We performed a comparison between Meraki MX 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."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."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MX is I can manage the solution from anywhere remotely, I can throttle bandwidth, and create all rules. Additionally, it is secure for our customers."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"Both the scalability and the scalability are great with Meraki MX."
"The dashboard is very intuitive and easy to understand."
"It prevents us from being hacked and delivers information about who and where the attack came from."
"We work also with domain control (DC) from Microsoft or Amazon. We use a whole virtual appliance with Meraki."
"In Palo Alto the most important feature is the App-ID."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"We can monitor the traffic manually and detect threats. Additionally, we can block different IP addresses and URLs."
"I have not actually called their support line, because we have a direct contact to a senior engineer in the company for any issues that we handle with them. I will say they are very responsive, and they do give you the information you need when you need it."
"It has excellent scalability."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability, ease of implementation, ease of operation, and security."
"The solution enables organizations to enforce policies."
"It ensures that every interaction, pre and post-loan processing, undergoes a thorough inspection, leveraging VPN features and comprehensive security protocols."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"Application management can be improved."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the license is not renewed at expiration date."
"It is very expensive."
"I do not have the kind of feature I need for SSL decryption in Meraki MX. It would be great to see the SSL decryption feature in Meraki MX."
"The whole Cisco Meraki range requires easier access for cameras. For a security center, it would be helpful to have easier access to cameras through the portal. Its licensing cost could also be better."
"More detail needed for configuration of the VPN."
"The product could incorporate tools like ThousandEyes into the system so we can see things directly."
"FortiGate is cheaper than Meraki. Even the license renewal is less than Meraki."
"The security is not as strong as it could be"
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration between the endpoints and the firewalls."
"All areas need improvement: manufacturing, education, financial, etc."
"The one issue that I didn't like is that the SNMP integration with interfaces didn't record the interface counters."
"The reporting part of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"We don't know how it will scale once we start putting more load on it."
"The product could be better in terms of performance than one of its competitors."
"It'll help if Palo Alto Networks provided better documentation."
"The solution's licensing could be improved, and training should be included before installation."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". 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". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and KerioControl. See our Meraki MX vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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