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Fortinet FortiOS mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiOS in the Firewalls category stands at 0.9%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Comms Service Provider
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Educational Organization
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Construction Company
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Insurance Company
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Real Estate/Law Firm
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Transportation Company
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Consumer Goods Company
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CEO and SISO at IONBAY Consulting Servises
Verified user of Fortinet FortiOS
Sep 30, 2022
Easy to manage with good web filtering and good security

Pros

"For ten to 12 years it has been quite secure."

Cons

"Real-time threat monitoring is not there."
SG
Associate Director, IT at Khaitan & Co LLP
Verified user of Fortinet FortiOS
Oct 1, 2023
Product discussed: 7.4.7.12
Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging

Pros

"I find filtering traffic, filtering web traffic, session traffic, and managing the network as valuable features. "

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the reporting part. The reporting is only for logging data, and it's just a tabulation of the log in the report. I would like to be able to take down more information in the event of an incident."
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Infrastructure and Services Manager at Universidad Arturo Prat
Verified user of Fortinet FortiOS
Jan 9, 2022
Easy to use with a powerful CLI and a nice graphical user interface

Pros

"The technical support on offer has always been quite good."

Cons

"The pricing of the product is too high. "
Saleem Ullah Khan - PeerSpot user
Manager - IT Business Solutions at Kuwait Automotive Imports Company
Verified user of Fortinet FortiOS
Aug 20, 2022
Easy to set up, reliable, and good for traffic management

Pros

"It's simple to use in terms of inbound and outbound traffic management."

Cons

"I would like to see more statistics in the monitoring part."
RaynoPowell - PeerSpot user
Senior System Analyst at EOH
Verified user of Fortinet FortiOS
Jul 27, 2022
Great IPS and DNS filtering with useful tutorials available  

Pros

"Their classification inside of that database of the various threats is typically very, very good. "

Cons

"You can enable and disable certain modules in it. However, with disabling, nobody can really tell us if that module is disabled."
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Consultant at ZAM Food Industry Pvt Ltd
Verified user of Fortinet FortiOS
Sep 7, 2022
Great secure VPN encryption and bulk packet monitoring but should be controlled in the local environment as well

Pros

"The product is scalable and easily expands. "

Cons

"It should also manage the local DSCP network."
SM
Senior Network Administrator at Tawasul telecom
Verified user of Fortinet FortiOS
Jun 17, 2022
Easy to set up with good segmentation but need better support

Pros

"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."

Cons

"Their first-level support is often poorly trained."
Seth Kumar - PeerSpot user
Manager-IT Infrastructure at a wellness & fitness company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Fortinet FortiOS
Sep 3, 2022
Simple to set up with excellent pricing but needs better support

Pros

"The pricing is excellent. "

Cons

"SD-WAN configuration could be easier. "