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 WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable."
"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."
"When I first encountered Cato, I didn't know how to use it, but after a week of training, I could onboard our systems to it, so the solution was easy to learn and navigate."
"The scalability is quite good."
"The most valuable features of Cato Networks are the always-on VPN for remote workers and centralized management. Additionally, web filtering and antivirus are good."
"I haven't had any trouble, and practically forget that I'm using it."
"The visibility control and security aspects are amazing."
"We appreciate the optimization and acceleration of the performance of SDP users."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"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 simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"Cato Networks security could be better."
"The product may be complex for users with few years of experience."
"Its functionality is a bit limited in some areas as compared to a Cisco solution. It is not as granular. It doesn't have the manageability, feature set, and capabilities of a larger or an enterprise-level solution. It just needs a more robust feature set and granularity."
"They should add more sophisticated security features. It should also be integrated into the cloud."
"Modifying or incorporating Cato Network to work with a third-party platform, such as Microsoft, or other Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings would be beneficial. Having more integration partners would help the users implement the solution."
"The different languages in the user interface should be enhanced."
"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."
"Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Backup can be improved."
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, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, 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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