We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Waterfall Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"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."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The product has valuable features for business intelligence."
"Cisco IOS Security is very robust and works very well."
"We use the product for firewalls."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"The most valuable features of Cisco IOS Security are the plenty of functionality it provides, many people are IT certified the usage, and the user interface is good."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"Cisco is head-and-shoulders above all of the competition when it comes to technical support."
"This is a professional solution which has been the most valuable aspect of its use."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"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."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"I would love it if it has a link-by-link feature, integration with Unified Threat Management (UTM), and load balancers. They haven't got any link-by-link feature right now, which can be a very attractive option. This link-by-link feature can also be made available for Cisco's UTM firewalls. The link-by-link feature is available in some of the other firewalls. Currently, integration with UTM is missing. Cisco IOS Security also doesn't have the load balancers and a few things that need to be done to get a good UTM firewall. Normally, other firewalls have UTM. As a next-generation firewall, it's good, but as a UTM, it has to do some work."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"The pricing is the only con for this product."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"The interface of this solution could be more user friendly. The initial set up could also be made more simple."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Waterfall Security is ranked 5th in Operational Technology (OT) Security with 1 review. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Waterfall Security is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Waterfall Security writes "Cyber security solution used for data transmission that requires training to make use of all of its powerful features". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Waterfall Security is most compared with OPSWAT MetaDefender OT Security and Nozomi Networks.
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