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."In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"The solution is good for load balancing."
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"Meraki MX offers advanced filtration options, plus it behaves like a router and a firewall at the same time."
"The product is quite secure, easy to manage, and well-connected with other devices."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the Meraki dashboard, which is a single pane of glass."
"Simple to manage."
"The cloud management system is really valuable."
"It's flexible, easy to configure, and easy to manage."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"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."
"The support system could be improved."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Pricing is an area where the solution lacks since it is an expensive tool."
"FortiGate is cheaper than Meraki. Even the license renewal is less than Meraki."
"We feel that Cisco provides smaller features, with fewer possibilities versus other solutions out there."
"When it comes to cost, that's a pain point."
"It can be hard to get a hold of the solution’s technical support team."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"The IPS, the Intrusion Prevention System, can be improved."
"It would be nice if the different services, including the SIEM SOC and endpoint detection and response (EDR) were integrated into one, so that I don't have to go to different vendors for different services."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"The product should improve reporting."
"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."
"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 pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"The common center facility that Untangle provides should be available on-premises. There are great corporations here in Mexico that like the Untangle solution, but they don't like the fact that the monitoring and access to the appliance are in the cloud. They request for the common center facility to be available and installed on-premises."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 7th 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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