We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Palo Alto Networks VM-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."FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate-VM are the servers, analyzer, and track protection."
"Initial setup was quite straightforward, as we can simply head to the required sections to apply the planned network."
"The reporting is good."
"In terms of administration, it's perfect."
"The ease of access and user-friendly setup is a valuable feature. Fortinet proves to be particularly straightforward to configure, offering simplicity without complexity. Moreover, visibility is easily attainable due to certain factors. Price, implementation, and budget considerations play a role. When it comes to Cisco implementation, the process tends to be more intricate, which many customers find unfavourable for their business needs."
"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."
"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues at all while using the product."
"An enhanced security solution for any kind of alert that we have configured."
"The most effective features for threat prevention are application-based prevention and WildFire. These features cover various threats, such as ransomware, malware, etc. They provide real-time visibility. By applying appropriate policies, threats can be blocked."
"The product provides more visibility into our traffic."
"In the newer version, there are 3850s, all of them are scalable. They fit better into the medium or small businesses."
"The solution enables organizations to enforce policies."
"The most valuable feature is the Posture Assessment."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series's most valuable feature is the visibility of the environment."
"It has a good performance which helps you with the stability of your virtual environment."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The one thing that could be improved is the integration with the exchange. The gateway level controls can be enhanced a bit more. For example, it's still little here and there. You do get malicious attacks and suspicious emails like spam. It's not like Sophos where we got a lot of spam email, and yet, it's still relatively vulnerable. It can be upgraded, maybe with a fifth-generation firmware that it is ready for unknown threats."
"The biggest area for improvement is storage configuration. It could be smoother."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The solution should provide more useful GUI features."
"We have experience stability issues, when the product sizing is wrong or on configuration errors."
"New versions are complicated with a big configuration."
"Compatibility and integration with other products or vendors such as Cisco SD-WAN products need improvement."
"People are less aware of Palo Alto."
"The disadvantage with Palo Alto is that they don't have a cloud-based solution that includes a secure web gateway."
"We feel that the setup was complex. So, we asked the tech team about the setup process. They explained how to deploy it in the right way, which made it very simple."
"Integrative capabilities with other solutions should be addressed."
"We have run into some issues with scaling and limitations associated with some of the configurations."
"The solution needs to have more easily searchable details or documentation about it online, so it's easier to Google if you have queries."
"Palo Alto should update their documentation to make it more readable and provide easier-to-follow instructions through videos."
"There are various reports that come with the box or with the VMware, but you can only run them daily."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Huawei NGFW. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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