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Fortinet FortiGate mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiGate in the Firewalls category stands at 20.3%, up from 17.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Educational Organization
22%
Computer Software Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Government
5%
University
4%
Retailer
4%
Construction Company
3%
Healthcare Company
3%
Media Company
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
Insurance Company
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Non Profit
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Legal Firm
2%
Outsourcing Company
2%
Transportation Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%

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DineshKumar28 - PeerSpot user
Senior Manager at Cognizant
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
Sep 25, 2024
Effective threat prevention with responsive customer support

Pros

"It has a good UI and overall integration, including FortiGate Manager for controlling all firewalls from a single place. "

Cons

"The anti-malware engine could use an upgrade. "
JA
Project Manager at Expertsys Technologies Inc.
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
Nov 3, 2020
Product discussed: 6.25
Good pricing, good technical support, and fairly user-friendly

Pros

"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."

Cons

"The initial setup is complex."
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MURALI NIDAMANURI - PeerSpot user
Managing Director at VIPUN COGNITIVE SOLUTIONS PVT LTD.
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
Jun 25, 2024
Has good two factor authentication and client VPN for advanced threat protection across clouds and data centers

Pros

"The strengths of Fortinet FortiGate include network security, VPN, site-to-site tunnels, client VPN solutions, two-factor authentication for VPN clients, and SD-WAN for branch level. We have implemented these solutions for various customers."

Cons

"Regarding challenges, customers initially faced issues like internet dropping, but after firmware upgrades, everything worked well."
William Nogueira - PeerSpot user
IT Security Specialist at a agriculture with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
Dec 14, 2023
Helps reduce our mean time to remediate and our security risk, and provides good visibility into our environment

Pros

"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."

Cons

"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
Saurabh-Pal - PeerSpot user
Sr. Security Specialist at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
Jun 14, 2023
It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors

Pros

"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value. "

Cons

"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud. "
Luke_Smith - PeerSpot user
IT Infrastructure Lead at Harmony Gold Australia
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
Jun 18, 2024
Easy to use and provides good visibility of network traffic

Pros

"FortiGate is more feature-rich and has a broader range of hardware. T"

Cons

"The SD-WAN functionality is a bit overly complicated and not fully documented."
Ismael Abdelkader - PeerSpot user
Strategic Development Manager at Arrow Electronics
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
Feb 22, 2022
Simple to use and manage, helpful VPN and application control features, and it's constantly evolving

Pros

"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."

Cons

"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
Viraj Fernandopulle - PeerSpot user
General Manager Group IT at DART GLOBAL LOGISTICS PTE. LTD.
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
Mar 7, 2024
Product discussed: 7.4
Includes built-in APIs, is easy to deploy, and provides good insight into our network

Pros

"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."

Cons

"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
RahoolSharma - PeerSpot user
Lead Network Engineer in the tech vendor industry
Verified user of Fortinet FortiGate
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