We performed a comparison between Check Point Power-1 [EOL], Fortinet FortiGate, and Zscaler Internet Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"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."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"Zscaler Web Security protects our users in remote locations from internet threats - even if they are not connected to our network."
"One on the main benefits is protection all time from anywhere."
"SSL inspection is a valuable feature."
"The solution has reduced cyberattacks."
"The most valuable features of Zscaler Internet Access are it's on the cloud, high network performance, and the interception of users is very easy."
"The users are at different locations, and Zscaler helps us to put the organization's central security controls on these roaming users."
"In terms of management and visibility, there is a single panel where you can configure the policies for your entire organisation worldwide."
"The cloud proxy and integration are some of the key features. Since there is cloud waste, we can quickly provision it and start working on the configuration. On top of that, they have added a few more features. They have integrated CASB, and file sandboxing is part of it."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"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."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"Zscaler Internet Access can improve by adding traffic filtering based on the DNS."
"In terms of user experience, it could be better."
"Another thing that I would like to see is if Zscaler could have a separate product for direct access. I looked at a private access solution, but I understand there's a separate product that isn't integrated with this."
"An improvement would be if they could provide an out-of-the-box experience, like 20 to 30 features all ready to go. In comparison, LogRhythm offers out-of-the-box features. With Zscaler Internet Access, there is firewall IPS, multiple security services, filtering, DLP, and CASB browser isolation. These are things that all users are going to be using. However, when an administrator or architect would start building this, I would definitely need to engage professional services to help clients do it."
"The performance needs improvement. Some areas create performance issues and, depending on the use cases, require reconfiguration to perform again."
"Sometimes it's not easy to use during large deployments of workstations."
"Cloud App’s database should be improved."
"Zscaler should continue to make the user interface better. They should also improve the backup network and continue to expand it so that it can handle larger numbers of customers."
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