We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and Untangle NG Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"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."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"Managed centrally over the web: You can manages all your Meraki devices in a single account."
"We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"To me, the analytics feature is one of the most valuable in Meraki MX. I also find that it has good usability as it's cloud-based. Another valuable feature of Meraki MX is that it's simple to use and it's user-friendly."
"WAN optimization is the best feature of the solution."
"A strong, reliable solution for small companies with little or no dedicated IT department."
"The features we have found most valuable are the firewall and the monitoring tools."
"The simplicity of configuration is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"The majority of our clients are very small businesses, and Untangle devices have been fantastic for these small clients. We've basically standardized our stack to just simply use Untangle. We include the hardware and the service option, which makes it very easy and affordable for us to just simply push that into the monthly per-user costing that we provide as a managed services provider. It's really a no-brainer. They're easy to use, and they're easy to set up and configure. Support is generally good about resolving any issues that we have. We haven't had any real complaints."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"They've become quite expensive."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
"An area for improvement in Meraki MX is that it needs some provision, as supplying the unit through Cisco can be tedious at times, but as far as the product itself and its offerings, Meraki MX is five-star all the way."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
"The security is not as strong as it could be"
"When we do API integrations with Meraki, they have always been hard as well as tedious to build. The data that we want out of the API integrations has been only recently available. Six months ago, it was hard to get someone to build something correctly or useful with Meraki APIs. Recently, they have made more data available on the API, but it is just a start. They need to do more."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"We had minor issues with Meraki MX. We had a couple of RMAs, so that could be an area for improvement, but in terms of how the RMAs went, the turnaround time and getting those back into redeployment were quick. Another area for improvement in Meraki MX is that when you're scaling for multiple locations, you need to use the same model, but the model you'd need is only available for a short time. The specific model you require could be out of stock, or Meraki isn't making that model anymore, so Meraki should improve that."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"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."
"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."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 6th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 22 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". 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". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Meraki MX vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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