We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway 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."Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"It is a safe product."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and SonicWall TZ. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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