We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Claroty Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"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."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The hardware is pretty stable. It's also a very good product performance-wise. Initially, it wasn't mature like a firewall and there were other leaders, but now they have included almost all the features of next-generation security. Basically, it's a good product to work with."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"The product has valuable features for business intelligence."
"One of the main features is that the hardware is extremely reliable."
"Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward."
"The security is very good."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"The product helps mitigate potential threats, especially if its users have signature rules. The product also provides alerts."
"Backup can be improved."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"An area for improvement in Cisco IOS Security is the performance because it's not as stable sometimes. There's also some latency in the solution, which could be improved. Cisco IOS Security integrates with other solutions, but you'll encounter many errors after integration, so this is another area for improvement. I'd like to see enhanced performance and a simplified setup in the next version of Cisco IOS Security."
"The routers, don't have like long-term tendency features, or higher availability features available for the IOS. It could also use a better user interface."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"The product's integration capabilities are an area of concern where improvements are required."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Claroty Platform is ranked 1st in Cyber-Physical Systems Protection with 1 review. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Claroty Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Claroty Platform writes "Provides good visibility of the devices in a user's environment". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Claroty Platform is most compared with Nozomi Networks, Tenable OT Security, Dragos, Darktrace and SCADAfence.
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