We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway 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 flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"Protection from a single packet and ease of making security rules."
"In my opinion, Palo Alto has consistently been one of the best firewalls for enterprise security."
"I love the Policy Optimizer feature. I am also completely happy with its stability."
"I like all the functions and features."
"All the features are valuable, but my main one is the straightforward and well-designed GUI. I'm over 50 and have been in this business since the internet started. I'm not a GUI guy; I prefer using the command line. The product's GUI is excellent, and so is the threat intelligence. It's also straightforward to configure and flexible. The solution even has good networking, such as VLAN and subinterfaces, which is great because, in my experience, if the firewall is good, then the router usually isn't and vice-versa, but Palo Alto has both."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to deeply analyze the connection or connection type."
"The management options are good."
"The configuration is quite simple to understand."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"In my opinion, the training provided is satisfactory, but there is certainly room for improvement. It would be great to have more comprehensive training at a lower cost, or even for free."
"I would like a collaboration system and reporting ASA policy needs to be smarter."
"People sometimes find it more expensive as compared to other solutions. There are also fewer training opportunities for Palo Alto than Cisco and other vendors."
"The pricing could be improved. They need to work on the setup over the firewall, VLAN, and PPPoE."
"Everything has been great. More machine learning would be something great to see, but I don't know if it's a priority for Palo Alto."
"The solution doesn't support routing in virtual firewall creation, and we want that to be enabled."
"The configuration part could be improved. It's very difficult to configure. It doesn't have a user-friendly interface. You have to know Palo Alto deeply to use it."
"The analytics could be improved."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 164 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and SonicWall TZ. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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