We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Untangle NG Firewall 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 management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"It performs very well."
"Protecting our landscape in general and being able to see logging when things aren't going as set out in policies are valuable features. Our security department is keen on seeing the logging."
"It is a very user-friendly product."
"Among the top features are integrated threat defence and the fact that each virtual appliance is separate so you get great granular control."
"I have experience with URL filtering, and it is very good for URL filtering. You can filter URLs based on the categories, and it does a good job. It can also do deep packet inspection."
"I like the Cisco ASDM (Adaptive Security Device Manager), which is the configuration interface for the Cisco firewall."
"At this point, we find that this product has high productivity and high availability and there is no need for improvement."
"The most valuable feature is that the encryption is solid."
"The GUI is among the most valuable features,"
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The license system is also good but it's not very impressive. It's a very regular licensing system. They call it a smart license which means that your device will connect to the internet. This is a little bit of a headache for some customers. It doesn't make the customer happy because most of the customers prefer not to connect their firewall or system to the internet."
"In my experience, a number of engineers get tunnel vision with devices. This is exacerbated by vendors fostering a silo mentality in disciplines."
"We would like to see MS Word BPM as a feature."
"The Cisco ASA device needs overall improvement, as configurations alone do not completely secure my network."
"A memory leakage issue which literally freeze the nodes (we have an HA environment). The issue is still not solved and the only recommendation from Cisco is to reboot the node."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"I have worked with the new FTD models and they have more features than the ASA line."
"We don't have any serious problems. The firewall models that we have are quite legacy, and they have slower performance. We are currently investigating the possibility of migrating to next-generation firewalls."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"The ability to setup a DDNS for each WAN independently would be a very handy feature."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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