We performed a comparison between Check Point Power-1 [EOL] and Fortinet FortiGate-VM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"The most valuable features are locking applications from in and out of my test network and testing malware on different devices. I use malware detection, antivirus, and basic firewall policies to check for different types of security breaches. The UI is really nice and easy to use."
"The solution is very secure, and its technical support is on point."
"Fortinet-VM is more scalable than the hardware version. If you're using an appliance, there are limitations in terms of hardware specs. So if you want a more scalable firewall, you can get a VM and install it on a high-end server."
"It handles our current load with ease, and I think it can handle a bit more. It definitely can handle a lot more capacity than we currently use."
"It has allowed us to centralize every network service into one appliance."
"FortiGate-VM has many valuable features: it's easy to use, it's intuitive, it's got very good traffic inspection features, it's got comprehensive filtering categories, and it has an extensive threat database, using FortiGuard."
"The most valuable features are the IPS and Antivirus."
"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."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"The pricing could always be better."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"The solution's web-filtering configuration could be better."
"There is always room for improvement in any solutions, including Fortinet's FortiGate-VM. Although the solution claims to have a superior throughput compared to other OEMs, upon closer examination and comparison, there is potential for significant improvement in this area. In today's rapidly evolving technology world, it is important to continuously strive for enhancement and development, and I believe Fortinet can make significant strides in this direction for the FortiGate-VM."
"Technical support could be better."
"The key activation is very complicated at times."
"The interface of the solution could be improved."
"I have worked on some of the largest and smallest solutions that Fortinet sells and they all scale really well."
"The biggest area for improvement is storage configuration. It could be smoother."
"FortiGate's application load balancing has to be improved. They need to improve a lot on the load balancing and RAF side. They are far behind Citrix in that regard."
Earn 20 points
Check Point Power-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 2 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews. Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Power-1 [EOL] writes "Good intrusion prevention, firewall, and VPN capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Netgate pfSense.
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