We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"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."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks WildFire are the good URL and file analysis that uses artificial intelligence. It has different interfaces, such as rest, SMTP protocol, and HTTPS. The Security incidents and event management are very good. Additionally, there are many file types that are supported and there is no limit to the number of files it can handle simultaneously. It integrates well with SIEM solutions."
"It is the best device in comparison to other network products in the marketplace."
"The solution is completely integrated with all the other Palo Alto products. I think that it is the best part for endpoint protection. The firewall features include URL and DNS filtering, threat protection, and antivirus."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"The reporting feature helps our performance."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks WildFire is its ability to adapt to environments and its robustness."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"Application management can be improved."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Lacks training for new features."
"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."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"The solution can improve its traffic management."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"The support is good but they could be faster."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way to install and deploy it, such as through the inclusion of wizards."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire should be more real-time in nature. The signature updates should happen in a minute or less than a minute to be a very good feature for the customer."
"They can keep on doing more updates. As new malware and viruses are coming out, they can make sure that WildFire is up to date."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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