We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate IPS and WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service 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)."My company never had any complaints about the tool in terms of performance or stability."
"The product is scalable."
"I value it's IPS and application control solution."
"The solution provides an easy way to filter information and Fortinet lab is a great place to discover new things."
"We use it to avoid unwanted traffic."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are the UTM package which provides internet blocking restrictions and load balancing. Additionally, the solution is easy to use and the security reporting is good. The security fabric which they have launched Fortinet FortiGate IPS, it's very good in terms of giving details."
"FortiGate IPS is really easy to use. I don't have any problems with this."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate IPS is its efficiency."
"It works right out of the box. You just have to enable it and you can start working."
"The initial setup was straightforward and, because we only need intrusion detection and prevention, we needed only about four hours to deploy it."
"The most important feature of this solution is the SLAs."
"The VPN and the filtering features are the most valuable. Its VPN is very strong, and its services are very nice. The main problem in India is the service. There are not enough Check Point and Fortinet Firewall services, but for this product, the service is very good."
"The alarm system is valuable."
"The tool is expensive for small businesses, making it an area where the tool can improve the product by making it available at a cheaper rate."
"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."
"There could be more modifications."
"IPs are not handled well and the process is unnecessarily complicated."
"The user interface needs a bit of upgrading."
"Whitelisting could be better."
"Overall, the integration could be better."
"The solution has limited scalability."
"The user interface and configuration can be improved."
"Multi properties could be added to the solution in the future to make it better."
"I would like to see faster automatation."
"Its graphical user interface could be improved because not everybody is technical. There is a lack of knowledge, and they can give some training for this solution."
"Regarding technical support, they could use more engineers."
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Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews while WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is ranked 31st in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 5 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4, while WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service writes "Good VPN and filtering features, 100% stable, but needs a better graphical user interface and more training". 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 Lumu, whereas WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is most compared with Cisco Sourcefire SNORT.
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