We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and LiveAction LiveNX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"Customers are more inclined towards FortiGate because of application control, web filtering, and anti-spam features. The support from the FortiGate team is good, and price-wise, it is affordable."
"The user experience is great. The graphical user interface is also good."
"FortiOS's most valuable feature is a next-generation firewall that can be used as the APT solution in advanced threat protection."
"I like that the firewall gives me a lot of control in terms of outgoing and inbound traffic, and it scores better in deep packet inspections when compared with the Azure Firewall."
"Performance-wise, I think FortiOS is much better than its Juniper counterpart. Based on our actual experience and performance metrics, FortiOS-based products are much better than Juniper."
"There are many useful features, such as web security and advanced threat detection."
"It is more robust than SonicWall, particularly on the VPN from site to site."
"I find filtering traffic, filtering web traffic, session traffic, and managing the network as valuable features."
"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."
"We don't have any complaints about the software. According to my team, it's a very good tool that's very intuitive."
"All in all, LiveAction LiveNX has become an indispensable tool for maintaining and improving our network's reliability and performance, ultimately supporting our organization's goal of providing timely and dependable delivery services."
"The product has a very good graphical interface."
"Its analytical capability is really good."
"The alerting feature is very good because it allows you to set MOS alerts at various network junctures or data points."
"The intention and the idea of the filter is great."
"One of the valuable features is the ability to create CLI scripts on the fly to fix any issues. We were using it for QoS modeling to ensure that we were properly modeling QoS, and it basically said here is what you need to fix to get this QoS done, whether it is ACL or something else. It would either push or recommend. If you have the right credentials, you could also push. It is very good if you are a Cisco shop. It gives you reporting, latency, and bandwidth utilization for your applications, so you can do good capacity management planning. There are a lot of pieces that LiveNX can give you. It is a total NPM solution for SD-WAN."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"The support system could be improved."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"The initial setup is complex."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"I would like to see more statistics in the monitoring part."
"The implementation could be simplified."
"Fortinet FortiOS need to manage its memory and CPU utilization better. It peaks at times, which sometimes can be challenging."
"The solution could improve by making the dashboard easier to use."
"The reporting and monitoring could improve, they have a lot of limitations. The monitoring is not easy compared to the other firewall."
"Right now, all the features meet my requirements."
"Their first-level support is often poorly trained."
"The pricing model makes this product far more expensive than similar solutions."
"Sometimes the solution does not register devices properly and that is a bug."
"It is not as robust as other NPM solutions. For instance, there is a problem while labeling specific applications. It works well with well-known applications, but when you have to put in new applications that are not very known and set them up with names, ports, URLs, or some protocols, it is not as intuitive."
"The only downside to this software is the price."
"The tool crashes sometimes when we try to pull reports simultaneously."
"Improved documentation and more responsive customer support can help in addressing issues faster."
"This is a horrible solution and I think everything needs to be improved."
"They need to create a more simplified UI."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while LiveAction LiveNX is ranked 55th in Network Monitoring Software with 7 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while LiveAction LiveNX is rated 6.8. 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 LiveAction LiveNX writes "Greta visual analytics and real-time monitoring but requires better documentation". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas LiveAction LiveNX is most compared with ThousandEyes, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, OmniPeek and NETSCOUT nGeniusONE.
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