We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiPortal and Palo Alto Networks Panorama based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It does a little bit better than some of the other products health-wise and updates-wise. It is really clear that a firewall is getting the signature updates in this timeframe. In some of the other products, usually, you have to go a couple of screens in to see that, but not so much in this product."
"I am very comfortable with it, including it's reporting on threats and through its activities."
"The firewall and site-blocking features are valuable."
"The role-based access controls give us granular control over what features to present to a customer, and the integration into FortiAnalyzer is the most valuable feature."
"From a scalability perspective, I found the solution to be completely fine...The solution's technical support is absolutely fine."
"I like the product's asset management which gives clear hardware details."
"The documentation has been satisfactory."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is application control."
"The compliance features are very effective at identifying things that need to be properly hardened."
"The most valuable item is centralization and we can get all of the router bases in a single window."
"It has made our ROIs easier, but consolidating the correlation of data into one single point, which is pretty great."
"I like the quality of this product, and it performs. It's the best solution in the IT business."
"We use the solution for centralized monitoring."
"It's easy to deploy any software or policies."
"I like its flexibility."
"It has shared profiles for all gateways. If I do not have Panorama, I need to create a separate profile for each and every gateway by logging into that particular gateway, but with Panorama, I can create a shared profile and just push it down to each and every gateway connected to it."
"The product must have in-built SD-WAN connectivity."
"The solution is more expensive than other products."
"There can be defects in Fortinet FortiPortal when functioning at high temperatures."
"If you are a very small company or a person on your own, it's harder to get any response from technical support."
"The tool should provide a 10-15 days extension for customers when their license expires."
"Fortinet FortiPortal could improve by providing a learning portal and better security."
"It's useful for us but if it had more educational reporting, it would good. It's not necessarily lacking but it's an area that could get better."
"So if it's more than a thousand, there could be some scalability issues. It becomes more complex as you go."
"Reporting might be an area to improve. It can provide reporting or some sort of graphical representation of your environment."
"When creating remote access for users, it would be beneficial to be able to base the object on on-premises or the cloud."
"The solution's utilization of network ports makes things as complex as possible."
"The solution is extremely expensive. You can integrate it with other Palo Alto products, however, it ends up being too much."
"The current documentation is not detailed enough."
"Palo Alto Networks Panorama has some bugs that could be fixed."
"In our version, there is no feature to transfer or upload a database of third-party vulnerabilities or signatures so that Panorama can convert them into its own database. This kind of feature might already have come in version 10."
"The implementation is not that easy."
Fortinet FortiPortal is ranked 10th in Firewall Security Management with 10 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is ranked 3rd in Firewall Security Management with 81 reviews. Fortinet FortiPortal is rated 7.8, while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiPortal writes "Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and offers role-based access controls for granular control ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Panorama writes "Built-in proxy with the ability to maintain your own policies". Fortinet FortiPortal is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, VMware Aria Operations, vCloud Director, CloudStack and Fortinet FortiManager, whereas Palo Alto Networks Panorama is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, AlgoSec, Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Tufin Orchestration Suite and Cisco Defense Orchestrator. See our Fortinet FortiPortal vs. Palo Alto Networks Panorama report.
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