We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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 VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"It performs very well."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"The solution is used in my company since its management is very comfortable"
"There are multiple features I have found to be valuable, such as encryption and integrated security features."
"The scalability is very good."
"Overall, I am satisfied with the product."
"The product is easy to configure."
"It is easy to install. There is not much complexity involved."
"The usability of the solution is its best feature."
"The solution's application control is very powerful."
"In spite of the solution being inexpensive, it has everything one would need."
"The most valuable features are the SD-WAN and the web filtering applications control."
"I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten."
"Use of this product does not require daily interactions."
"The product can scale."
"The most valuable features are the web proxy for protection and web gateway for deployment."
"The tool improved the security in our company's virtualized environment, as it was helpful in creating an additional layer of security for the organization and for the use of the internet."
"The most valuables features are the ease of use and deployment."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"The UI could be improved."
"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."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The solution needs to integrate VPN features."
"The room for improvement is to have more flexibility on the virtual machines of their next-generation platforms."
"The solution's stability should be improved because it is extremely unstable."
"Technical support is not helpful."
"The inability to change passwords when using FortiGate firewall and relying on a local FortiGate database for account creation can be problematic, particularly in non-Active Directory setups."
"One area for improvement is the IPS engine."
"The product keeps hanging."
"The product has to be upgraded every few weeks."
"It is a very good product, and it is good at standing by itself. It can maybe have a little bit of integration with other products, but it is not that important for most use cases."
"The performance could be better. Some features need to have quality control when the switch is working. The dedicated bandwidth for some users is not reliable."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The interface needs to be updated and simplified."
"Integration could be better. Whatever devices I'm using with FortiGate are all compatible. The access points and switches are also FortiGate, so I can easily integrate them. But it would be better if we could embed other devices as well. There are compatibility issues with other brands, and we need that. We can only integrate universal brands with FortiGate. The initial setup could also be easier."
"The tool does not have a good name in the market, consisting of enterprise-class businesses, making it an area where the product lacks and needs to improve."
"We'd like to have more customization and easier customization of policies."
"There should be a bit more automation."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, whereas Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Fortinet FortiGate-VM report.
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