We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"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."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"It's very easy to use."
"It's simple to use in terms of inbound and outbound traffic management."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"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."
"The customer service and support team are excellent."
"This is a user friendly solution and offers comprehensive integrations."
"The initial setup is easy. It's the easiest firewall installation process on the market. I work with three or four other products and this one is the easiest."
"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."
"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."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"Application Control and filtering features are valuable."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"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."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"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."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"SD-WAN configuration could be easier."
"The solution's graphic interface could be a bit more responsive and include notations when changes are made."
"The complexity of the VPNs should be improved."
"The solution's firmware updates have significant bugs and issues."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"The support is not very good, but the product is stable so it is not so much of a problem."
"In the future I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards and a drop in the price."
"Right now, it's very trendy to integrate everything into the cloud. This solution would be more effective if they did more integration in that regard."
"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."
"The ability to setup a DDNS for each WAN independently would be a very handy feature."
"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."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
"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."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
"The web content filtering needs improvement."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 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 FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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