We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"It has definitely improved our organization. It gives us remote connectivity, helps workers connect remotely, and also gives us good connectivity to our other branches."
"Previously, our customers had to always utilize hand-to-hand delivery. Now, they are able to move completely to a secure digital method. They use a strictly dark fiber optics connection from a central location to the endpoint."
"We can easily track unauthorized users and see where traffic is going."
"I like the user interface because the navigation is very easy, straightforward on your left side pane you have all the sites that you need to browse. Unlike any other firewalls, it's pretty straightforward."
"So far, it has been very stable."
"We have multiple secure internal networks linked with our plants. We are from a oil company, so we have multiple plant areas which need to have restricted network access. Therefore, we are using it for restricting access to the plant area."
"With Cisco, there are a lot of features such as the network map. Cisco builds the whole network map of the machines you have behind your firewall and gives you insight into the vulnerabilities and attributes that the host has. Checkpoint and Fortinet don't have that functionality directly on the firewall."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good."
"Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors."
"Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good."
"Simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories"
"We've found the solution offers us good stability."
"One of the most valuable features is Palo Alto's firewall management. We find it easier to manage the firewall centrally."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"The company is inventive and always adds a lot of great features."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"Cisco should improve its user interface design. There is a deep learning curve to the product if you are a newcomer."
"UTM features would be nice or some NextGen features."
"The central management tool is not comfortable to use. You need to have a specific skill set. This is an important improvement for management because I would like to log into Firepower, see the dashboard, and generate a real-time report, then I question my team."
"In terms of next-generation capabilities, Cisco is a little behind, and it is way behind the market leaders."
"The usability of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense is an issue. The product is still under development, and the user interface is very difficult to deal with."
"The pricing is a bit high."
"I would like the ability to pick and choose different features of it to run in a packaged infrastructure or modules, therefore I would like to have more customizability over it."
"Tech support could not answer all of our questions. I had to do research on the web to solve my issues."
"Higher levels of support are excellent but new users may need additional options."
"It would be nice if it could easily be integrated with Elasticsearch or Nagios."
"The product should get frequent updates allowing us to add new signatures."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"There are a lot of bugs in this solution."
"The reporting functionality in GlobalProtect needs to be improved."
"They should implement the features that the other firewalls have."
"They could improve by providing more features in the solution."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 28 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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