We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ability to block and make white and black lists. Additionally, the filtering of user access to websites is useful."
"I have found the most valuable features to be the policies, cache, and the SD-WAN."
"The customer service and support team are excellent."
"It's very easy to use."
"The solution constantly adds features that are useful and user-friendly such as the ability to tweak firewalls through the CLI."
"FortiOS' most valuable features are management, security, and easy updates with no downtime."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"It is quite easy to implement."
"The most valuable feature is automation."
"I like that we have many scanners and channels that don't overload. It helps us scan and track easily. Also, the tagging system is good for tagging. We can still use QualysAgent task ID tools even if tags aren't made."
"It's really beneficial for scanning and interacting with the agent."
"The vulnerability management feature is what I used the most. It is a good SaaS product. It is easy to use. It has a nice UI where you can see all the assets and vulnerabilities."
"I am impressed with the VMDR feature."
"The solution shows us classic categories, including high, medium, and low risks. It also shows critical items, and that gives us the advantage of prioritizing things."
"Technical support is great and we've never really had a problem."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"Its customer service could be better."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"Fortinet FortiOS need to manage its memory and CPU utilization better. It peaks at times, which sometimes can be challenging."
"It would be great if they can push the Microsoft updates through Fortinet OS and provide a centralized patch management system. They should also include the data loss prevention (DLP) and data leakage prevention features. They could also add network monitoring more effectively."
"Fortinet FortiOS's integration could be improved."
"FortiOS's bandwidth and interface could be improved."
"The complexity of the VPNs should be improved."
"I would like to see more statistics in the monitoring part."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"It is more expensive vs. other products on the market."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
"They're still evolving their platform in terms of reporting capabilities."
"Qualys Container Security can improve the interface. It could be easier to navigate and be enriched."
"What we have found is that the solution is not closely tied with the patch management. It is okay with newer ones, like Windows 10 machines; it gives the correct patch. But for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, it does not give us the correct patch so we have to manually identify the patches. This is a major problem."
"Improve the API speed."
"We face issues while scanning multiple assets."
"I would like to have CSPM, a continuous scan-like cloud added to the solution."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management.
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