We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Fortinet FortiOS 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 most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"It performs very well."
"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."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"Azure Firewall is a cloud-native solution that removes the pain of load balancers."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"We use the solution for application and server deployment."
"Performance and stability are the key features of this product."
"Great security and connectivity."
"I like its order management feature. It doesn't have the kind of threat intelligence that Palo Alto has, but the order management makes it much simpler to know the difference."
"The initial setup is straightforward; Azure Firewall does not have a complex implementation process. It is very simple; you just need to enable the service within Azure. It does not require any maintenance because it is managed by Microsoft, that is, it is a fully managed service."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"The stability of Fortinet meets our requirements and I'm satisfied with it."
"It has a lot of scalability abilities which makes it easy to scale."
"The technical support on offer has always been quite good."
"We've been happy with the pricing."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"The initial setup is straightforward, and it is very customer friendly."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the granular control and their interoperability is good."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"The solution doesn't offer the same capabilities of Fortinet. It should offer intrusion prevention and advance filtering. These are two very useful features offered on Fortinet that Azure lacks."
"For large organizations, a third-party firewall would be an added advantage, because it would have more advanced features, things that are not in Azure Firewall."
"This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing."
"The threat intelligence aspect of this particular firewall is not at par with other providers."
"It would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"You have to have a defined IP range within your network to associate it with your network. The problem is you have to plan ahead of time if you expect to use the firewall in the future so that you don't have to reconfigure your subnets or that specific IP range. Other than that, I don't any issues. I use it for basic configuration for a single application, so I really don't try to leverage it for multiple applications where I might find some complexity or challenges."
"There is room for further integration of AI into the system."
"Fortinet FortiOS is stable. However, last month we had an issue with a released patch. We had to receive another update to fix the firewall issue consuming all of the resources. The patches should be tested more before going into circulation."
"I want to see a better integration or a better integration with the endpoint protection or with EDR with the security life cycle."
"The solution could improve the log retention and reports."
"They need to integrate more with the SD-WAN."
"While it is a solid solution, there are some product limitations which exclude it from deployment in some situations."
"SD-WAN configuration could be easier."
"For me, it is important to be able to block VPN applications, like Facebook, so I would like to see that included in the next release. With this version, if you want to block or allow a site, you now have to drag all the domains related to this site."
"I can only compare it with SonicWall, and it is missing many advanced features that SonicWall has."
Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace. See our Azure Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiOS report.
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