Fortinet FortiGate IPS vs Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiGate IPS
Ranking in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
54
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Threat Stack Cloud Security...
Ranking in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)
27th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Container Security (31st), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (28th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (32nd)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) category, the market share of Fortinet FortiGate IPS is 7.1% and it decreased by 3.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform is 0.3% and it decreased by 33.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Container Security
0.1%
Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)
0.2%
 

Featured Reviews

WK
Jul 13, 2022
High efficiency, reliable, and straightforward setup
Fortinet FortiGate IPS are used for intrusion prevention and for protecting from intrusion Fortinet FortiGate IPS has helped increase the efficiency of our network operations and we are experiencing fewer queries in the network and security domain. The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate…
SC
Sep 26, 2021
SecOps program for us, as a smaller company, is amazing; they know what to look for
They could give a few more insights into security groups and recommendations on how to be more effective. That's getting more into the AWS environment, specifically. I'm not sure if that's Threat Stack's plan or not, but I would like them to help us be efficient about how we're setting up security groups. They could recommend separation of VPCs and the like - really dig into our architecture. I haven't seen a whole lot of that and I think that's something that, right off the bat, could have made us smarter. Even as part of the SecOps Program, that could be helpful; a quick analysis. They're analyzing our whole infrastructure and saying, "You have one VPC and that doesn't make a lot of sense, that should be multiple VPCs and here's why." The architecture of the servers in whatever cloud-hosting provider you're on could be helpful. Other than that, they should continue to expand on their notifications and on what's a vulnerability. They do a great job of that and we want them to continue to do that. It would be cool, since the agent is already deployed and they know about the server, they know the IP address, and they know what vulnerability is there, for them to test the vulnerability and see if they can actually exploit it. Or, once we patch it, they could double-check that it can't be. I don't know how hard that would be to build. Thinking on it off the top off my head, it could be a little challenging but it could also be highly interesting. It would also be great if we could test a couple of other features like hammering a server with 100 login attempts and see what happens. Real test scenarios could be really helpful. That is probably more something close to what they do with the SOC 2 audit or the report. But more visualization of that, being able to test things out on our infrastructure to make sure we can or can't hit this box could be interesting.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I have found the decryption of Fortinet FortiGate IPS very good. It's called SSL deep inspection, it's working very well. This is how you decrypt access and traffic, and it is through the IPS antivirus center. Additionally, the UI is user-friendly."
"Has a very user-friendly interface and doesn't require any prior knowledge."
"This solution has a unique range of features that are not available with any other product."
"The solution provides an easy way to filter information and Fortinet lab is a great place to discover new things."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"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 product has an inbuilt IPS software. We can configure it to block specific anonymous attacks that are happening."
"The number-one feature is the monitoring of interactive sessions on our Linux machines. We run an immutable environment, so that nothing is allowed to be changed in production... We're constantly monitoring to make sure that no one is violating that. Threat Stack is what allows us to do that."
"It has been quite helpful to have the daily alerts coming to my email, as well as the Sev 1 Alerts... We just went through a SOX audit and those were pivotal."
"There has been a measurable decrease in the meantime to remediation... because we have so many different tech verticals already collated in one place, our ability to respond is drastically different than it used to be."
"Threat Stack has connectivity."
"The rules are really great. They give us more visibility and control over what's being triggered. There's a large set of rules that come out-of-the-box. We can customize them and we can create our own rules based on the traffic patterns that we see."
"The most valuable feature is the SecOps because they have our back and they help us with the reports... It's like having an extension of your team. And then, it grows with you."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"With Threat Stack, we quickly identified some AWS accounts which had services that would potentially be exposed and were able to remediate them prior to release of products."
 

Cons

"Security level could be increased."
"We would like to see an improvement in the consistency of the product's performance levels."
"Integration with the antivirus companion Webroot is not seamless on Mac computers."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS could improve the configuration. In some use cases, there can be some configuration conflicts."
"I have contacted the support from Fortinet FortiGate IPS. The service was good but the speed could be better."
"The interface could be better."
"The web filtering categories could improve in Fortinet FortiGate IPS. There are too many websites under the category of Unknown and the other categories are not featuring all the necessary sites."
"The solution is not scalable."
"It shoots back a lot of alerts."
"The API - which has grown quite a bit, so we're still learning it and I can't say whether it still needs improvement - was an area that had been needing it."
"The solution’s ability to consume alerts and data in third-party tools (via APIs and export into S3 buckets) is moderate. They have some work to do in that area... The API does not mimic the features of the UI as far as reporting and pulling data out go. There's a big discrepancy there."
"The reports aren't very good. We've automated the report generation via the API and replaced almost all the reports that they generate for us using API calls instead."
"The user interface can be a little bit clunky at times... There's a lot of information that needs to be waded through, and the UI just isn't great."
"The one thing that we know they're working on, but we don't have through the tool, is the application layer. As we move to a serverless environment, with AWS Fargate or direct Lambda, that's where Threat Stack does not have the capacity to provide feed. Those are areas that it's blind to now..."
"The compliance and governance need improvement."
"I would like further support of Windows endpoint agents or the introduction of support for Windows endpoint agents."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is reasonable."
"It's a year based license."
"The pricing for FortiGate IPS is competitive with other products in the category."
"The product is expensive. I rate its pricing a six out of ten."
"It is not expensive as compared to Cisco."
"The licensing costs are very competitive."
"I give the pricing of the solution a six out of ten."
"The solution is very expensive so pricing is rated a one out of ten."
"It is a cost-effective choice versus other solutions on the market."
"I'm happy with the amount that we spend for the product that we get and the overall service that we get. It's not cheap, but I'm still happy with the spend."
"We find the licensing and pricing very easy to understand and a good value for the services provided."
"It is very expensive compared to some other products. The pricing is definitely high."
"It came in cheaper than Trend Micro when we purchased it a few years ago."
"What we're paying now is somewhere around $15 to $20 per agent per month, if I recall correctly. The other cost we have is SecOps."
"Pricing seems to be in line with the market structure. It's fine."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
13%
University
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiGate IPS?
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 ...
What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiGate IPS?
There is room for improvement in being proactive about identifying and integrating new signatures.
Can we customize the dashboard in Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform? Any recommendations for an alternative solution supporting dashboards?
It is reported that an option exists to customize the dashboard in the Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform. You may be able to add, remove, and rearrange widgets and also create custom widgets. B...
 

Also Known As

FortiGate IPS
Threat Stack, CSP,
 

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Sample Customers

Riverside Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Dell SecureWorks, Credit Bank Zagreb
StatusPage.io, Walkbase, Spanning, DNAnexus, Jobcase, Nextcapital, Smartling, Veracode, 6sense
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