We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and WatchGuard Firebox 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'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"It is a safe product."
"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."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"It allows us to see all our traffic to properly secure it and only allow what is needed through the firewall."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"They now know the details about their network traffic that they did not know before: Applications that they are using and some application they did not know they were using."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"The solution strengthens our IT posture."
"The most valuable feature is the Posture Assessment."
"We can monitor the traffic manually and detect threats. Additionally, we can block different IP addresses and URLs."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"The most valuable are the VPN and proxy features."
"The main reason we went with it was the security protocols. They were more robust on this device."
"There are many fantastic features."
"It's very easy to use, especially compared to similar products. A lot more users use the WatchGuard appliance now than use the SonicWall appliance because of the ease of usability."
"As a whole, it has a very low requirement for ongoing interaction. It's very self-sufficient. If properly patched, it has very high reliability. The total cost of ownership once deployed is very low."
"The most valuable features of this solution are live logging, rule setup and maintenance, and VPN creation."
"It saves us time in the respect that we now have the template built for it so we can get in and get it done. We've had much less problem supporting Voice over IP technologies from different companies. Because our client base has grown over the years, we're probably saving 20 to 30 man-hours a month now that we've got this on a good stable level."
"It has everything we need in terms of functionality."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"The product could be better in terms of performance than one of its competitors."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration of multi-factor authentication vendors."
"On the cloud side, they need to come up with more HA solutions to support the multi-region."
"The utilization monitoring and GUI have room for improvement."
"It'll help if Palo Alto Networks provided better documentation."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is a complex product to work with."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"I would like to see more training become available for us."
"The performance of the solution's processor needs to be faster."
"Setup of this solution is complex, it's not plug and play."
"I would like to see more tutorials on setting up the Firebox."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"Reporting is something you've got to set up separately. It's one of those things that you've got to put some time into. One of the options is to set up a local report server, which is what I did. It's not great. It's okay... Some of the stuff is a little complicated to get up and running. Once you do, it becomes very user-friendly and easy to work with, but I find there are some implementation headaches with some of their stuff."
"The usability could be better, but it is definitely manageable. If we have to go to a backup internet connection, that could be a little bit easier."
"The UI and web view aren't nice."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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