We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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."Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"It has allowed us to centralize every network service into one appliance."
"The most valuable feature is that its IPsec works perfectly."
"The platform has a good user interface."
"Web filtering and the IPS functionality."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"The IPS module is my favorite because of the security advantage reached with a few clicks and its automatic updates."
"The initial setup is very user-friendly."
"The support is good. We don't have any issues with the technical support."
"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."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"Compatibility and integration with other products or vendors such as Cisco SD-WAN products need improvement."
"The solution's web-filtering configuration could be better."
"The product has issues with integration. I would like to see better integration in future releases of the product."
"VM should be more optimized."
"If I could add one feature, it would be free security profiles."
"We have had some stability issues."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The biggest area for improvement is storage configuration. It could be smoother."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
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Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 14th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Sophos UTM, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Sophos XGS. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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