We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Fortinet FortiOS 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."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"Performance and stability are the key features of this product."
"Great security and connectivity."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"It provided ease of maintenance. If a new firewall was needed, we only had to run the pipelines for this. So, the maintenance was very easy."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"We've been happy with the pricing."
"Performance-wise, I think FortiOS is much better than its Juniper counterpart. Based on our actual experience and performance metrics, FortiOS-based products are much better than Juniper."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"It efficiently manages large-scale firewall deployments."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"FortiOS's best features are its function as an internet gateway and how easy it is to manage."
"I like its configuration and the various functions it offers."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"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."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"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."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"It is a cloud service, but the lending speed for each region is not always the same. For example, in China, the speed is slow. They need to think about how to make sure that the service pace or speed is always the same in all regions. It would be a great improvement if they can provide the same pace worldwide."
"There should be better monitoring and logging. Currently, it is put in Sentinel. It should be more seamless and from the interface."
"It would be much easier if the on-premises, firewall rules, had some kind of export-import possibility in place, which is not the case right now."
"There is room for further integration of AI into the system."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"The tool needs to improve the onboarding and transition process for on-prem users."
"Azure Firewall has limited visibility for IDPS, no TLS inspection, no app ID, no user ID, no content ID, no device ID. There is no antivirus or anti-spyware. Azure Firewall doesn't scan traffic for malware unless it triggers an IDPS signature. There is no sandbox or machine learning functionality, meaning we are not protected from Zero-day threats. There is no DNS security and limited web categories."
"Currently, it only supports IP addresses, so you have to be specific about the IPs that are in your environment."
"The central management can improve in Fortinet FortiOS. It is sometimes difficult to manage all the devices."
"For monitoring purposes, we don't have any option to monitor the ISP link."
"The reporting and monitoring could improve, they have a lot of limitations. The monitoring is not easy compared to the other firewall."
"The solution's firmware updates have significant bugs and issues."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is better troubleshooting and reporting."
"FortiOS's bandwidth and interface could be improved."
"SD-WAN configuration could be easier."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Netgate pfSense, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace. See our Azure Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiOS report.
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