We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"The main features I find useful are intrusion prevention and web filtering. Additionally, the solution is easy to manage."
"All of the features in this solution are effective and efficient."
"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."
"The product is scalable and easily expands."
"I like its configuration and the various functions it offers."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the SD-WAN, SSL inspection, and IDS/IPS functions."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the external channel."
"The reporting is fine."
"What I like about Qualys VM is the dashboard presentation. It's very good."
"The most valuable feature is the certificate management."
"I am impressed with the VMDR feature."
"The biggest benefit is from a security operations perspective, where we are able to drive our security posture upwards by remediating any discovered vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature of Qualys Container Security is the detailed information in the reports and the remediation. This is done to make sure there are no vulnerabilities."
"They also have threat detection which maps threats. There is a feed that comes from Qualys when a new vulnerability is found. It tells us which machines are infected with that vulnerability."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"I can only compare it with SonicWall, and it is missing many advanced features that SonicWall has."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiOS could improve by having better authentication methods with Microsoft or Google Services."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
"The solution's graphic interface could be a bit more responsive and include notations when changes are made."
"The pricing model makes this product far more expensive than similar solutions."
"The pricing of the product is too high."
"The reporting and monitoring could improve, they have a lot of limitations. The monitoring is not easy compared to the other firewall."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
"Qualys should improve their customer experience. They need to improve the tech support experience and the turnaround time."
"They should make it accessible for more operating systems."
"It's not very user-friendly at times and requires in-depth understanding. So, a layman or someone new to Qualys won't be able to easily understand it. You need education to use the solution."
"Qualys Container Security can improve the interface. It could be easier to navigate and be enriched."
"One of the biggest issues from the clients' perspective is that all Qualys computing is on the cloud."
"Integration could be better. When you think about scanning, it's not used just with this product alone but with other Qualys products. If you think about the bundle, the product itself is good. But integration with other products and packages has space for improvement. They should also offer a better price for bundles."
"Qualys VM could improve by having more skilled support personnel."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Qualys VMDR 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 Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management.
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