We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Fortinet FortiGate 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."The GUI configuration is its most valuable feature"
"I like the common administration and the possibility of adding Fortinet defense systems."
"The solution’s interface is pretty user-friendly."
"Fortinet offers comprehensive security solutions for various purposes."
"The solution's application control is very powerful."
"FortiGate NGF is simple compared to other firewalls. It is easy to use and you don't need any training. Any person with basic firewall knowledge can use it."
"It is a very user-friendly solution. Moreover, Foritgate offers good performance."
"The solution has helped our organization secure our network and connect remote sites."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"Being a great product, some changes in the pricing would make it a great choice for even more organizations."
"The solution needs to integrate VPN features."
"FortiGate NGFW can improve technical support. The engineer who answers the technical support call, email, or phone call, whatever the medium may be. The response time is very bad."
"Vulnerabilities owing to viruses in the OS need to be reduced in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall from an improvement perspective."
"Its load balancing feature could be easy to configure."
"Its technical support could be better."
"The product has to be upgraded every few weeks."
"The product's data guard feature should support a USB port when the internet connection is unavailable."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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