We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Stormshield Network Security 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."I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"We like FortiGate-VM's IPS features and its ability to create multiple virtual firewalls."
"The user interface is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The most valuable features are the IPS and Antivirus."
"It's a relatively simple product that is easy to use. It's not overly complex."
"It provides an ease of management and configuration as well."
"The functionality provided is very good."
"An enhanced security solution for any kind of alert that we have configured."
"Initial setup is very straightforward with a wizard, if needed."
"The most valuable features are the IPS, the firewall function, and the price."
"This solution is quick and easy to configure."
"I can see what traffic is going on. I can easily block any programs from attacks."
"I like that it works fine. Stormshield is a very good solution."
"I like how you can configure the rules. There is the task for the rules and a task for the network configuration. It also provides SMD filtering, and it can be integrated with the active directory for the users, their mission, and the VPN configuration. We are here in Sudan, and Stormshield didn't work in Sudan for more than a decade. Stormshield is a very strong firewall and very easy to configure and maintain. I am just working with the firewall solution, and we don't have any other solutions like endpoint solutions or something like that."
"The solution has improved my organization because I can see what traffic is happening and I can use it to block and prevent attacks."
"A very robust product."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"They've become quite expensive."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"Lacks training for new features."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"We'd like to have more customization and easier customization of policies."
"The product may not be as robust as Palo Alto. However, unless you are a big bank, you probably won't need it to be."
"The price is problematic."
"VM should be more optimized."
"Fortinet could improve the availability and delivery of its products. It takes four to six weeks for every purchase to arrive."
"We have experience stability issues, when the product sizing is wrong or on configuration errors."
"FortiGate should be more customer friendly and budgeted better."
"I don't have any specific improvements to suggest, but perhaps the pricing could be enhanced. Regarding updates, more frequent updates would be appreciated. FortiGate-VM is currently focused on providing very good firmware updates, automation, and top-notch features. It stands as a great product for now. Based on our needs and the vulnerabilities we've encountered due to various downloads, I suggest integrating with Kaspersky Gateway. This integration would involve scanning and inspecting both official emails and spam emails. Our customer has successfully worked with Kaspersky Gateway, and overall, the integration has been effective."
"It could be better if it were more user-friendly. It's too complicated for us to use it. The price could be better as well."
"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."
"The biggest issue was their support department was not able to help us, then everything stops. This is a no-go area for me."
"The SD card could be more secure."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"The filtering configuration could be better. We have some difficulties with the filtering configuration and the filter extension. It's not that easy. It's not that straightforward. In the next release, I would like to see a reporting system. Stormshield doesn't have any tutorials on how to do the configuration and things like that. They just have documentation on the website. If you want to configure, for example, Cisco or Fortinet, you can find tutorials on YouTube. They show you how to configure the features, and so on. In Stormshield, there is nothing on social media or the internet on how to configure different things. The lack of documentation or the lack of material makes it difficult for others to adopt this solution."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"Stormshield Network Security is quite expensive."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. 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 Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Barracuda CloudGen Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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