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"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"It performs very well."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"VPN and firewall are good features."
"I have found the stability of this solution really good. This is why I use it."
"They are easy to maintain."
"Cisco ASA works out-of-the-box. With the setup wizard, it was easy to get it deployed quickly, even by novice IT users."
"The most valuable feature would be the IP blocking. It gets rid of things that you don't need in your environment."
"I think that the firewall feature is the most valuable to me as it is one of the oldest features for this solution. We also appreciate how stable the VPN is."
"I like all of the features."
"You do not have to do everything through a command line which makes it a lot easier to apply rules."
"SonicWall NSSP is stable and scalable too."
"It has been delivering results efficiently. Its configurations and updates have been easy. It is also user-friendly."
"The VPN functionality is really good. Overall, the whole device is very easy to manage. The software that comes with it is also good."
"The solution's pricing is good."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"The scalability could be better."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"I think that the solution can be improved with the integration of application-centric infrastructure. It could be used to have better solutions in one box."
"We're getting support but there's a big delay until we get a response from their technical team. They're in the USA and we're in Africa, so that's the difficulty. When they're in the office, they respond."
"If the implementation was easier, it would be a lot better for us."
"There is room for improvement in the stability or software quality of the product. There were a few things in the past where we had a little bit of a problem with the product, so there is room for improvement."
"Cisco ASA is starting to get old and Firepower is taking over. All the good things happening are with Firepower."
"The performance should be improved."
"In terms of next-generation capabilities, Cisco is a little behind, and it is way behind the market leaders."
"HTTPs inspection and higher throughput/spec would be good."
"No security product is foolproof against hackers, intruders, and other such things. As a security product, they have to keep pace in terms of protection from new hackers and intruders."
"Its reporting functions can be improved. It has decent reporting, but you got to pay a lot more money for it. That's where it begins to fall apart. It comes with minimal zero reporting unless you buy some extra modules. With those extra modules, you can get all the data, but it takes a while to put together what you need for your customer. It is for technical people, but there is no executive summary of the reporting."
"The user interface, the GUI, could be improved."
"The solution's stability and scalability also need improvement."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while SonicWall NSSP is ranked 38th in Firewalls with 4 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while SonicWall NSSP is rated 8.0. 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 SonicWall NSSP writes "Good VPN functionality, very good support, easy to manage, and meets all of our needs". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas SonicWall NSSP is most compared with SonicWall NSa.
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