We performed a comparison between Darktrace and Fortinet FortiGate IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is outstanding from a monitoring perspective."
"We are able to detect a lot of things, actually, and see what is happening in our network."
"A very useful feature in Darktrace for real-time threat analysis is the packet inspection that analyzes the packet traffic in real time."
"Artificial intelligence and machine learning functionalities are valuable."
"We liked their approach to identifying intrusions or network anomalies using AI."
"The active threat dashboard is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The AI-based pattern is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Darktrace and the most valuable feature is the artificial intelligence module because that is the tool that determines automatically if there is any risk or not in the network."
"The solution can scale."
"It's simple to operate and use."
"We have not had to reach out to FortiGate support yet and that is a pretty good track record."
"The feature that I find most valuable is its protection of the websites."
"The most useful features of Fortinet FortiGate IPS are you can create a virtual firewall within it, most other firewalls do not have this feature. You are able to manage your network and have network segmentation within your firewall. Additionally, you can create virtual switches within the firewall and have policy management, such as firewall and access policy."
"The most valuable features are security and vision, and all of the UTM functionality."
"FortiGate IPS is really easy to use. I don't have any problems with this."
"Integrated management is a very valuable feature."
"It's a very complex platform."
"The price point for the product was too high for what our possible use case could be."
"I did not use the AI features because they should make it more user-friendly which would be a benefit. Additionally, the solution could integrate with more SIEM or SOAR tools."
"Darktrace does not have any capabilities to configure."
"It would be helpful if they could recognize incidents and simplify the customer's challenge to identify what is happening."
"The initial setup is more complex and time-consuming than some solutions."
"Its threat analyzer could be better. It should also have agents. They should improve this product by installing agents for the machine to get more visibility. Currently, they are monitoring only the network. They should also monitor the agents from inside. It should also have a better pricing plan because it is an expensive product."
"The solution would benefit from automation. Currently, you have to know what you are searching for."
"We'd like to have multi-factor authentication via fiber."
"I would like to be able to see more log details."
"To stay ahead of the competition Fortinet FortiGate IPS needs to think about how to adjust pricing."
"The interface could be better."
"It would be helpful to have a better tool for migrating all policy rules using an automatic script."
"The graphical interface could be improved."
"The solution could improve the integration."
"Overall, the integration could be better."
Darktrace is ranked 1st in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 65 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews. Darktrace is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". Darktrace is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Vectra AI, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco Secure Network Analytics, whereas Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS and Trellix Intrusion Prevention System. See our Darktrace vs. Fortinet FortiGate IPS report.
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