We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate SWG and Trend Micro Web Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Web Gateways (SWG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."On the outside, the main differentiation is because Lookout ingest. They have ingested basically all of the apps for the last ten years and all the versions of all the apps, and we have that in a corporate database that allows us to do very large-scale machine learning and analysis on that data set. That's not something that any of the competitors really have the capability to do because they don't have access to the data set. A lot of the apps you can no longer get them because that version of the app is five or six years old, and it just doesn't exist anywhere anymore, except within our infrastructure. So, the ability to have that very rich dataset and learn from that dataset is a real differentiator."
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"The protection offered by the product is the most valuable feature. It detects vulnerabilities or traps on our users' phones and then prompts them to clean up their devices. Tools we used previously would only discover, which required us to gather information on the backend, so Lookout is a welcome upgrade."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is easy to install since we only need to follow the user manual, documents, and articles provided by Fortinet to install the product."
"Customers keep on improving their licenses. The solution remains scalable and flexible. On-premises deployments may have some limitations. However, cloud deployments offer a high degree of flexibility."
"The pricing on offer is excellent."
"Web filters, particularly web application controls, grant us the ability to regulate user access effectively."
"The product has the most valuable configuration, offloading, and security features."
"FortiGate is easy to configure. We configured one of the units and sent it to Indiana to be installed. We asked them to give us a call when they got it, so we could help them through the process, but they called us back to tell us it works great."
"The solution is easy to implement and easy to configure. The most valuable feature is FortiGate’s content filtering."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate SWG is its stability."
"Trend Micro effectively supports our remote workforce by securing our web servers from external threats, particularly browser security."
"It's a very stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is machine learning, which automatically monitors the activity on the machine."
"The solution is stable."
"It's a stable solution."
"I feel that it is a user-friendly product that provides quick response to users."
"The solution's technical support team is responsive."
"The product's installation phase was easy."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"The stability depends on the service from where you access it. Because sometimes, the place you are in, you have Gateway. You don't have Gateway. The gateway is overutilized. At the end, you need to go through their gateways. And this is the key point here. You have a tracking point. If it's not well orchestrated, and it scales up as you add more to the existing team, you will suffer"
"We just submitted an enhancement request reflecting the main area we want to see improvement in; the APIs. Currently, we're able to build dashboards, but it's somewhat backward because we use our MDM API to create them. Lookout should provide API to customers so we can query our data and use it in our cloud, and this is the only outstanding area for improvement with the product right now."
"From the analysis that we've done, they do seem to be maybe a step behind in trying to enter the market with a new solution. But when they do pick up, they do come out with some good products."
"The product needs to drastically improve its reporting capability."
"Integrating OpenVPN with FortiGate would provide a powerful combination of secure remote access and comprehensive network security."
"The solution has many heightened points which we cannot get to without working on CLI."
"I would like the deployment and integration of this product to be easier. We should be able to deploy the features more easily and have different types of access. It should be easier to integrate. Currently, we need to develop APIs to use this interface."
"Fortinet FortiGate SWG's costs need improvement."
"They should make the product user-friendly and enhance the security features."
"It is essential to leverage its capabilities more professionally to achieve an even higher level of security."
"One area of improvement I've noticed is the lack of built-in monitoring capabilities in the firewall. Currently, we rely on third-party solutions for monitoring purposes. However, I believe the firewall itself has the potential to do a better job in this aspect. Another aspect of Fortinet that concerns me is related to redundancy. We have a setup with two firewalls working in parallel, which requires a highly adaptable configuration. However, it feels unfair that clients need to purchase two licenses, especially when one of the firewalls serves as a backup. We have noticed that other manufacturers have different policies on this matter."
"The costs are a bit high in terms of licensing."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The product should be more secure and stable. It is also not flexible."
"The system should generate reports when an attack has been stopped, contained, or removed."
"This solution has a lot of restrictions on what non-administrator users can do, including generating comparative code. We would like to see this changed as the product is developed."
"The solution's scalability could be better."
"They could improve the platform's ability to control normal traffic and prevent attacks like SQL injection and cross-site scripting."
"There are multiple ways Web Security could improve, such as usability and web access to several programming modes."
Fortinet FortiGate SWG is ranked 4th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 39 reviews while Trend Micro Web Security is ranked 17th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 16 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate SWG is rated 8.6, while Trend Micro Web Security is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate SWG writes "Non-IT people could plug it in, connect it to the fiber, and get it running without IT help. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Web Security writes "Though a tool suitable for medium-sized businesses, it needs to work on its price model". Fortinet FortiGate SWG is most compared with Fortinet FortiProxy, Cisco Umbrella, Sangfor Internet Access Gateway (IAG), Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Infoblox BloxOne Threat Defense, whereas Trend Micro Web Security is most compared with Zscaler Internet Access, Cisco Umbrella, Symantec Proxy, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Netskope Next Gen Secure Web Gateway. See our Fortinet FortiGate SWG vs. Trend Micro Web Security report.
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