We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks PA-Series and WatchGuard Firebox 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."We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The product's initial setup process was simple."
"The direct profiles is a valuable feature."
"It has its own logging system. You can go to monitoring and check the logs to see if a connection is getting blocked. You can use multiple types of logs to check if a file or a port is getting blocked or if there are any TCP resets from the source or destination. It's easy to troubleshoot with the monitoring and logging it provides."
"The solution is easy to manage."
"The tool's most valuable feature is WildFire."
"The product's most valuable feature is web filtering."
"The most effective features for threat prevention in the PA-Series are its integration with Cortex and the use of machine learning AI for advanced threat detection."
"A valuable feature that we can consider is the deployment time, which is significantly reduced, almost 90% faster compared to other solutions. This leads to quicker deployment and less downtime."
"The most valuable features are the VPN and web blocker security."
"The policy monitoring and allowing different traffic flows are the most useful features for us; regulating which traffic comes in and out."
"Two of the functionalities we use most are the traffic monitoring and the full panel dashboard. Those are two things that are very useful for us... In addition, it provides us with layered security. It allows us to determine what types of access, to which networks, we want to allow or deny."
"The main reason we went with it was the security protocols. They were more robust on this device."
"They've done a lot of work with their SD-WAN, which we do use, to have our old internet service with our new internet service. If anything goes down on a particular interface, I can have different rules applied. Most of my users don't even know when our primary internet goes down anymore... I don't have to be here to do anything to switch it to our backup internet or to switch it back."
"If there is any conflict, the reporting feature will kick out all types of information, which is great."
"Efficient to setup, run, and maintain. Saving man hours and cost in the process."
"The most valuable features of the WatchGuard Firebox are all the security and updated features. You are able to configure the solution from the cloud platform and the application and web interface are very nice."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"Application management can be improved."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"Currently, they are not protected with any data security when they work from home or outside the network. They surf the Internet directly and should implement a proxy or firewall to monitor the data between the endpoint and the internet."
"I have found that the tool works well for me, but there are areas where security testing and protection could be improved, especially in virtual or cloud environments. However, in this project, once we deployed it, we haven't encountered any issues. The cost is currently manageable, but as we migrate fully into the cloud, additional features like capacity upgrading and improvements to hardware resources will be necessary, especially since our equipment consists of older generation switches and routers. So, I'm looking for additional capabilities in these areas."
"The product's high prices are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The product's gateway services can be improved."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is expensive. We would like to see additional threat hunting features."
"The web interface is slow."
"The support provided by the solution is not that good."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series should improve its price. It should also include a feature similar to Sophos' Security Heartbeat."
"They are working on cloud-based options. However, they do not have the options fully functional in their solution at this time."
"The user interface for WatchGuard Firebox has room for improvement. Right now, it's a bit complex to work with and could be easier."
"It would be wonderful if the WatchGuard team develops nice products for threat intelligence."
"Once you start getting into proxy actions and setting up: "Okay, cool. Once this rule gets triggered, what actions have to happen?" I do know a few people who use WatchGuard and they still have to get assistance when they look at that. So I would file that as a con for WatchGuard. Proxy actions can be a little bit complicated."
"The reporting is a little on the weak side. I would like to see a better reporting set and easier drill-down options."
"The scalability of the solution needs improvement."
"Last year, I had an issue with one of the Fireboxes going down. It was overheated, because my server room became overheated and this fried it."
"The level of support from WatchGuard is not as good."
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 28 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with OPNsense, SonicWall NSa, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos XG and Sophos XGS, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Palo Alto Networks PA-Series vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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