We performed a comparison between Check Point Power-1 [EOL], Fortinet FortiGate, and Meraki MX 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."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The simplicity of configuration is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"A strong, reliable solution for small companies with little or no dedicated IT department."
"Since it has an integrated dashboard for all the products, customers can get complete network analytics regarding what the user is doing, monitoring, and observing."
"Meraki makes it easy to be secure and know where the holes are to fix them. We have been fixing anything that we have ever found for 20 years. We keep up-to-date with firmware upgrades. We just try to stay on top of everything for security, like maintaining updates and getting rid of old systems. I feel like we're on top of it."
"In general, Meraki MX is easy to work with."
"Ease of management is the best thing about the solution."
"WAN optimization is the best feature of the solution."
"It is very fast to implement."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"When we do API integrations with Meraki, they have always been hard as well as tedious to build. The data that we want out of the API integrations has been only recently available. Six months ago, it was hard to get someone to build something correctly or useful with Meraki APIs. Recently, they have made more data available on the API, but it is just a start. They need to do more."
"Meraki MX firewalls are great for small to medium-sized businesses, but other solutions are better for enterprise-sized companies."
"It would be nice if the different services, including the SIEM SOC and endpoint detection and response (EDR) were integrated into one, so that I don't have to go to different vendors for different services."
"An area for improvement in Meraki MX is that it needs some provision, as supplying the unit through Cisco can be tedious at times, but as far as the product itself and its offerings, Meraki MX is five-star all the way."
"You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch."
"We feel that Cisco provides smaller features, with fewer possibilities versus other solutions out there."
"The configuration options for firewall and IPS have limitations."
"Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the license is not renewed at expiration date."
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