We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate IPS and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention 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 VPN used with the product is secure and reliable without lag."
"I have found the decryption of Fortinet FortiGate IPS very good. It's called SSL deep inspection, it's working very well. This is how you decrypt access and traffic, and it is through the IPS antivirus center. Additionally, the UI is user-friendly."
"It's simple to operate and use."
"The most valuable features are security and vision, and all of the UTM functionality."
"The solution provides an easy way to filter information and Fortinet lab is a great place to discover new things."
"You have access to CLI in case you have no web access."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate IPS are firewall and filtering."
"It is a reliable solution."
"The sandboxing tools offer great prevention for cloud feeds."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It's quite easy. Deployment took one to two weeks."
"The user interface is a bit more professional than some free products."
"With the IP address flag, I was able to see that I was being hacked. The moment there was an interaction between somebody on my network and that IP, the solution was able to flag it, and we were able to protect ourselves."
"You can scale the product."
"The stability of Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention is good."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity, transparency, and overall ease of management."
"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly, has interesting features, URL filtering, and threat prevention."
"The dashboard is not user friendly so is a bit complicated."
"The IPS monitoring can be improved."
"Integration with the antivirus companion Webroot is not seamless on Mac computers."
"The customization is a little bit difficult."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve performance. There was a huge challenge in terms of CPU and memory where the IPS engine would keep triggering. There were random spikes of overutilization in the CPU and memory resources. They have to work on CPU and memory stability considering these IPS engines. A few versions were very unstable."
"There could be more modifications."
"The graphical interface could be improved."
"Monitoring could be improved."
"I think they can use some improvement on FID."
"The solution needs to improve its local technical support services. There is no premium support offered in our market."
"The organization mail security solutions could be improved. There is no mail security solution available."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the only thing I don't like is the support."
"Mission learning techniques should continue to expand and detect unknown threats on the fly."
"Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention could improve the commercial offing. Other solutions, such as Fortinet provide better commercial features."
"The technology firewall anomaly network could stand improvement."
"The initial setup is complex."
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Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 6th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention writes "A good amount of granularity and advanced URL filtering capabilities". Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Arista NDR, Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System and Darktrace. See our Fortinet FortiGate IPS vs. Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention report.
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