We performed a comparison between Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The scalability is quite good."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is a simple WAN solution. We've onboarded the socket on the Cato platform, and it provides connectivity. There is no complex routing."
"Cato offers all the functionality found in other solution. The life cycle management is always very stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it also works as a next-gen firewall because it has security features."
"It is a stable solution...it is a scalable solution."
"The feature that I find to be the most valuable is the bandwidth aggregation."
"The query and the SD-WAN are useful features of the solution."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"They should include a web application firewall feature in the solution."
"The solution could be made more user friendly for the administrator to use the portal. It is difficult to use it for people who are not experienced with Cato Networks."
"Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place."
"They can't do one-to-one NAT (Network Address Translation) in AP (their access point), and that is something that Palo Alto can do."
"The tool needs to be more granular. Its reports are not very in-depth."
"The product may be complex for users with few years of experience."
"There's no principal in Malaysia, only a distributor."
"They should add more sophisticated security features. It should also be integrated into the cloud."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"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."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 5th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 21 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 306 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN and Cisco Umbrella, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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