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Fortinet FortiDDoS vs VMware NSX comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiDDoS
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection (17th)
VMware NSX
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Network Virtualization (2nd), Cloud and Data Center Security (1st), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (8th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (7th), Network Automation (5th), Microsegmentation Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Fortinet FortiDDoS and VMware NSX aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Fortinet FortiDDoS is designed for Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection and holds a mindshare of 3.2%, up 3.0% compared to last year.
VMware NSX, on the other hand, focuses on Network Virtualization, holds 46.2% mindshare, up 45.9% since last year.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
Network Virtualization
 

Featured Reviews

Yazan Omar - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 3, 2024
An easy-to-use tool with great GUI
My company's clients use Fortinet FortiDDoS since it is a very good tool that is easy to use. The tool's GUI is really good. When it comes to the troubleshooting part, the tool functions very smoothly My company's clients want to manage their high-end server requirements with high throughput. The…
Chris Nixon - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 29, 2022
Overly complex, initial setup could be simplified, but the migration methods are good
We were using VMware NSX for high availability.  We recently used it to migrate a way to the public cloud The migration methods are the most valuable aspect of this solution. The rest is just overly complicated. We had some issues with the cloud version. It needs to be cheaper. We are stopping…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We have researched them all, and it's a good solution all around."
"The product's initial setup phase was really easy."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud DDoS scrubbing capability."
"Among its key features: Detects and mitigates DDoS attacks at L3 to L7; negligible to zero false-positives; Generates and sends reports without the need for an expensive third-party solution."
"It allows me to see all the traffic on my network."
"The product allows the users to adjust the thresholds."
"The solution already has security profiles and it can protect from DDoS attacks and other kinds of attacks."
"The protection resources and the support are valuable features of the solution."
"Though I haven't been working a lot on VMware NSX, it's good to have. What I like the most about it is that its console is good, and it doesn't take a lot of effort in terms of doing my daily tasks on it or what it's meant for. VMware NSX is still a preferred product in the market."
"It is easy to implement it."
"The migration methods are the most valuable aspect of this solution."
"One significant advantage of VMware NSX is the ability to provide advanced security at the micro-level, focusing on securing applications and workloads rather than just the network structure or virtualization-based network security."
"It has reduced the number of people on the network team along with the system engineer involved in the security process. So, it is valuable."
"It gives more security and micro-segmentation. It helps to set network configurations in an easy way."
"VMware NSX is a very good solution. It's also a scalable solution."
"We are happy with the scalability."
 

Cons

"The tool needs to focus more on the area of application traffic management, where it currently has some shortcomings."
"I would like to see analytics, big data."
"Alerts and reporting features must be improved."
"The challenge lies within the customer environment, particularly in Brazil, where companies have stringent security requirements for implementing solutions."
"All the thresholds that need to be configured should be included in the default so that user will not forget or misconfigure."
"The only thing they need to do is to automate it. Today, you must create tools that do not require the use of an expert or anyone with special skills."
"The product’s pricing needs improvement."
"There aren't really any aspects of the solution we are unhappy with. It's been a positive experience overall."
"Migrating from V to T is very tricky, complicated, and there are a lot of parameters to account for."
"One aspect that needs improvement is the need for further automation."
"Traffic flow introspection topology visibility is definitely needed because at the moment, NSX-T lacks in this area."
"I think that one of the more important things to see better integrated into the NSX product would be an IDS/IPS type solution."
"There is room for improvement in VMware NSX's workload management, particularly in the orchestration layer and in managing workloads across multiple clouds."
"Going through and getting more features sets from the routing protocols is definitely necessary for the future."
"One drawback is this solution requires a lot of other products in the VMware ecosystem to have a full end-to-end operation orchestration monitoring. You have to buy a lot of add-ons to fully utilize the functionality."
"It still needs to grow. There are still some features that it doesn't do, like it doesn't do multicasting."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's quite pricey."
"The product’s pricing needs improvement."
"The solution is reasonably priced."
"All the institutions have to pay monthly for the services in the cloud. They have to pay $30,000 every month for this service every three years."
"The solution is reasonable at the local level."
"The subscription is on a yearly basis."
"We haven't had to hire a dedicated network engineer because NSX handles 90 percent of it. The reduced overhead in terms of managing networks has been the biggest plus."
"I'm unable to give information on the pricing or licensing cost of VMware NSX because I've never been someone who looks into the economic part of any security or virtualization solutions. That's handled by an entirely different team, and I don't even have the slightest idea about the costs associated with the solution, though I've heard pricing for VMware NSX is on the higher side."
"The solution is free and the price for the support can be expensive."
"The pricing is higher than other options from Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Cisco because it is sold in a bundle."
"If five is a good price and one is a high price, I would rate the price a one out of five."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Arbor would be the best bid, apart from Arbor, Palo Alto and Fortinet have good solutions. As this is an ISP, I would prefer Arbor.
What do you like most about Fortinet FortiDDoS?
The product's initial setup phase was really easy.
What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
There are some very major differences between both the Products and to name a few. -Cisco ACI have physical network gear (9K Switches) where the Code runs in ACI Policy Mode & the UCS server wh...
What are the biggest differences between Cisco ACI and VMware NSX?
Once you know your way around the Cisco ecosystem, using Cisco ACI is not so difficult. It is a global product, so when you change one interface, changes are automatically reflected on every switch...
What do you like most about VMware NSX?
The product has valuable features for security and network extension.
 

Also Known As

Fortinet DDoS, FortiDDos
VMware Nicira, Lastline Defender
 

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Sample Customers

Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
City of Avondale, Lumeta, Kroll Ontrack, Heartland Payment Systems, Baystate Heallth, Exostar, Tribune Media, iGATE, NTT Communications, Synergent, California Natural Resources Agency, Bloomington Public Schools, Columbia Sportswear, Join Experience S.A, Schuberg Philis
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