We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and Fortinet FortiPortal based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has valuable firewall, SSL VPN, and web filtering features."
"FortiGate Cloud's key features are the user interface and ease of access."
"The functionality of the solution is excellent."
"The intel we get from Fortinet is its most valuable aspect."
"The most valuable feature is the inspection. It inspects before we have any traffic stops intrusion."
"The Fortianalyzer is the most valuable aspect of this solution"
"The solution offers good network performance and efficiency."
"I have found the SD-WAN, flexibility, and security the most valuable features."
"I am very comfortable with it, including it's reporting on threats and through its activities."
"I like the tool's controller facility."
"It does a little bit better than some of the other products health-wise and updates-wise. It is really clear that a firewall is getting the signature updates in this timeframe. In some of the other products, usually, you have to go a couple of screens in to see that, but not so much in this product."
"The role-based access controls give us granular control over what features to present to a customer, and the integration into FortiAnalyzer is the most valuable feature."
"The customer likes it for the graphs, the dynamics and the reporting functionality it offers."
"The firewall and site-blocking features are valuable."
"The documentation has been satisfactory."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is application control."
"When it comes to technical support, the problem we have found is that if an issue comes, it takes a day to get everything resolved. It could be faster. They can be better at optimizing how they answer tickets in terms of response times. There must be ways to make the process more streamlined. It would make it easier for their clients."
"As with any IT vendor, there are software issues."
"The product is not recommended on the basis of technical parameters. It is very tough to authenticate."
"We've not seen any areas for improvement."
"The solution could improve by having a Russian interface."
"Reporting is an area that can be enhanced."
"They're still trying to digest that Meru acquisition and need a plan."
"Its price should be better."
"The tool should provide a 10-15 days extension for customers when their license expires."
"It's useful for us but if it had more educational reporting, it would good. It's not necessarily lacking but it's an area that could get better."
"So if it's more than a thousand, there could be some scalability issues. It becomes more complex as you go."
"The product must have in-built SD-WAN connectivity."
"Fortinet FortiPortal could improve by providing a learning portal and better security."
"I find their logging a little bit trickier to manage. The logging of events is broken up into a lot of different categories. Instead of breaking up my logs into several different places, I personally like to have all the events in one spot and then filter them down. In particular, I find that troubleshooting on Fortinet takes a little bit longer just because of those functional breakups in the logs."
"There can be defects in Fortinet FortiPortal when functioning at high temperatures."
"If you are a very small company or a person on your own, it's harder to get any response from technical support."
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews while Fortinet FortiPortal is ranked 10th in Firewall Security Management with 10 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiPortal is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiPortal writes "Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and offers role-based access controls for granular control ". Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) and ExtremeCloud IQ, whereas Fortinet FortiPortal is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Panorama, vCloud Director, VMware Aria Operations, CloudStack and VMware Aria Automation. See our Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs. Fortinet FortiPortal report.
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