We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and Untangle NG Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The interface is very good."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"The interface is very good."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"All features are useful. We are using premium features such as bandwidth sharing, failover, web filters, SSL controls, antivirus, and VPN. We use these features to the fullest. These features are available in the paid firewall license, not the free one."
"The product is easy to implement."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"There is room for improvement in the logs. Like with Cisco, I can do almost everything and know almost anything about what's running. Untangle works very much out of the box. It's very user-friendly, but it's not engineer-friendly. So, it's good for a home user. For something fairly easy, but at the same time, with good technology to have at home, because at home, I'm not a millionaire or anything like that. So it's not like I'm worried to get hacked. I didn't want something like a Cisco firewall; it would be a bit overkill to have at home. So that's why I went for Untangle. But it lacks a few features. It's just a tick-box kind of thing. So they have apps and turn on and off the apps. The VPN's configuration is all very ticked. They have a few custom configurations, but it's not that much."
"The hardware can be improved."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
Earn 20 points
McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 22 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ.
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