We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Untangle NG Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"Operations have been flawless."
"The user interface is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"Fortinet is user-friendly."
"The best part about FortiGate-VM is its strong security."
"The policies are very valuable. They allow me to secure and manage future traffic effectively."
"GitDM, like FortiGate VM, provides similar features to FortiGate appliances or cloud solutions. However, FortiGate VM is more suitable for heavy traffic and inspection compared to GitDM. Unfortunately, FortiGate VM lacks a dedicated SPU for inspection, and all features rely on CPU and RAM."
"The support is good. We don't have any issues with the technical support."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is easy to use."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"The majority of our clients are very small businesses, and Untangle devices have been fantastic for these small clients. We've basically standardized our stack to just simply use Untangle. We include the hardware and the service option, which makes it very easy and affordable for us to just simply push that into the monthly per-user costing that we provide as a managed services provider. It's really a no-brainer. They're easy to use, and they're easy to set up and configure. Support is generally good about resolving any issues that we have. We haven't had any real complaints."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"The product is easy to implement."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"In the next release, we would like to see full integration with VMware NSX virtualized networks."
"The solution should provide more useful GUI features."
"The operating system isn't stable, so it goes to memory counters every night."
"The graphical user interface should be enhanced."
"The licensing needs to be improved. We need longer licensing periods, especially for POCs and trials. It should be for six months. Right now, it's too short of a timeframe."
"The reporting is not as good as it is with other firewalls and it should be improved."
"FortiGate-VM could be improved by making it cloud-based. I'd like it to be a cloud-based management solution instead of just a dedicated management orchestration tool."
"The solution is fairly complex."
"The web content filtering needs improvement."
"The common center facility that Untangle provides should be available on-premises. There are great corporations here in Mexico that like the Untangle solution, but they don't like the fact that the monitoring and access to the appliance are in the cloud. They request for the common center facility to be available and installed on-premises."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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