We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and Palo Alto Networks Panorama based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has valuable firewall, SSL VPN, and web filtering features."
"It’s easy to implement."
"Our customers implement this solution so that they can be assured of security in their environment."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are ease of use and the simplicity of maintenance and configuration. Additionally, the modularity of the solution is very easy to handle, it is convenient."
"We like the availability of the hardware and the service that we get from FortiGate, as well as the kind of reach that they have as a part of their sales folks."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the stability, it's actually tailored for that."
"The Fortianalyzer is the most valuable aspect of this solution"
"The hardware is reliable, and their support is excellent."
"It's easy to deploy any software or policies."
"Panorama enables you to provision all your firewalls and other things as a cluster. It is quite useful for that."
"Variable creation and template stack functionalities make Palo Alto Networks Panorama a brilliant solution. It is a completely scalable system, with good technical support."
"The reporting is great."
"The installation process is very simple."
"I like its flexibility."
"It has made our ROIs easier, but consolidating the correlation of data into one single point, which is pretty great."
"The most valuable aspect of Palo Alto Networks Panorama for me is the centralized management of multiple firewalls."
"We've not seen any areas for improvement."
"The platform's reporting and analysis capabilities need improvement."
"It would be better for us if Fortinet provided a private cloud, and they should provide more security on the public cloud. There are some minor issues with security with the public cloud. For example, anyone with a link can access the public cloud."
"They're constantly doing maintenance and there are unexpected downtimes for the cloud interface."
"I would like to see Wi-Fi management inside the firewall."
"The solution could improve by having a Russian interface."
"GUI access could be improved. It should be simpler to access everything from the portal. Once we log in to the portal, we should be able to access all the Fortinet Cloud options."
"We do find we get a bit of a lag."
"It is not a cheap product."
"It could be more secure."
"It is very hard to understand the platform. It is not easy and user-friendly. You need a lot of experience to use Panorama. It is very complex, and you must know exactly what to do. I would like to have a more user-friendly product. FortiManager is comparatively very easy to use. It would be good if Panorama improves in terms of user-friendliness. It is also harder to use than Palo Alto Firewalls."
"There were a few bugs a couple of years into it. There was a big bug where it had trouble communicating with the two main boxes."
"The product does need a bit of configuration. It's not quite ready to go out of the box."
"The dual WAN functionality is missing in this solution."
"Palo Alto Networks Panorama has some bugs that could be fixed."
"Palo Alto Networks Panorama could improve by making the solution less expensive."
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is ranked 3rd in Firewall Security Management with 80 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks Panorama is rated 8.4. 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 Palo Alto Networks Panorama writes "Built-in proxy with the ability to maintain your own policies". Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, AWS Firewall Manager, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF), Fortinet FortiPortal and ExtremeCloud IQ, whereas Palo Alto Networks Panorama is most compared with AWS Firewall Manager, AlgoSec, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager and Skybox Security Suite. See our Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs. Palo Alto Networks Panorama report.
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