We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"It is a safe product."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"We are able to filter a lot of traffic especially when a lot of the traffic is in layer 7."
"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."
"The security is very good."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"You can scale it when you need to."
"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 IOS Security is very robust and works very well."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time."
"An area for improvement in Cisco IOS Security is the performance because it's not as stable sometimes. There's also some latency in the solution, which could be improved. Cisco IOS Security integrates with other solutions, but you'll encounter many errors after integration, so this is another area for improvement. I'd like to see enhanced performance and a simplified setup in the next version of Cisco IOS Security."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and SonicWall TZ.
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