We performed a comparison between Fortinet Fortigate and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Fortinet Fortigate seems to be a slightly superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls to be one of the most expensive products on the market. Some also felt that the user interface and the documentation could be improved.
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"It is a safe product."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"The most important thing is that it's really user-friendly. I have almost stopped using the CLI because I like the graphical interface. You can do whatever you want on a single screen, including all the configuration and implementation, using Panorama. You don't have to switch from one place to another."
"Protection from a single packet and ease of making security rules."
"It has a unique approach to packet processing. It has single-pass architecture. We can easily perform policy lookups, application decoding, and integration or merging. This can be all done with a single pass. It effectively reduces the amount of processing required to perform multiple actions. This is the main advantage of using Palo Alto."
"We standardized on the product and got rid of several other types of firewalls from different vendors."
"I typically get involved with it when it comes to audit and compliance and having to gather evidence of those firewalls, routers, and rule sets. The evidence that I typically need is there."
"Mechanically, all firewalls work in a similar fashion, but what makes Palo Alto different is that it also has some of the threat hunt capabilities. It is a little bit better than other vendors."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls saves us time."
"The stability of the product has been good over the years."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The analytics could be improved."
"The only area I can see for improvement is that Palo Alto should do more marketing."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls work slowly for vulnerability management. Its performance could be faster."
"Support should be improved, wait times can be long."
"I would like the option to be able to block the traffic from a specific country in a few clicks."
"Most other VPN clients include mobile VPNs but Palo Alto does not."
"Palo Alto should improve their support. It's sometimes difficult to get the right technician or engineer to fix the problem as soon as possible."
"I wish that the Palos had better system logging for the hardware itself."
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Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 162 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls report.
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