We performed a comparison between Flowmon and Fortinet FortiGate IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."The single dashboard is a valuable feature."
"We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"It is an open platform, so in terms of integration, we are quite happy. We can integrate it with other SNMP solutions. We can also integrate it with security solutions, such as a SIEM solution."
"The artificial intelligence and automatic detection system in Flowmon Solution are perfect for every, type of customer, such as government and commerce."
"The solution is stable."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are the UTM package which provides internet blocking restrictions and load balancing. Additionally, the solution is easy to use and the security reporting is good. The security fabric which they have launched Fortinet FortiGate IPS, it's very good in terms of giving details."
"Simple interface and easy to deploy."
"The most significant aspect of IPS is self-explanatory as it primarily focuses on intrusion prevention, which is crucial for Fortinet's internal outbreak prevention efforts and ensuring compliance on endpoint devices."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Before using this solution, we had so many problems accessing our resources because we don't have a lot of internet bandwidth. And by using application control and traffic shaping, we were able to manage user to quickly access services that are important. This tool has aided to the simplicity of our day-to-day management."
"Has a very user-friendly interface and doesn't require any prior knowledge."
"FortiGate's SD-WAN capability is the most useful feature for us."
"I prefer FortiGate because it has a lot of other solutions embedded within it and is the easiest for our technicians to operate."
"The technical support needs improvement."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"If there was better visualization in Flowmon Solution it would be good."
"It would be helpful to have more details about the monitoring of the infrastructure. It should have support for SNMP. This is something that is currently not there in the product."
"The licensing price could be better."
"The interface and product support could use improvement."
"IPs are not handled well and the process is unnecessarily complicated."
"The solution could improve the configuration, there are times the configuration is missing."
"I would like to be able to see more log details."
"The most important feature to have is zero trust, which is lacking in Fortinet FortiGate IPS."
"We would like to see an improvement in the consistency of the product's performance levels."
"I would like to be able to generate reports about the protections that we have. I would like a report feature."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS could improve the VPN. There are times it is slow."
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Flowmon is ranked 70th in Network Monitoring Software while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews. Flowmon is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Flowmon writes "A stable and scalable solution allowing for the visibility of and the blocking of threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". Flowmon is most compared with Darktrace, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, WhatsUp Gold and Vectra AI, whereas Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Check Point IPS.
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