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Find out what your peers are saying about Sophos, Cisco, WatchGuard and others in Unified Threat Management (UTM)."One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"Management and visibility are the most valuable features."
"The set up was quite straightforward and we handled it in-house. It took a few hours to deploy the product."
"WebBlocker has the best URL category database ever."
"The client is easy to use and stable"
"It's hard to pick one feature over another. But if I had to pick one, the UTM would be the most valuable because of the notification. I get notified via email if there is any type of threat detection or alert, telling me something is wrong."
"The GUI is easy and intuitive."
"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."
"I could still keep the data rates really high, up near the two gigahertz data speeds, without compromise on the security perimeters being acted simultaneously."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"The user interface for WatchGuard Firebox has room for improvement. Right now, it's a bit complex to work with and could be easier."
"The drawbacks are just sometimes not having the technical information that we need in order to easily make connections with all of our Internet-based clients."
"The UI and web view aren't nice."
"When working with WatchGuard, specifically in configuring Panda Security on the portal for the first time, it was challenging for me."
"The reporting is a little on the weak side. I would like to see a better reporting set and easier drill-down options."
"I would like to see more training become available for us."
"The only downside is that it is missing an API, that you can use to easily collect information from it."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say their web blocker feature. It is still quite a confusing setup, especially when you want to filter out a particular category for granularity. For example, you do not want to filter Facebook but you do want to filter Facebook games only. It can be done, but the process to do it is very confusing."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 78 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.6, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Azure Firewall, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX.
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