We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Sonatype Repository Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."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 VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"I like the firewall features, Snort, and the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)."
"It protects our network."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ability to integrate vertically."
"Manageability of Cisco ASA. It has a GUI interface, unlike the most of Cisco IOS. For beginners they can "sneak in" and apply the command and see the actual commands that the GUI launches. In addition, Cisco has the reputation regarding security."
"The most important point is the detection engine which is now part of the next-generation firewalls and which is supported by Cisco Talos."
"They provide DDoS protection and multi-factor authentication. That is a good option as it enables work-from-home functionality."
"The most valuable feature we have found to be the VPN because we use it often."
"They wanted to leverage something which is equivalent that can give them the next gen features like application awareness and intrusion protection. So that is a major reason they were looking forward to this. The original ASA firewall did not have these features. This was the major reason the customer moved on to Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD). Now they can go ahead and leverage those functionalities."
"Another thing that I like about Sonatype is that if you download something today, and five days from today it becomes vulnerable, it will notify you."
"The product's network and intrusion protection features are valuable. It also has rules and compliance features for security."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"I would like to see them update the GUI so that it doesn't look like it was made in 1995."
"One area where the ASA could be improved is that it doesn't have AMP. When you get an ASA with the Firepower model, ASA with FTD, then you have advanced malware protection."
"We cannot have virtual domains, which we can create with FortiGate. This is something they should add in the future. Additionally, there is a connection limit and the FMC could improve."
"Technical support takes a long time to respond."
"The ease of use needs improvement. It is complex to operate the solution. The user interface is not friendly."
"Licensing is complex, and I'd like it to be simplified. This is an area for improvement."
"Usually, the customers are satisfied, but I am going to recommend that all clients upgrade to FirePOWER management. I want Cisco to improve the feature called anti-spam. We use a Cisco only email solution, that's why we need the anti-spam on email facility."
"A feature that would allow me to load balance among multiple ISPs, especially since we have deployed it as a perimeter firewall, would be a great addition."
"The tool needs to improve its file systems. The product should also include zero test feature."
"What I don't like is the lack of an option to pick up the phone and call someone for support. That is something they need to improve on. They need to have a professional services package, or they need to include that option with their services."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Sonatype Repository Firewall is ranked 34th in Application Security Tools with 3 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sonatype Repository Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Sonatype Repository Firewall writes "You will get clean code every time, and that's a great achievement". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Sonatype Repository Firewall is most compared with JFrog Xray, Black Duck, GitHub, Veracode and Sonatype Lifecycle.
We monitor all Firewalls reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.