We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Meraki MX 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's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The initial setup is straightforward, and it is very customer friendly."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the SD-WAN, SSL inspection, and IDS/IPS functions."
"For my organization, it has become much easier to scan the firewalls because the solution is more user-friendly than competitors."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"The fact that is it has a UTM, a Unified Threat Management feature is the most valuable aspect for us. It's an all in one product. It's like our one-stop-shop to the internet."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its simplicity, highly user-centric, and performs well. The line speed and for heavy traffic, is helpful for us."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"The solution provides good firewall and antivirus protection."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"It is a robust SD-WAN solution."
"We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment."
"WAN optimization is the best feature of the solution."
"In general, Meraki MX is easy to work with."
"I use Meraki in my POCs and with my customers as well."
"Since it has an integrated dashboard for all the products, customers can get complete network analytics regarding what the user is doing, monitoring, and observing."
"Easy to deploy with a simple configuration."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"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."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"We had assistance from one person from our local vendor for the implementation."
"Technical support could be better. Some competitors have much more responsive support teams."
"The pricing of the product is too high."
"The support is not very good, but the product is stable so it is not so much of a problem."
"Right now, it's very trendy to integrate everything into the cloud. This solution would be more effective if they did more integration in that regard."
"I can only compare it with SonicWall, and it is missing many advanced features that SonicWall has."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
"The threat time interval lags a little, especially if there's a heavy load on the firewall."
"You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch."
"Meraki MX firewalls are great for small to medium-sized businesses, but other solutions are better for enterprise-sized companies."
"The IPS, the Intrusion Prevention System, can be improved."
"We feel that Cisco provides smaller features, with fewer possibilities versus other solutions out there."
"The client-side VPN is weak. The product could be improved with deployment templates."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
"They need to improve the link between Meraki and Active Directory."
"An area for improvement in Meraki MX is that it needs some provision, as supplying the unit through Cisco can be tedious at times, but as far as the product itself and its offerings, Meraki MX is five-star all the way."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Meraki MX report.
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