We performed a comparison between WatchGuard Firebox and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"I have found the DNS Watch feature for intrusion and prevention response and APT Locker most valuable to me."
"The throughput is great. It's perfect. We have no issues whatsoever. The management features are very powerful..."
"Policy VPN, site-to-site VPN, traffic monitoring, anti-spam filters, and all other advanced features are valuable."
"The set up of the VPN is pretty straightforward. Being able to build VPNs on the fly for certain users, if need be, is also valuable."
"It is a scalable solution."
"One of the most valuable features is the Geolocation. Because we aren't a multinational corporation, it allows me to look at things which might be suspicious to make sure that they are legitimate transactions rather than people sniffing around the network."
"Management and visibility are the most valuable features."
"It's pretty simple to understand when you want to do any diagnostics on your network. If you want to go in and see what packages are having trouble getting through, what's being held, stalled, etc., it's very easy to use in that way."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The reports are very basic."
"I would like to see more simplified management of the firewall... It's a complicated system to use."
"Sometimes, the writing rules are a little confusing in how am I doing them."
"The reporting is a little on the weak side. I would like to see a better reporting set and easier drill-down options."
"When working with WatchGuard, specifically in configuring Panda Security on the portal for the first time, it was challenging for me."
"The area where I think this product can be improved is the user interface and the reporting. It can be quite difficult to find the correct logs and to actually find out what is going on. The digging can be time-consuming."
"This solution needs the option to add an external hard drive."
"This is a great product and offers great protection but they don't hear the customers' needs. They don't make improvements as per the customers' requests."
"One other shortcoming is that there is no backup for it. We really haven't figured out how we might solve that problem. We may want to put a duplicate in... With WatchGuard, we just have the one box. If that were to fail, we'd probably be really hurting."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"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."
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WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 78 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.6, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". 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". WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Azure Firewall, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our WatchGuard Firebox vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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