We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and Palo Alto Networks K2-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."It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The solution can scale well."
"WAN optimization is the best feature of the solution."
"Site to Site VPN: The device can establish a VPN connection to multiple sites in a mesh environment in seconds, and without complex VPN knowledge."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"What I like best about Meraki MX is that it's easy to deploy remotely. The product works. It has automatic updates. I also like that Meraki MX is a brilliant device. You turn it on, stick the key in there, activate it, and then you're done. Meraki MX does what my customers need at the end of the day, so I also like that."
"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."
"Deployment takes no more than one working day."
"It is very fast to implement."
"Since it has an integrated dashboard for all the products, customers can get complete network analytics regarding what the user is doing, monitoring, and observing."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting."
"Palo Alto has better and finer controls than, say, Cisco or Check Point."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good."
"Everything I could possibly want has already been implanted in the new version."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is availability."
"The scalability of the product is quite high."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"Meraki tech support staff have a lot more visibility into your network than you do, which is frustrating at times. I understand the approach is to keep the dashboard easier to understand. This will frustrate more advanced users at times."
"You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch."
"We had minor issues with Meraki MX. We had a couple of RMAs, so that could be an area for improvement, but in terms of how the RMAs went, the turnaround time and getting those back into redeployment were quick. Another area for improvement in Meraki MX is that when you're scaling for multiple locations, you need to use the same model, but the model you'd need is only available for a short time. The specific model you require could be out of stock, or Meraki isn't making that model anymore, so Meraki should improve that."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
"The security is not as strong as it could be"
"It is very expensive."
"The current lead time is longer for Meraki MX, and it needs to be improved."
"The problem is that the two licenses do not currently integrate. We have to create separate companies and do an interconnection."
"Some users do not accept cloud-based data processing. They prefer on-premises functionality, especially for advanced threat analysis. While the general trend is moving towards cloud, specific customer needs should be considered. Perhaps certain functionalities, particularly in advanced threat analysis, could be offered as an on-premises option for those clients."
"Its networking features could be better."
"The scalability of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is good. It is good for larger environments over smaller ones."
"I would like to see the threat intelligence capability integrated with other vendors such as Cisco and Forcepoint."
"If we have issues, they take anywhere from two days to a week to respond. I even wrote to their CEO because there was no response. When it comes to support, this is the worst company."
"The technical support, and how they provide it to the client, needs to be improved."
"The licensing cost is a typical complaint with many clients. The solution is expensive."
"The product should get frequent updates allowing us to add new signatures."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 29 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4. 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 K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". 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 K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Meraki MX vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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