We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Juniper Mist Edge based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"We use the FortiGate Sandbox to detect zero-day vulnerabilities, such as anomalies or malware, that are unknown and have not yet been discovered."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The visibility of the information that's available about APs through their cloud portal and some of the AI features are most valuable."
"The most valuable aspect of Mist Edge lies in its ability to provide comprehensive visibility into all network packets."
"Its customer service could be better."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"The reports are very basic."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The one area that we're specifically looking into is their outdoor APs. The development of their outdoor APs is lagging as compared to their internal APs."
"I would like to see improvements in ensuring government compliance for Mist Edge."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in WAN Edge with 306 reviews while Juniper Mist Edge is ranked 16th in WAN Edge with 2 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Juniper Mist Edge is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper Mist Edge writes "Stands out by offering insight into client data but is costly". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Juniper Mist Edge is most compared with Juniper Contrail SD-WAN and VMware SD-WAN. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Juniper Mist Edge report.
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