We performed a comparison between Fortinet Fortigate and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Fortinet Fortigate seems to be a slightly superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls to be one of the most expensive products on the market. Some also felt that the user interface and the documentation could be improved.
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The solution can scale well."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"One of the best firewalls on the market."
"DNS Security is a good feature because, in the real world with web threats, you can block all web threats and bad sites. DNS Security helps to prevent those threats. It's also very helpful with Zero-day attacks because DNS Security blocks all DNS requests before any antivirus would know that such requests contain a virus or a threat to your PC or your network."
"The most valuable feature is the security provided by the ATP."
"Flexible and integrates well with apps and other security tools."
"We have not had to replace hardware routers nor purchase additional hardware. So, that has provided a little bit of an ROI."
"The technology's very good. We have had a lot of good experience with this solution."
"The performance of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the power of the threat prevention and the WildFire service. Its strength comes from the huge number of sensors all over the world. The firewalls have a rich library of signatures."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"Surfacing actionable intelligence right away could be better. You have to dig far to get some of the information. If the solution could surface the two or three things out of the 10,000 a day that we really need to deal with, it would be helpful."
"The analysis of the ITS ID by Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls could be improved."
"We're working with the entry-level appliances, so I don't know what the higher-end ones are like, however, on the entry-level models I would say commit speeds need to be improved."
"The scalability compared to other products is not good. You need to change the box whenever you want your number of connection sessions to increase."
"I would like to see some Machine Learning because I have observed new types of attacks that are able to bypass existing security rules."
"The machine learning in Palo Alto NG Firewalls for securing networks against threats that are able to evolve and morph rapidly is good, in general. But there have been some cases where we get false positives and Palo Alto has denied traffic when there have been new updates and signature releases. Valid traffic gets blocked. We have had some bad experiences with this. If there were an ability, before it denies traffic, to get some kind of notification that some traffic is going to be blocked, that would be good."
"Its price can be better. They should also provide some more examples of configurations online."
"The stability, scalability for enterprise-level organizations, and technical documentation have room for improvement."
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Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 162 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls report.
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