We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"It is very easy to use and manage. It is also very easy to scale."
"We work also with domain control (DC) from Microsoft or Amazon. We use a whole virtual appliance with Meraki."
"It has very good features; it's easy to use, configure, set up, and deploy."
"It's flexible, easy to configure, and easy to manage."
"It is easy to manage, which is one of the most important things for us. It is also flexible, stable, and scalable."
"WAN optimization is the best feature of the solution."
"It is very fast to implement."
"They have very good technical support and I have relied heavily on them."
"It gives us the ease that we are secure. We have set up the proper things that help make our data safe."
"Embedding it into my application development lifecycle prevents data loss and business disruption, allowing the adoption to operate at the speed of my AWS Cloud."
"The Palo Alto VM-Series is nice because I can move the firewalls easily."
"The most valuable features are the User ID, URL filtering, and application filtering."
"I like the UI. Most things are accessible from the user interface and it is quite user-friendly. With respect to both VM-based firewalls and physical firewalls, it's easy to create updates."
"Using Palo Alto Networks Panorama, we were able to deploy a single point of management and visualization of the firewall infrastructure in cloud, on-premise and integrated with Azure to automate scale up. Its security features, i.e. anti-malware, threat prevention, URL Filtering, VPN, and antivirus are the most valuable. The ID-User integrated with AD and 2FA features are also very useful to provide secure access to servers and some users in the company. "
"We have reduced the number of configuration lines by 90%. We need fewer number of admins right now because of it."
"It has the ability to create Palo Alto VM-series using software."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"We could have more reporting options and the ability to send alarms to the administrator."
"When we do API integrations with Meraki, they have always been hard as well as tedious to build. The data that we want out of the API integrations has been only recently available. Six months ago, it was hard to get someone to build something correctly or useful with Meraki APIs. Recently, they have made more data available on the API, but it is just a start. They need to do more."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"They're very complacent and I find the rule set to be a little arcane."
"I need more UTM protection security features."
"I do not have the kind of feature I need for SSL decryption in Meraki MX. It would be great to see the SSL decryption feature in Meraki MX."
"As far as what needs to be improved — nothing really comes to mind. It does what we need it to do."
"Pricing is an area where the solution lacks since it is an expensive tool."
"It'll help if Palo Alto Networks provided better documentation."
"I would like to see a more thorough QA process. We have had some difficulties from bugs in releases."
"The product needs improvement in their Secure Access Service Edge."
"The solution must improve Zero Trust integration and use cases."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
"Its web interface is a bit outdated, and it needs to be updated. They can also improve the NAT functionality. We have had issues with the NAT setup."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"The user-friendliness of the UI could be improved."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and KerioControl. See our Meraki MX vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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