We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Stormshield Network Security 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 pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"I can see what traffic is going on. I can easily block any programs from attacks."
"This solution is quick and easy to configure."
"Our organization's main concern is stability, and this is a stable solution."
"I like how you can configure the rules. There is the task for the rules and a task for the network configuration. It also provides SMD filtering, and it can be integrated with the active directory for the users, their mission, and the VPN configuration. We are here in Sudan, and Stormshield didn't work in Sudan for more than a decade. Stormshield is a very strong firewall and very easy to configure and maintain. I am just working with the firewall solution, and we don't have any other solutions like endpoint solutions or something like that."
"The most valuable features are the IPS, the firewall function, and the price."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"Stormshield Network Security is quite expensive."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."
"The biggest issue was their support department was not able to help us, then everything stops. This is a no-go area for me."
"Improvement is needed in terms of the technical support of the manufacturer."
"Not all the fields are activated yet and we were informed that it will take at least one month."
"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. 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 Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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