We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Stormshield Network Security 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 feature is the policy routing and application control."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The solution can scale well."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"The best solutions for our company are those we have yet to implement so it will be even better in the future for us than it already is."
"The dashboard is the most important thing. It provides good visibility and makes management easy. Firepower also provides us with good application visibility and control."
"Our company operates in Saudi Arabia, primarily working with government sectors. If any hardware malfunctions, the defective device is removed, and we receive a replacement from the reseller. We have not encountered any issues related to delays in receiving replacements for malfunctioning devices which has been beneficial."
"It is very stable."
"The return on investment is not going to be restricted to just the box... Now, these genres have been expanded to cyber, to third-party integrations, having integrated logging, having integrated micro and macro segmentations. The scope has been widened, so the ROI, eventually, has multiplied."
"The architecture of FTD is great because it has an in-depth coverage and because it uses the AVC, (Application, Visibility, and Control) and also rate limits. Also, the architecture of fast paths is great."
"It protects our network."
"IPSec Tunnel and AnyConnect (of course), the context awareness was a good feature, but clumsy at the beginning. I think it's better now."
"A very robust product."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"It's an easy, straightforward management platform to use."
"This solution is quick and easy to configure."
"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."
"The solution has improved my organization because I can see what traffic is happening and I can use it to block and prevent attacks."
"I like that it works fine. Stormshield is a very good solution."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"One area where the ASA could be improved is that it doesn't have AMP. When you get an ASA with the Firepower model, ASA with FTD, then you have advanced malware protection."
"Even on a smaller scale, people are finding you need HA pairs, and there's no way that the ASA can do that, at least in the virtual version."
"While this applies to all vendors, pricing can be always lower. In my opinion, Cisco is the most expensive. The pricing can be reduced."
"Licensing is complex, and I'd like it to be simplified. This is an area for improvement."
"Make the IPS baked-in."
"An area for improvement is the graphical user interface. That is something that is coming up now. They could make the product more user-friendly. A better GUI is something that would make life much easier."
"Most of the time, when I try to run Java, it is not compatible with ASA's current operating systems."
"It is my understanding that they are in the process of discontinuing this device."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"Stormshield Network Security is quite expensive."
"The SD card could be more secure."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"It could be better if it were more user-friendly. It's too complicated for us to use it. The price could be better as well."
"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."
"Improvement is needed in terms of the technical support of the manufacturer."
"Not all the fields are activated yet and we were informed that it will take at least one month."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos UTM. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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