to have to bypass the login using the website, a good feature for Perimeter 81 to have is a login instance in the Perimeter 81 application. I'm using a Mac and we don't have that functionality."
"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."
"One of the more negative experiences using Perimeter 81 is the fact that I am logged off after a pre-determined amount of time which cuts off access to some of my company's resources."
"If I were to be nitpicky, I would ask that Perimeter 81 offer the option for us to change the color of the graphical user interface, like maybe pink or green or so on."
"I would suggest adding more networking and security features that allow more customization within their platform."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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