We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ZTNA solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a very user-friendly solution. Moreover, Foritgate offers good performance."
"Routing and reporting are two areas where the product has an added advantage compared to any other product."
"FortiGate is a rapidly growing vendor with a wide range of ready-to-use products. Their delivery time is remarkably quick, usually between two to four weeks."
"The most valuable features we found are the SD-WAN, FortiGate SD-WAN, and the standard UTM protection, among others."
"The FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall is always updating. For example, if there is a big attack, they fix it in their firmware. They release new firmware with the necessary patches to address the vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is its SD-WAN."
"The product is easy to configure."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The platform’s most valuable features include storage, machine, and cloud functionality."
"UI representation is the aspect I like the most about GCP, even more than Azure or AWS."
"I find the GCS Portal to be particularly valuable. It is more user-friendly and easier to navigate compared to other cloud providers, such as AWS. I particularly appreciate the user interface of GCS."
"The app provides ready-made services that we can talk to without issue."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease with which one can use it."
"Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is an easy-to-use solution."
"There is a lot of flexibility and a lot of control if you use this efficiently."
"The solution has many features for stability and security."
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"There's a limitation wherein you can only have about 30 virtual or secondary IPs on a particular interface."
"I see problems with the licensing. If I have to add a new feature, we need to add a license."
"The solution must improve the support provided for customers around the globe, considering the time differences in different places."
"The inability to change passwords when using FortiGate firewall and relying on a local FortiGate database for account creation can be problematic, particularly in non-Active Directory setups."
"The solution's GUI is not very appealing."
"Being a great product, some changes in the pricing would make it a great choice for even more organizations."
"Vulnerabilities owing to viruses in the OS need to be reduced in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall from an improvement perspective."
"The vendors offer models with different levels of productivity of the product to its users, which is not possible in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). It lacks integration options."
"The solution's AI integration could be improved."
"The solution's security should be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the tools and features available on the GCP. In particular, the managed databases and queues could be improved, and it would be beneficial to have more offerings in areas such as data science and data warehousing. Additionally, GCP could benefit from offering similar tools to those offered by its competitors, such as Amazon AWS's Redshift."
"The stability regarding voice commands in the solution has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"It is an expensive solution, so I would like its price to be improved."
"Google Cloud Platform is not a product that is very flexible for end-users, especially owing to the fact that there is not much documentation available for the product."
"The integration of the solution for patching, updating, and installing the updates could be better."
"As an individual developer, I would like Google Cloud IAP to offer more flexibility, especially for smaller-scale usage."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 4th in ZTNA with 37 reviews while Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is ranked 6th in ZTNA with 44 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy writes "User-friendly, easy to navigate, and intuitive interface". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale and Fortinet FortiGate, whereas Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy is most compared with Cloudflare Access, Okta Workforce Identity, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy report.
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