We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Fortinet FortiOS 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."Its stability is the most valuable."
"The technical support is great."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"Good for the servers and can stop network attacks, including spam."
"This product is affordable and it's a good, high-performance appliance."
"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues at all while using the product."
"I've found the UTM features and the SD-WAN to be most valuable."
"The thing that I like the most is that they're very willing to work with us to resolve issues that they haven't taken care of before in their product."
"It handles our current load with ease, and I think it can handle a bit more. It definitely can handle a lot more capacity than we currently use."
"It is highly scalable because it has a mesh architecture that allows consistent policies."
"The configuration, graphical interface and command line are easy to use."
"Firewall and overall management are valuable features."
"The interface is easy to understand, so when there are threats you get alerts. It's quite intuitive, but if you are ever confused they have instructional videos. For example, if you don't understand a graph there's a link to a video that explains what the graph means. It makes it very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the SD-WAN, SSL inspection, and IDS/IPS functions."
"Performance-wise, I think FortiOS is much better than its Juniper counterpart. Based on our actual experience and performance metrics, FortiOS-based products are much better than Juniper."
"The interface is good."
"This is a user friendly solution and offers comprehensive integrations."
"There are a lot of features that we like within the solution. The resources or performance of the firewall is very good. However, the real selling point is the fact that the solution offers so many features, it gives our clients a lot of extras that they can work with. There's a lot on offer."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"The reporting is not as good as it is with other firewalls and it should be improved."
"his is not a good solution for enterprises. It's better for smaller companies."
"The price is sometimes very expensive."
"The solution can improve by adding separate interfaces for proxy and flow-based usage."
"Areas for improvement would be application control and web filtering."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Support could be improved a little."
"The product does not have a good graphical interface."
"Real-time threat monitoring is not there."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing models. With the way they are structured, everything is very disparate and sold separately, and, depending on the solution, it can get quite pricey."
"There are some issues with the performance. We also had some issues while updating the firmware."
"Right now, all the features meet my requirements."
"For me, it is important to be able to block VPN applications, like Facebook, so I would like to see that included in the next release. With this version, if you want to block or allow a site, you now have to drag all the domains related to this site."
"Fortinet FortiOS's integration could be improved."
"You can enable and disable certain modules in it. However, with disabling, nobody can really tell us if that module is disabled."
"The GUI could be improved to make it more usable, easier to administer, and easier to configure."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Darktrace and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Fortinet FortiOS report.
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In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most.
PA is good at app control, web filtering and such like, they have always been top of the pile there. The GUI is very good, and their product is very user-focused.
Fortinet is good for scalability and predictable high throughput (ASICs in the hardware), and useful things like authentication flexibility, CLI config (if you have any networking/Cisco people, they always seem to prefer CLI over GUI) and have better OT features, maybe relevant to your manufacturing use?
Fortinet seem to have a broader integration offering with their security fabric than PA do, plus they can do Fortinet-based wifi, switching, etc. Depends if you are prepared to go all-in with a single vendor.
Hi,
Both FT and PA have compelling features for large Enterprises. I would like to add a few good points about Fortinetwhich might be helpful ( from my 13 years of engagement with them as Distributor and Partner)
Fortinet:
Have higher throughput; which comes with competitive rates
Wide range of models to select to meet your requirement, without spending heavliy
Outstanding customer support and very active customer care team
Easly available skilled resources from the channel for deployment and post-implementation support
Regards
Abhilash
Hello. The question is what you are going to have as a result of application