We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, and Untangle NG Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"I have not actually called their support line, because we have a direct contact to a senior engineer in the company for any issues that we handle with them. I will say they are very responsive, and they do give you the information you need when you need it."
"The most valuable feature is the Posture Assessment."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series's most valuable feature is the visibility of the environment."
"The main advantage of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series stems from the fact that you can access it with the help of cloud services."
"The Palo Alto VM-Series is nice because I can move the firewalls easily."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"The most valuable feature is the CLI."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"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."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"The product could be better in terms of performance than one of its competitors."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration of multi-factor authentication vendors."
"It is not very easy to scale up the solution."
"There are various reports that come with the box or with the VMware, but you can only run them daily."
"The one issue that I didn't like is that the SNMP integration with interfaces didn't record the interface counters."
"The command-line interface is something that some people struggle with and I think that they should have an option to go straight to the GUI."
"The tool is very costly."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"The hardware can be improved."
