One of our clients in space evaluated FortiGate in terms of pricing and integration, and they chose FortiGate.

We evaluated some of the leading brands. At the time we found FortiGate easier to administrate and handle. The interface was intuitive and the solution was affordable.

I evaluated Palo Alto. They didn't have the complete solution we wanted. Neither did Juniper, which we also looked at. We looked into possible having Cisco, however, Cisco is too expensive. 

When we looked at Cisco, we also evaluated Meraki, which is a part of Cisco. It did not have what we needed either. 

After evaluating Sophos XG and finding its interface overly complex for our needs, we opted for the user-friendly interface of Fortinet FortiGate.

We evaluated Meraki, Dell's old SD-WAN, and Cisco's Viptela. Price and flexibility were the main factors. Viptela, Juniper, and others make it so hard to pick a solution. You have to be highly specific about what you want, including the amount of bandwidth and encryption level at every site. You have to pick a different router per site, depending on your functionality and requirements.

We evaluated Palo Alto Networks, but they did not have a presence in our region, so we did not move forward with them. We also evaluated Check Point, but it is not a government-approved solution in our region.

We did not look into other solutions. 

Yes, I tested and evaluated solutions from pfSense, Sophos, and Palo Alto.

We evaluated several options before going with Fortinet. 

I have evaluated other solutions, such as Cisco.

We chose it after comparing different solutions on the market.

I evaluated Cisco and Forcepoint solutions.

Fortinet is one of our top products, our main products. They have 75% market share, so we cannot ignore the fact that they are in the market, but I need an alternate solution. I don't want to depend on only one vendor, so I think Sophos will be a good option for us.

When we tried to find something better, our IT subcontractor recommended FortiGate or Stormshield. I tried to find a subcontractor at my location for both, but I could only find a subcontractor for FortiGate, so I chose FortiGate. I wanted to have a local subcontractor. There are some products for which we don't need local support, but for some of the products, such as a firewall, we prefer to have local support.

I've never looked at other products and therefore would not be able to really compare this solution to anything.

I have evaluated many other solutions, such as Sophos. If you look at Sophos, it has its own endpoint protection. It keeps a record of each client, what are the threats that have happened on each client level, and if there is a ransomware attack. It blocks it and notifies the firewall. I would be able to see a single dashboard view of what kind of threat has happened and how to mitigate them all.

Previously, we were using Turbo VPN to connect using mobile devices. The problem was that the users would be disconnected when the mobile was in a roaming area, and the connectivity is not as stable.

We moved to a cloud service and assigned a public IP address for that application, and we have cut out the VPN for it. That was a rare issue that we were facing with FortiGate.

We evaluated Palo Alto Networks, but the cost of the solution and support were higher than Fortinet FortiGate.

We definitely explore the options. We always understand the customer's requirements first and then offer solutions accordingly. We ask what the customer needs and what their budget is. If their budget is INR 10,00,000, and we find a product that matches their requirements, we will offer it. If FortiGate provides the same features and throughput but costs INR 11,00,000, we might still offer it to the customer. However, if FortiGate doesn't match the customer's requirements, we won't suggest it.

So the main differences between products are the features and specifications. If a product has the same throughput and features as another product but costs more, we may not suggest it to the customer.

I evaluated Check Point, but my problem was that it was too slow to install, and you have to wait long while your environment is down. With Fortinet FortiGate, it was instant. Fortinet FortiGate is very easy to install, unlike Check Point. Fortinet FortiGate is a better product.

Palo Alto, Cisco ASA, CheckPoint

We did not evaluate any other options for this purchase.

As a system integrator, we sell a lot of similar solutions from a variety of vendors. We have found that the Fortinet firewall has a much better throughput than that of the other vendors.

If a large customer is looking for a perimeter firewall then we suggest another vendor, such as Check Point or Palo Alto.

We are comparing the features of Zscaler vs. Fortinet. We are trying to determine what features Zscaler has over Fortinet and vice versa.

We considered Cisco, however we decided to go with Fortigate as it provides a good set of the features for the price paid,

I didn't evaluate other options.

I have evaluated other firewall solutions.

We evaluated many other firewall vendors, such as Juniper, Sophos, Palo Alto. and SonicWall.

We did evaluate other products, including solutions by Cisco.

We have considered the Linux Suite and HP BSM.

Most of the customers look at Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto, and Fortinet. They go with Fortinet because of the best performance per dollar spent and ease of licensing and management.

I looked at Cisco, and I think that FortiGate is more reliable, consistent and stable.

We evaluated WatchGuard, Cisco, and Palo Alto firewalls.

My company did not evaluate other options. They decided to purchase FortiGate directly.

