We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Meraki MX 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."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."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"It is very flexible to use."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"The functionality provided is very good."
"This product is affordable and it's a good, high-performance appliance."
"The ROI is good since I get free support."
"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."
"There is an interesting possibility of building a tunnel to a firewall from access points. We use this feature for small branch offices with one to two employees with access to central RDP servers."
"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues at all while using the product."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is very easy to create the user of VPN, allowing them to use it quickly. Additionally, the integration and interface are good."
"Fortinet is user-friendly."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"We work also with domain control (DC) from Microsoft or Amazon. We use a whole virtual appliance with Meraki."
"I think cloud management is key. The cloud management and support are the two things that make the product great."
"Since it has an integrated dashboard for all the products, customers can get complete network analytics regarding what the user is doing, monitoring, and observing."
"Easy to administer and saves time when you have many smaller locations that you have to manage."
"It's flexible, easy to configure, and easy to manage."
"We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment."
"It prevents us from being hacked and delivers information about who and where the attack came from."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Their offering for MFA isn't the cleanest."
"The management tools should be more user-friendly."
"Price-wise, it could be slightly better, however, if you compared it to other makes and models of equal category, it is generally cheaper."
"In the next release, we would like to see full integration with VMware NSX virtualized networks."
"The price is sometimes very expensive."
"The users must buy FortiSIEM to get advanced analytics."
"Data backup functionality could be included in the product."
"Right now, we have two data centers that are a thousand kilometers apart. It would be nice to be able to string them together."
"The product could incorporate tools like ThousandEyes into the system so we can see things directly."
"What I would like to see in the next version is to have more interfaces for WAN links."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"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."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"We do not have account managers in our region for the solution. Some governments don't use the product since it is attached to the internet."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
"The configuration options for firewall and IPS have limitations."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 58 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Meraki MX report.
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