We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway 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 VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"Good load balancing feature."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."
"This is a user friendly solution and offers comprehensive integrations."
"FortiOS' most valuable features are management, security, and easy updates with no downtime."
"We have expanded the wireless access point and switches using Fortinet FortiOS."
"The main features I find useful are intrusion prevention and web filtering. Additionally, the solution is easy to manage."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its simplicity, highly user-centric, and performs well. The line speed and for heavy traffic, is helpful for us."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the granular control and their interoperability is good."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"Fortinet FortiOS's integration could be improved."
"I would like to see fewer bugs. If you use the box with its basic features, the solution is straightforward and stable, but you can run into bugs when using newer features or in more complex use cases. They included a DNS filter as a new feature, and I had issues that required raising a ticket with customer support."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing models. With the way they are structured, everything is very disparate and sold separately, and, depending on the solution, it can get quite pricey."
"Right now, we have to contend with CLI. We'd like it to be easier. We need the features to be in a UI."
"In terms of what needs improvements, the troubleshooting could use improvement. When we work with other products like Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, and Check Point, we see a big difference in the troubleshooting. It's not easy to find a report."
"They need to integrate more with the SD-WAN."
"Fortinet FortiOS need to manage its memory and CPU utilization better. It peaks at times, which sometimes can be challenging."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 14th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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