We performed a comparison between Darktrace and Fortinet FortiGate IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature has been the behavioral analytics that allows us to monitor all the traffic."
"The main valuable feature is that we don't need a lot of analysts. With few analysts, we have all the network monitored, 24/7."
"Darktrace is very flexible."
"Its most valuable feature is its ability to identify malicious connected IPs from outside and the attacks that get through to the inside."
"We liked their approach to identifying intrusions or network anomalies using AI."
"Darktrace's most valuable features are that it understands the network environment and is able to trace the traffic and alert on anomalies."
"Darktrace is extremely stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it works autonomously."
"Regionally, we are well covered. Technical support is good in this area."
"We like FortiGate's website change feature."
"It is a good product. It does what we want it to do so. I didn't find many false-positives or things like that. We mainly use the IPS and URL filtering features, and they are pretty good."
"This solution has a unique range of features that are not available with any other product."
"You have access to CLI in case you have no web access."
"Integrated management is a very valuable feature."
"I have found the decryption of Fortinet FortiGate IPS very good. It's called SSL deep inspection, it's working very well. This is how you decrypt access and traffic, and it is through the IPS antivirus center. Additionally, the UI is user-friendly."
"The most significant aspect of IPS is self-explanatory as it primarily focuses on intrusion prevention, which is crucial for Fortinet's internal outbreak prevention efforts and ensuring compliance on endpoint devices."
"I was under impression that Darktrace's automatic blocking would be an out-of-the-box feature, but we had to integrate it with our firewall to get it to block automatically. The salesperson should be upfront and explain that you need to integrate it with your network. I would also like to see more reporting on risk. Banks in my region want to see at a glance the risk level of various assets."
"One thing that I would like to look at going forward is to have a fully automated network infrastructure that is monitored automatically real-time, and that gives me this kind of capability where I would be able to look at my network at any given time and see the state of my network. With Darktrace, at the moment, I have to almost put in a date and tell them that want you to give me data from this date to this date. I don't want that. I want a fast solution in which it doesn't matter when I log into the application. Whenever I log in, I must be able to see my network and run a report. In other words, if I go in now and I say, "Give me a full report of what happened today, it must be able to give me that. It mustn't just be limited to a seven-day period, for argument's sake. It must be able to give me real-time and day-to-day tracking of what has happened within my network."
"It would be good if they can include some endpoint protection for remote workers. Nowadays, most people are working remotely. Therefore, they should include some type of sensors that can be installed on the endpoint in order to directly report the main usage and protect remotely. Phone protection will also be a great feature to add to Darktrace."
"It is expensive, but everything else has been great so far."
"This is quite an expensive product so the pricing is something that can be improved."
"Darktrace needs to automate the reports of false positives, botnets and everything."
"The solution could be easier to use."
"The initial setup is more complex and time-consuming than some solutions."
"They should provide us with a CSV number for patch updates. It will help us block specific signatures as well."
"The solution’s stability could be improved because we sometimes faced some drops."
"The solution is not scalable."
"The solution has limited scalability."
"We would like to see an improvement in the consistency of the product's performance levels."
"It would be helpful to have a better tool for migrating all policy rules using an automatic script."
"IPs are not handled well and the process is unnecessarily complicated."
"I would like to be able to see more log details."
Darktrace is ranked 1st in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 65 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews. Darktrace is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". Darktrace is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Vectra AI, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco Secure Network Analytics, whereas Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS and Trellix Intrusion Prevention System. See our Darktrace vs. Fortinet FortiGate IPS report.
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