We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Rapid7 Metasploit based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It's very easy to configure."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"It efficiently manages large-scale firewall deployments."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"The solution constantly adds features that are useful and user-friendly such as the ability to tweak firewalls through the CLI."
"All of the features in this solution are effective and efficient."
"A good network security system for medium-sized businesses with an excellent GUI interface that gives a graphic view of network status."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"It's easy to use."
"The initial setup is easy. It's the easiest firewall installation process on the market. I work with three or four other products and this one is the easiest."
"It is scalable. It's in line with our needs."
"It allows us to concentrate solely on identified vulnerabilities without the hassle of additional setup."
"The solution is open source and has many small targetted penetration tests that have been written by many people that are useful. You can choose different subjects for the test, such as Oracle databases or Apache servers."
"The option to generate phishing emails has proven to be very valuable in understanding the behavior of users."
"All of the features are great."
"It contains almost all the available exploits and payloads."
"The greatest advantage of Rapid7 Metasploit is that it is the only system that can directly exploit vulnerabilities on the Metasploit platform."
"The tool's most useful feature for penetration testing is its automation capabilities. With the professional edition, you can upload the results from Nessus in the Rapid7 Metasploit solution portal."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"The pricing could always be better."
"The reports are very basic."
"In terms of what needs improvements, the troubleshooting could use improvement. When we work with other products like Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, and Check Point, we see a big difference in the troubleshooting. It's not easy to find a report."
"The reporting and monitoring could improve, they have a lot of limitations. The monitoring is not easy compared to the other firewall."
"The implementation could be simplified."
"We had assistance from one person from our local vendor for the implementation."
"There is some room for improvement in the support."
"Fortinet needs to make this solution even more robust. Sometimes when we get a DDoS attack, the cannot withstand it. We can run out of sessions very easily. That said, I suppose if you want more a robust system, then you could purchase higher-end solutions, which are more expensive. Still, I would like to see more protection from even in the low-end version."
"Could be improved by supporting an allocation of quota base management regarding user data."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
"Advanced Infrastructure should be implemented in the next release for better orchestration."
"Rapid7 Metasploit could be made easier for new users to learn."
"It is necessary to add some training materials and a tutorial for beginners."
"If your company's patch is not up to date, but you have other detection or defense solutions such as endpoint detection and response and antivirus software, the product exploit may not work effectively. This is because its exploit database update process is slow and not real-time. For zero-day vulnerabilities or new security threats, relying on Rapid7 Metasploit alone may not be effective."
"Better automation capabilities would be an improvement."
"The initial setup was a bit "tweaky" for the open-source version."
"We'd like them to offer better coverage of malware."
"The open-source version has reporting limitations. You need to develop these capabilities yourself. Built-in reporting is an excellent feature for penetration testing, but it isn't a must-have. The solution could also cover more vulnerabilities. Metasploit has around 10,000 exploits in its library, but more is always better."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Rapid7 Metasploit is ranked 12th in Vulnerability Management with 18 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Rapid7 Metasploit is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rapid7 Metasploit writes "Helps find vulnerabilities in a system to determine whether the system needs to be upgraded". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas Rapid7 Metasploit is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Pentera, Rapid7 InsightVM, Acunetix and Nucleus.
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