We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate IPS and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product is scalable."
"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."
"FortiGate's SD-WAN capability is the most useful feature for us."
"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."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"I like the solution's stability."
"Provides good VPN capabilities."
"I like FortiGate's zero-trust capabilities and protection against zero-day threats. Zero-day threat protection is critical because we're seeing constant changes in the threat landscape. The sandboxing and web access controls are also robust."
"It's a monster, it's got so many beautiful features. We do deal with other firewalls and we've got a better idea of what other firewalls' capabilities are, any comparison with the Palo Alto I liked the quality of service on the applications that you can control the amount of bandwidth an application is allowed to consume. The best feature is the quality of the application quality of service."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity, transparency, and overall ease of management."
"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly, has interesting features, URL filtering, and threat prevention."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It's quite easy. Deployment took one to two weeks."
"I find the malware protection very handy."
"One of the most valuable features is the anti-malware protection."
"You can scale the product."
"I like the solution's interface."
"FortiGate's logging and reporting could be improved. I would also like to see Fortinet add a guest management portal."
"Monitoring could be improved."
"Its performance can be better. We have had performance issues in the past, but we sometimes tend to find that it is more related to what we do in our network than anything else. It is quite a good product, and there isn't much to improve."
"The graphical interface could be improved."
"The reporting was limited."
"The interface and product support could use improvement."
"The dashboard is not user friendly so is a bit complicated."
"The user interface needs a bit of upgrading."
"I think they can use some improvement on FID."
"The cost involves the price of the hardware, which is expensive. However, most of the Palo Alto solutions are expensive."
"Mission learning techniques should continue to expand and detect unknown threats on the fly."
"The technology firewall anomaly network could stand improvement."
"Sometimes when you want to group a set of ports, and communicate with Palo Alto, you cannot group TCP and UDP ports together. This needs to be adjusted."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the only thing I don't like is the support."
"The initial setup is complex."
"In Africa, the technical support is probably not as good as in Europe and the USA because it's a specific premium support, partner-enabled premium support and all of that. But it's really good, I don't really have any complaints, it's fairly good. I'll give them 80%."
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Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 7th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention writes "A good amount of granularity and advanced URL filtering capabilities". Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Arista NDR, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Darktrace. See our Fortinet FortiGate IPS vs. Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention report.
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