We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"Its performance is adequate. We are quite satisfied with its performance. The fact that it is a complete ecosystem with all kinds of integrations is valuable. It did take us a couple of months to get a grip on the new software, but all in all, it replaced our on-premise and single-point solution environment."
"It gives all the features of a full-fledged firewall with great performance."
"There is an interesting possibility of building a tunnel to a firewall from access points. We use this feature for small branch offices with one to two employees with access to central RDP servers."
"We use it to ensure that our network is properly protected from viruses and malware."
"The setup is simple."
"The interface is decent."
"One top feature is the ability to use the appliance as a WLAN controller for up to 10 access points with the new 5.6 firmware."
"The most valuable features are the web proxy for protection and web gateway for deployment."
"It is very easy to configure."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"Traffic Shaping: The device lets you decide how you want to use your internet services. Due to the fact that Meraki can accept dual WAN, you can decide the way you balance the data traffic."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MX is I can manage the solution from anywhere remotely, I can throttle bandwidth, and create all rules. Additionally, it is secure for our customers."
"The internet traffic shaping has been very valuable."
"Deployment takes no more than one working day."
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"Site to Site VPN: The device can establish a VPN connection to multiple sites in a mesh environment in seconds, and without complex VPN knowledge."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The product is satisfactory. I haven't identified any features to improve, and based on the number of deployments I've handled with FortiGate-VM, there haven't been any complaints from the customer's side."
"The biggest area for improvement is storage configuration. It could be smoother."
"The tool does not have a good name in the market, consisting of enterprise-class businesses, making it an area where the product lacks and needs to improve."
"The stability could be improved. I find Cisco to be more stable than Fortigate, which is I major differentiator between the two."
"The interface needs to be updated and simplified."
"Technical support could be better."
"The price is problematic."
"The users must buy FortiSIEM to get advanced analytics."
"The current lead time is longer for Meraki MX, and it needs to be improved."
"What I would like to see in the next version is to have more interfaces for WAN links."
"Meraki MX firewalls are great for small to medium-sized businesses, but other solutions are better for enterprise-sized companies."
"Meraki tech support staff have a lot more visibility into your network than you do, which is frustrating at times. I understand the approach is to keep the dashboard easier to understand. This will frustrate more advanced users at times."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
"From the improvement perspective, we need more monitoring capabilities. We want to have full-based access visibility, such as, what is happening when something is trying to reach and it is denying. We cannot see some parts of it. The integration of active directory with this product is not very fruitful. It has some bugs or lacks in the functionality of active directory integration. We are unable to identify where exactly and whether it has really applied our policy."
"The product doesn't support route summarization and BGP dynamic routing protocol."
"As far as what needs to be improved — nothing really comes to mind. It does what we need it to do."
