We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Fortinet FortiGate 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 solution has helped our organization secure our network and connect remote sites."
"Routing and reporting are two areas where the product has an added advantage compared to any other product."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall can be described as the most complete solution."
"FortiGate NGF is simple compared to other firewalls. It is easy to use and you don't need any training. Any person with basic firewall knowledge can use it."
"The solution's application control is very powerful."
"The product is easy to configure."
"User identification and application identification are valuable features."
"I like the common administration and the possibility of adding Fortinet defense systems."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The room for improvement is to have more flexibility on the virtual machines of their next-generation platforms."
"The solution needs to improve its support."
"Technical support is not helpful."
"I see room to explore its integration with Secure Service Automation for a more comprehensive security view."
"The vendors offer models with different levels of productivity of the product to its users, which is not possible in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). It lacks integration options."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall could be made a little less expensive."
"Vulnerabilities owing to viruses in the OS need to be reduced in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall from an improvement perspective."
"The solution must improve the support provided for customers around the globe, considering the time differences in different places."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". 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 ". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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