We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Stormshield Network Security 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 secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The GUI is good."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"VPN load balancing has been particularly essential for my connections to integrate via multiple time zones."
"It is very stable."
"The IPS (In-plane switching) is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature would be the IP blocking. It gets rid of things that you don't need in your environment."
"The ASDM (Adaptive Security Device Manager) which is the graphical user interface, works out, and Cisco keeps it current."
"The initial setup was not complex."
"It makes it very easy to have delineated roles and responsibilities between network engineering and network security."
"The most valuable feature of the Firepower solution is FireSIGHT, which can be easily managed and is user-friendly."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"Our organization's main concern is stability, and this is a stable solution."
"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."
"It's an easy, straightforward management platform to use."
"The solution has improved my organization because I can see what traffic is happening and I can use it to block and prevent attacks."
"I can see what traffic is going on. I can easily block any programs from attacks."
"A very robust product."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"It can be improved when it comes to monitoring. Today, the logs from the firewalls could be improved a bit more without integrating with other devices."
"I would like to see more configurable feature parity with Cisco ASA, which is the legacy product that Cisco is moving away from. When configuring remote access VPN, not all of the options are there. You have to download another tool, which means that the configuration takes a little bit longer with Cisco Secure Firewall. Though it's getting there, there are still some features lagging behind."
"UTM features would be nice or some NextGen features."
"There should be more integration with Microsoft Identity."
"The graphical interface could be improved. From what I have seen, Fortinet, for example, has a nicer GUI."
"I would say that in inexperienced hands, the interface can be kind of overwhelming. There are just a lot of options. Too much, if you don't know what you are looking for or trying to do."
"We have seen some bugs come up with Cisco Secure Firewall in terms of high availability. The solution should be improved to avoid these bugs."
"We wanted to integrate Firepower with our solution, but it didn't have the capability to accommodate our bandwidth since they only had two 10 gig interfaces on the box. We run way more than that through our network because we are a service provider, providing Internet to our customers."
"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."
"It could be better if it were more user-friendly. It's too complicated for us to use it. The price could be better as well."
"The filtering configuration could be better. We have some difficulties with the filtering configuration and the filter extension. It's not that easy. It's not that straightforward. In the next release, I would like to see a reporting system. Stormshield doesn't have any tutorials on how to do the configuration and things like that. They just have documentation on the website. If you want to configure, for example, Cisco or Fortinet, you can find tutorials on YouTube. They show you how to configure the features, and so on. In Stormshield, there is nothing on social media or the internet on how to configure different things. The lack of documentation or the lack of material makes it difficult for others to adopt this solution."
"Improvement is needed in terms of the technical support of the manufacturer."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"Not all the fields are activated yet and we were informed that it will take at least one month."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"Stormshield Network Security is quite expensive."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos UTM. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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