We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and HashiCorp Terraform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about AlgoSec, Tufin, Palo Alto Networks and others in Firewall Security Management."The solution is scalable because they have models that allow it to be right sized."
"The tool's GUI is user-friendly."
"The VPN features are the most valuable."
"It's easy to use and the fact that I can schedule the report to come to my inbox at set times is very convenient for me."
"The ability to manage everything from the cloud is going to be the most valuable by far with this solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has security features like DDoS protection and UTM."
"It's user-friendly."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is easy to use."
"The state file is the most beneficial aspect of HashiCorp Terraform. It enables the retrieval and utilization of a previous state to build upon. This feature is particularly important since it allows for the identification of changes from the previous state, making the state file a critical component of the process."
"Provides automation which has increased our efficiency."
"It is one of the best things because now we have everything automated with Terraform. We didn't have an outage for the last three years because everything is written in a code, and every change we have made is recorded. If we didn't have a tool like Terraform, it would be extremely complex to achieve this level of maturity with infrastructure."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the coding of our infrastructure. You can code it once and run it multiple times."
"We frequently need to create and replicate infrastructure from various environments like dev and QA. The QA resources need to be identical to those in the dev environment. With a Terraform script, we can replicate the same 50 in the dev environment to the testing environment. This is tedious to do manually, and Terraform speeds up the process."
"It's very easy to automate functions on the cloud with HashiCorp Terraform. The commands are easy as well."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the modules it offers."
"Modules can be reused extremely easily."
"Some configuration changes would be helpful."
"I would like to see a SIEM bundled together with this because customers are looking into better reporting and more proactive security solutions."
"Having a built-in SOC solution like an XDR platform within the solution would be convenient for customers."
"Fortinet should simplify the licensing model. It's too complex for decision-makers to choose from the range of options. Handling the pricing model is a nightmare, so it's difficult to sell the solution."
"In the email security modules they have in their UTM, maybe they can include more extended or expanded features for the email security where users can have their own portal login to release blocked emails, as an example."
"Reporting is an area that can be enhanced."
"The only area that requires improvement is the login reports. We aim to integrate it with our local mobile service provider."
"They're still trying to digest that Meru acquisition and need a plan."
"The syntax is a bit difficult, and it would great if it could be easier."
"I would want to see more programmatic capabilities implemented, such as if, else, and simple to manage things in terms of how I can use some programming functions to assist us to achieve more. I would like to have programming language-relevant features, to have programming language be the primary way."
"Lacks flexibility in common programming languages."
"The product can integrate and utilize more services from different competitors. Currently, their commands are quite similar to Kubernetes, which we use in our CI/CD pipeline. Also, they should consider incorporating Windows command line, like PowerShell."
"This solution could be improved by adding features such as CDM to accelerate the access of data by the users."
"I initially found the initial HashiCorp Terraform difficult to comprehend. It's complex and not straightforward, requiring proper training to grasp it. Even someone with a background in networking or cybersecurity would need guidance from someone knowledgeable."
"The error logging could be better. Sometimes, when you try to set something on Terraform, it gives you an error, but you don't understand how the error has been logged."
"It should have a more object-oriented approach like different coding languages."
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews while HashiCorp Terraform is ranked 6th in Configuration Management with 38 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2, while HashiCorp Terraform is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HashiCorp Terraform writes "Easy to use, technically strong, and great for multi-provider or multi-cloud environments". Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) and Azure Firewall Manager, whereas HashiCorp Terraform is most compared with Microsoft Intune, SaltStack, Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft Configuration Manager and Quali CloudShell Pro.
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