We are not sole-distributors of Fortinet products currently. It is part of a portfolio of solutions that we offer our business clients.

We evaluated Cisco, Netgear, and Cyberoam.

Cisco was evaluated but we didn't want to pay for the VPN licensing.

pfsense; was decided against based required features (mainly VPN which is based in OpenVPN)

Paloalto; is a more expensive with comparable security features based on a recent NSS LABs report

We also looked at Juniper when we evaluated FortiGate. FortiGate is much easier to use in comparison which is why we chose it. The documentation was also better. That, and there was no integration for SSL in Juniper.

After switching from SonicWall, we did not evaluate options other than the current solution.

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated Check Point and Palo Alto Networks.

Before choosing the Fortinet FortiGate, I evaluated other solutions.

Our evaluation of the MikroTik RB1100AHx2e revealed that it lacks antivirus software and has no lock for botnet control centers.

In this particular instance, Fortinet was evaluated against an equivalent solution sourced from D-Link. I also evaluated a solution from Xirrus (now Riverbed) which promised better signal strength. However, when I ran the various WiFi planning tools from each supplier, the coverage differences did not merit the more expensive Xirrus solution.

I already have experience with Cisco ASA, so it was simply a customer preference and well within the budget.

I have evaluated Cisco solutions.

No

FortiGate is the most effective solution for us and it's a cheaper option to Check Point or Palo Alto which we looked at. They are both very expensive. 

Checkpoint, Cisco, Palo Alto, Sonicwall, Huawei, and Sophos.

We are not yet certain if we need a different solution in the future. We are evaluating our options. We have looked at Cisco and Barracuda solutions but I believe Cisco is very expensive and Barracuda might be the one we choose. It is too early to tell, we are still evaluating these options and others.

Other products are not so popular in Taiwan, but the IBM IPM solution is a major competitor to Fortinet FortiGate for firewalls.

Fortinet and Sophos are the main players for this type of solution.

We evaluated Palo Alto, Check Point, and Cisco.

This was an in-place firewall when I integrated the site to my org.

Taking into account the price criteria, nowadays Fortinet always wins offers in front of competitors like CISCO and Checkpoint. Mixing this key-point with other success keys like UTM features and performances.

I purchased this product because this is the one that the central office supports.

Sophos, Check Point, and SonicWall.

Yes, we did, Palo Alto and other solutions, but we found FortiGate to be the best solution at that point in time.

We evaluated other solutions, but I was not responsible for taking the final decision.

Other products considered were Sophos and CiscoMaraki.

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated Cisco.

We found the user interface to be better than what is found in other products.

We talked to several vendors like Cisco and Palo Alto Networks. There was another system and they gave us a test drive for a week running it on their premises to see how reliable it is.

We tested Cisco, a next-generation firewall, two years ago. We also tested the Palo Alto Networks equipment.

We also looked at BlueCoat.

I learned about different options and their benefits and listened to vendors' proposals for migration. We evaluated pfSense, which is open source. We were trying to determine whether to go for open source as opposed to an industry-standard and proprietary product. I also engaged other vendors who offered Sophos technology and SonicWall. I trusted the vendor-supported product and considered the cost associated with the migration. The current vendor could upgrade it with no implementation cost, and we just had to pay a monthly service fee or rental. 

Based on the research, FortiGate seemed like a reasonable firewall, and it is also more or less recognized and trusted all over, so I trusted FortiGate. Overall, I was happy with the performance of the FortiGate, so I kind of stuck with that one.

We made a comparison to two or three other products in this space, but I cannot recall the others.

I have compared solutions from other vendors including Palo Alto.

I'm an integrator, so I use SonicWall, Sophos, and Fortinet.

We evaluated Check Point, Cisco ASA.

We have evaluated Dell’s Sonicwall & Cyberoam.

We evaluated Sophos and Barracuda alongside Fortigate.

We did a total cost of ownership analysis against Sophos and also Palo Alto, but that was out of scope, it was too expensive. Another one was WatchGuard. When you start looking at the cost of the license for all the things that you get, Fortinet is by far the best option. The problem with the other companies is the licensing.

We considered SonicWall .

I think Check Point or Cisco are more user-friendly solutions.

We evaluated Cyberoam and Cisco.

I was not here at the time that they were evaluating other solutions.

We also looked at Palo Alto, Check Point and Cisco.

No

We try to help our customers evaluate and choose the best solution for them. Sometimes, they implement Cisco products.

In the past, we had evaluated Palo Alto and Cisco as possible solutions. 

Yes

• Palo Alto Networks
• Cisco ASA

We also looked at pfSense.

We evaluated other products including those from Palo Alto and Cisco. However, compare the features and price for all of them, Fortinet was the best choice.

SonicWall has a better UI solution.