We performed a comparison between WatchGuard Firebox and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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."The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The ports that I have assigned appear to be unattainable to outside 'mal-actors,' unless they have an address registered on the internet that this thing is expecting. That's a layer of security."
"Management and visibility are the most valuable features."
"There are no problems with the technical support. If a problem occurs it gets resolved immediately with our technical support partners."
"One of the most valuable features is the Geolocation. Because we aren't a multinational corporation, it allows me to look at things which might be suspicious to make sure that they are legitimate transactions rather than people sniffing around the network."
"What I found most valuable in WatchGuard Firebox is that it's a functional platform that works, and each of its features works well. The solution also has good reporting and dashboard capabilities. I also find the overall performance of WatchGuard Firebox great."
"Their centralized console simplifies management for organizations with multiple Fireboxes."
"The security that is used for defending from the attacks is very good."
"I like that this product has very few issues."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"The solution is scalable."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The product’s firewall and VPN package are fantastic compared to any other solution."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"There could also be better reporting. For example, there should be more out-of-the-box management reports."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"We use WatchGuard to manage our failover for internet. If a primary internet goes down, it does a failover to the secondary the internet. However, what it doesn't do so well is that if the primary internet has a lot of latency but it's not completely down, it doesn't do a failover to the backup in a timely manner."
"We were able to take from an older configuration, build a new one quickly, and get it up and running, which didn't take long, but there was some pain around it."
"The data loss protection works well, but it could be easier to configure. The complexity of data loss protection makes it a more difficult feature to fully leverage. Better integration with third-party, two-factor authentication would be advantageous."
"When working with WatchGuard, specifically in configuring Panda Security on the portal for the first time, it was challenging for me."
"I believe there is a need for additional measures to connect mobile devices securely to the Firebox router."
"It's sometimes not easy to understand and can require specialist assistance."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall should have a better understanding of all dynamic cloud applications."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"There are some areas it could improve when it comes to blocking, we have to block some things manually. For example, if we block a top-level domain we have seen that the new IPs come through, the IPs are not blocked. There should be some more granular way of doing it. My only request is if you're blocking something at a top level, the sub-level sub-domains and all those other IPs should be blocked too automatically."
"Its technical support services could be better."
"Pricing is a challenge."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 15 reviews. WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.6, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Check Point NGFW. See our WatchGuard Firebox vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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