We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"The technical support on offer has always been quite good."
"I have found the most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the low maintenance."
"The information security features are the most valuable."
"The main features I find useful are intrusion prevention and web filtering. Additionally, the solution is easy to manage."
"The technical support is very good and the assistance they gave was very good."
"It allows us to see all our traffic to properly secure it and only allow what is needed through the firewall."
"They now know the details about their network traffic that they did not know before: Applications that they are using and some application they did not know they were using."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series has everything centralized. You have the VPN solution, firewall, routing, UDR, flexibility, updates, and full visibility of your traffic."
"It gives us the ease that we are secure. We have set up the proper things that help make our data safe."
"I like the UI. Most things are accessible from the user interface and it is quite user-friendly. With respect to both VM-based firewalls and physical firewalls, it's easy to create updates."
"We have reduced the number of configuration lines by 90%. We need fewer number of admins right now because of it."
"The solution enables organizations to enforce policies."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"Lacks training for new features."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"In the future I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards and a drop in the price."
"The pricing of the product is too high."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve the GUI and remove the command line interface. All the functionality should be available from the GUI. Day-to-day management can be tough for IT administrators. Additionally, the reporting is not very good."
"They're using a lot of application-specific IC, so that may be causing some performance issues. And whenever a Fortinet adds new features, it can affect performance."
"Real-time threat monitoring is not there."
"FortiOS's interface and monitoring could be improved."
"Right now, we have to contend with CLI. We'd like it to be easier. We need the features to be in a UI."
"We feel that the setup was complex. So, we asked the tech team about the setup process. They explained how to deploy it in the right way, which made it very simple."
"The solution's licensing could be improved, and training should be included before installation."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
"The only minor issue we've faced is with the app's ID configuration, which requires specific matching for application filtering."
"AWS doesn't integrate well with third-party firewalls."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration between the endpoints and the firewalls."
"There is no proper support channel to follow up on cases."
"The product's AIOps process needs improvement."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most.
PA is good at app control, web filtering and such like, they have always been top of the pile there. The GUI is very good, and their product is very user-focused.
Fortinet is good for scalability and predictable high throughput (ASICs in the hardware), and useful things like authentication flexibility, CLI config (if you have any networking/Cisco people, they always seem to prefer CLI over GUI) and have better OT features, maybe relevant to your manufacturing use?
Fortinet seem to have a broader integration offering with their security fabric than PA do, plus they can do Fortinet-based wifi, switching, etc. Depends if you are prepared to go all-in with a single vendor.
Hi,
Both FT and PA have compelling features for large Enterprises. I would like to add a few good points about Fortinetwhich might be helpful ( from my 13 years of engagement with them as Distributor and Partner)
Fortinet:
Have higher throughput; which comes with competitive rates
Wide range of models to select to meet your requirement, without spending heavliy
Outstanding customer support and very active customer care team
Easly available skilled resources from the channel for deployment and post-implementation support
Regards
Abhilash
Hello. The question is what you are going to have as a result of application