We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Fortinet FortiOS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The security fabric is excellent."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the integration within the environment, with centralized reporting."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is very easy to create the user of VPN, allowing them to use it quickly. Additionally, the integration and interface are good."
"We use it to ensure that our network is properly protected from viruses and malware."
"The platform has a good user interface."
"FortiGate-VM's firewall is excellent."
"The functionality provided is very good."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The interface is decent."
"The VDOM (Virtual DOM) is a virtualized firewall that has some opportunities for flexibility that are an advantage in certain configurations."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the granular control and their interoperability is good."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"We've been happy with the pricing."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ability to block and make white and black lists. Additionally, the filtering of user access to websites is useful."
"The information security features are the most valuable."
"The solution provides good firewall and antivirus protection."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The UI could be improved."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Its price could be better."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"New versions are complicated with a big configuration."
"Support could be improved a little."
"Fortinet could improve the availability and delivery of its products. It takes four to six weeks for every purchase to arrive."
"We have experience stability issues, when the product sizing is wrong or on configuration errors."
"There were challenges during setup, and many of them were self-inflicted."
"The pricing is expensive."
"The product may not be as robust as Palo Alto. However, unless you are a big bank, you probably won't need it to be."
"VM should be more optimized."
"Fortinet FortiOS is stable. However, last month we had an issue with a released patch. We had to receive another update to fix the firewall issue consuming all of the resources. The patches should be tested more before going into circulation."
"The solution's graphic interface could be a bit more responsive and include notations when changes are made."
"The solution needs improvement with DDoS protection."
"The signature discs, compared to Palo Alto, aren't as good. It takes more time to get the signature updates."
"Fortinet FortiOS could improve by having better authentication methods with Microsoft or Google Services."
"I would like to see more statistics in the monitoring part."
"Could be improved by supporting an allocation of quota base management regarding user data."
"Fortinet FortiOS need to manage its memory and CPU utilization better. It peaks at times, which sometimes can be challenging."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Darktrace and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Fortinet FortiOS report.
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In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most.
PA is good at app control, web filtering and such like, they have always been top of the pile there. The GUI is very good, and their product is very user-focused.
Fortinet is good for scalability and predictable high throughput (ASICs in the hardware), and useful things like authentication flexibility, CLI config (if you have any networking/Cisco people, they always seem to prefer CLI over GUI) and have better OT features, maybe relevant to your manufacturing use?
Fortinet seem to have a broader integration offering with their security fabric than PA do, plus they can do Fortinet-based wifi, switching, etc. Depends if you are prepared to go all-in with a single vendor.
Hi,
Both FT and PA have compelling features for large Enterprises. I would like to add a few good points about Fortinetwhich might be helpful ( from my 13 years of engagement with them as Distributor and Partner)
Fortinet:
Have higher throughput; which comes with competitive rates
Wide range of models to select to meet your requirement, without spending heavliy
Outstanding customer support and very active customer care team
Easly available skilled resources from the channel for deployment and post-implementation support
Regards
Abhilash
Hello. The question is what you are going to have as a result of application