We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Zscaler Internet Access 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."Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The solution is stable."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"It offers the same robust features and functionality in virtual, on-premise, and traditional data center environments."
"The most valuable feature is the UTM, which gives them an advantage over other firewalls."
"The thing that I like the most is that they're very willing to work with us to resolve issues that they haven't taken care of before in their product."
"A top feature is the really good web interface and the classic Fortinet features, such as IPS, IDS, AV scanner, and spam filter."
"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues at all while using the product."
"The solution can scale well."
"It’s easy to integrate the solution with our network infrastructure."
"It is very useful to make lists for rules and prepare firewall rules."
"Zscaler Internet Access has helped us reduce the time that we spend managing security policies by about four hours a week. We can use this time to focus on other things, especially the IT team."
"The most valuable feature of Zscaler Internet Access is that it is a consolidated solution, it comes with many features, such as DLP."
"The most valuable feature is bandwidth control."
"Whether you are in a hotel somewhere, or in Africa, it does not matter. You will get the Zscaler protection presence anywhere."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine and a half out of ten...The setup phase was easy."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features I found in Zscaler Internet Access are the restriction of users for a particular URL, the security feature related to stopping DDoS, and the VPN."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"The price is sometimes very expensive."
"Deployment can be difficult and they could dispense with reliance on FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"We have experience stability issues, when the product sizing is wrong or on configuration errors."
"The product is satisfactory. I haven't identified any features to improve, and based on the number of deployments I've handled with FortiGate-VM, there haven't been any complaints from the customer's side."
"The solution is fairly complex."
"The interface of the solution could be improved."
"The costs could be lowered."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Zscaler Internet Access can improve by adding traffic filtering based on the DNS."
"The solution is expensive. They recently revised the pricing and packaging. Some of our existing customers have been asking for alternate solutions for a lower price."
"One thing that needs to be improved is their presence in China. I'm not sure if that's a Zscaler thing or if it's a problem with all vendors in this space, but it would be nice to have better coverage in China. This concern is a common one for vendors across the board when dealing with the Chinese market."
"They should enhance the audit reporting feature."
"I don't know whether it's Zscaler or not, however, sometimes I can't access my time management. I need to wait and try again a few hours later. Typically, if I let some time pass, I can access it again."
"An improvement would be if they could provide an out-of-the-box experience, like 20 to 30 features all ready to go. In comparison, LogRhythm offers out-of-the-box features. With Zscaler Internet Access, there is firewall IPS, multiple security services, filtering, DLP, and CASB browser isolation. These are things that all users are going to be using. However, when an administrator or architect would start building this, I would definitely need to engage professional services to help clients do it."
"In every cloud service in the world, you have multiple upstream internet providers to create diversity so that if one of your providers fails, your network just continues. In South Africa, there is only one upstream provider, and that's not right. That that's a problem."
"Zscaler Internet Access needs to integrate more ISPs. It is good to have more than three ISPs."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. 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 Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Netgate pfSense, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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