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Fabrizio Volpe
Real User
Senior Consultant at Unify Square
Feb 27 2018
What do you think of Fortinet FortiGate?
We're discussing a family of UTM (Unified Threat Management) appliances. FortiGate is a term which includes a wide range of products, starting with small ones dedicated to small offices, and developing into devices which are able to grant security and networking for large companies. The family includes physical devices and virtual machines, which grant network security on different layers using a single point of control. FortiGate is optimized to avoid bottlenecks or delays while the various controls are performed. High availability is also part of the available features with various solutions to avoid single points of failure. In the following short list, I will list some interesting points about the FortiGate solution. 1. Administrative Interface If you are...18 comments
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Cesar Nieves
Real User
Technical Services Manager with 501-1,000 employees
May 21 2018
What is most valuable?
It's a complete solution. You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the... more»How has it helped my organization?
The first benefit is the cost. It is very affordable. Also, it's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies... more»What needs improvement?
For me, at this time, it's very complete.What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing is good. They offer a lot of things, the most important is the support. Every time you upgrade your license,... more»Which solutions did we use previously?
I was using a SonicWall. The problem with SonicWall is that they were purchased by Dell, and apparently, Dell is not... more»What other advice do I have?
I rate FortiGate a 10 because every time I need to use the support, they are there. There were times when I went to a... more»Fortinet
Iz
User
Assistant Manager (Infrastructure) with 1-10 employees
Sep 10 2018
What is most valuable?
All the features are very good, straightforward licensing, Fortinet product integration, standardized FortiOS and... more»How has it helped my organization?
It has improved the security posture and visibility of our traffic. The OS and the firmware updates are very straight... more»What needs improvement?
I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting. I would also like them to... more»What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
They have very competitive solutions across the entire product line. They also offer very clear licensing and pricing.Which solutions did we use previously?
Cisco ASA. We switched to Fortinet Fortigate because it was easy to manage, and it uses a Single OS for the whole... more»What other advice do I have?
I found that the memory usage for the Fortigate firewall are relatively higher than other firewall brand when compared... more»Fortinet
Chingiz Abdukarimov
User
Senior Network & Security Engineer at a cloud provider with 51-200 employees
Sep 19 2018
What is most valuable?
Good VPN, both IPSEC and SSL (web-mode, tunnel-mode). An engineer/network administrator has tools to debug VPN issues... more»How has it helped my organization?
Better manageability (opening and closing ports/services/addresses is very quick). Outstanding reporting tools when... more»What needs improvement?
I think there could be more QoS features in GUI. FortiGate has Traffic Shaping that is enough in most cases, but... more»What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Setup cost may be not so low, as you expect, because it depends on different factors, but TCO for 5 years may... more»Which solutions did we use previously?
We used an old IPS from Cisco. We switched because of End-of-Support on that device.What other advice do I have?
Many interesting things are hidden in CLI, they can help you in different situations. Web-interface (GUI) is primarily... more»Fortinet
MnG32
Real User
Manager and General Attorney with 51-200 employees
May 21 2018
What is most valuable?
The filtering that you can do with the firewall.How has it helped my organization?
We have peace of mind. We do work in a very dangerous environment, the internet, and this device gives us alerts. It gives us the opportunity to... more»What needs improvement?
I would like to be able to do segmentation, for a specific user, with more priveledges. I would also like to see an easier user interface to... more»Which solutions did we use previously?
One of the main reasons we're considering switching from FortiGate is because many companies have a lot of features and you don't have to pay... more»What other advice do I have?
I would rate FortiGate at seven out of 10 because, although they are doing well, the problem is the licensing, the cost is too high, and how... more»Fortinet
Diana Nongera
Real User
Senior I.T. Administrator at a agriculture with 201-500 employees
Jul 29 2018
What is most valuable?
* DHCP functionality: The object tab where we manage our IP addresses and static. The DHCP monitors them. * FortiClient: You can easily connect... more»How has it helped my organization?
The greatest improvement was on security. If you put rules that will not allow certain traffic, it won't happen. You can close the traffic that... more»What needs improvement?
It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go.Which solutions did we use previously?
We were previously using Netgear, which was smaller. It didn't have the advanced technology in terms of what we wanted it to do. It was an older... more»What other advice do I have?
You don't need to reinvent the wheel, as FortiGate is the best solution. Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: * The ability of the... more»Fortinet
Reviewer3147
Real User
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Nov 12 2018
What do you think of Fortinet FortiGate?
What is our primary use case?: Our primary use case is for our small company. It is basically for users on the LAN-side. So, it is just for browsing mostly. • What is most valuable?: The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control. In addition, the firewall will act as a call-switch. So, the performance within the LAN is good. • What needs improvement?: I think the UI could be improved. In comparison, SonicWall is a better UI solution. • For how long have I used the solution?: More than five years. • How is customer service and technical support?: We sometimes wait 30-40 minutes to get a tech engineer. But, then they are pretty good. Whenever I call for a problem they will assist me and correct me and they will fix up the call. Only one they...Fortinet Projects
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One of the users on our site says about Fortinet FortiGate, "A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of... more»
Sunil Soni
User
Can I please get feedback on which of these three Firewall products are the best? Is there another product you would recommend?
Amitava Ganguly
Admin - IT Infrastructure, Networking ,Communications & Security at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
We are planning to procure UTM along with end point solution. Primarily we have selected the following brands and models by going thru different reviews.
SOPHOS XG 210 HW & SOPHOS XG 135 HW.
FORTIGATE FG 100E & FORTIGATE FG 60E.
Ours is a medium size organization with 100 desktops and... more»
Mehdi Gafsi
IT Manager with 51-200 employees
We are a medium size company with 120 employees across 3 offices and growing.
We are still debating between a cloud solution such as Zscaler Web Security or iboss and a physical appliance such as Fortigate 201E. Which Web Security Solution do you recommend?
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