We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"The most important feature is the VPN connection."
"Its security and filtering are most valuable. Every layer of data that comes into the organization goes through it. After setting up the criteria, it automatically filters the traffic. We don't have to check it often."
"They are easy to maintain."
"Cisco ASA works very nicely from an administration perspective. The management of the device is very nice. The ASDM (Adaptive Security Device Manager) is the software that we use and it is very easy to configure using the GUI."
"The content filtering is good."
"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."
"The most valuable features of this solution are advanced malware protection, IPS, and IDS."
"It's easy to integrate ASA with other Cisco security products. When you understand the technology, it's not a big deal. It's very simple."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"Security must be increased when a new user connects over the LAN and an alarm must be generated."
"Cisco missed the mark with all the configuration steps. They are a pain and, when doing them, it looks as if we're using a very old technology — yet the technology itself is not old, it's very good. But the front-end configuration is very tough."
"Its user interface is good, but it could be better. Currently, you have to know what to do before you can manage a device. If you don't know what to do, you can mess things up. There are some devices that are easier, such as FortiGate. The user interface of FortiGate is more intuitive. It is very easy to log in and configure things."
"We were also not too thrilled when Cisco announced that in the upcoming new-gen ASA, iOS was not going to be supported, or if you install them, they will not be able to be managed through the Sourcefire. However, it seems like Cisco is moving away from the ASA iOS to the Sourcefire FireSIGHT firmware for the ASA. We haven't had a chance to test it out."
"I wish the Cisco interface was not so granular. Check Point was easier to create specific rules than with ASAv."
"I don't have to see all the object groups that have been created on that firewall. That's just something that I would really appreciate on the CLA, even though it already exists on the GUI."
"There was an error in the configuration, related to our uplink switches, that caused us to contact technical support, and it took a very long time to resolve the issue."
"The ASAs are being replaced with the new Firepowers and they have a different type of structure in the configuration to be able to migrate from one to the other."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Fortinet FortiOS.
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