We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate IPS and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Darktrace, Vectra AI, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)."The most valuable features are security and vision, and all of the UTM functionality."
"I have found most of the features to be good with excellent functionality."
"It's simple to operate and use."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS has an easy-to-use interface and configuration."
"The most useful feature of FortiGate IPS for me is Application Control."
"It is a reliable solution."
"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 initial setup is easy."
"The Palo Alto solution has improved our organization by providing threat protection across a variety of internet connections. Our company also gets valuable insights regarding threat analysis."
"The most valuable feature is that the product can do everything in a single device, including the firewall, rules, and the PBL. It also has good routing and switching."
"It's allowed us to have better visibility and protection from threats."
"Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is easy to use, easy to operate, and easy to edit."
"Being able to manage blacklists and whitelists easily is very useful, especially for internal access and limiting outbound access."
"Prohibited URLs can be listed by category."
"The solution’s stability could be improved because we sometimes faced some drops."
"The price of the solution could be cheaper."
"The solution could improve the configuration, there are times the configuration is missing."
"The graphical interface could be improved."
"Security level could be increased."
"I would like to be able to see more log details."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS could improve the configuration. In some use cases, there can be some configuration conflicts."
"Right now, it's not really scalable, but it's okay for us. However, looking ahead to three years from now, we might have a problem with scalability. We foresee a little risk down the road. The stability is okay for now."
"We have had some challenges with making Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB work with ELK stack."
"An area for improvement would be the technical support, which can be slow."
"For hosting sites like Blogspot, they host sites that should be in different categories, but get lumped together in general. There needs to be more granularity or multiple categorizations."
"Performance monitoring could use improvement."
"One way Palo Alto can improve is by offering sandboxing. I don't know if they currently offer a sandboxing feature together with the firewall or not. They should provide secure sandboxing with the firewalls."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
"It is an expensive solution and not everyone has the budget for it."
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Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews while Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is ranked 19th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS). Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB writes "Provides regular updates with an auto download option; prohibited URLs can be listed by category ". 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 Trend Micro Deep Discovery, whereas Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB is most compared with Check Point IPS, Zscaler Cloud IPS, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro Deep Discovery and Splunk User Behavior Analytics.
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