We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and GajShield Next Generation Firewall 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."Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The most valuable feature is the anti-malware protection. It protects the endpoints on my network."
"I have experience with URL filtering, and it is very good for URL filtering. You can filter URLs based on the categories, and it does a good job. It can also do deep packet inspection."
"The solution's dashboard is fine, and in terms of support, Cisco is better than other OEMs in the market."
"Another benefit has been user integration. We try to integrate our policies so that we can create policies based on active users. We can create policies based on who is accessing a resource instead of just IP addresses and ports."
"The stability is very good; there's no vagueness. Either it works or it doesn't, and it's also very easy to find out why."
"The ASA 55-x range is a solid and reliable firewall. It secures the traffic for normal purposes."
"The stability of the solution is very good. We can see that it gets even better with every release."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to block almost all of the ports."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"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."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"The UI could be improved."
"VPNs are weak as this product still does not support route-based VPNs."
"The stability could be better because we have a lot of issues with the stability of Cisco Firepower."
"The software was very buggy, to the point it had to be removed."
"It integrates with other security products from Cisco, but sometimes, there can be glitches or errors."
"We would like to be able to manage a set of firewalls rather than individual firewalls. We haven't really looked into it or yet implemented it, but a single pane of glass would be helpful. We also use another vendor's firewalls, and they have a centralized management infrastructure that we have implemented, which makes it a little bit easier when you're managing lots of firewalls."
"In NGFW, Cisco should be aligned with the new technology and inspection intelligence because Cisco is far behind in this pipeline."
"I would like to see more configurable feature parity with Cisco ASA, which is the legacy product that Cisco is moving away from. When configuring remote access VPN, not all of the options are there. You have to download another tool, which means that the configuration takes a little bit longer with Cisco Secure Firewall. Though it's getting there, there are still some features lagging behind."
"Lacks a good graphical user interface."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
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Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while GajShield Next Generation Firewall is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while GajShield Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GajShield Next Generation Firewall writes "User-friendly settings, frequent updates, and responsive support". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas GajShield Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Sophos XG, WiJungle and Netgate pfSense. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. GajShield Next Generation Firewall report.
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