We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Meraki MX 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."It's very fast and easy to configure."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"All the security features that are built into the product are valuable."
"The most valuable features are site-to-site connections and UTM."
"It handles our current load with ease, and I think it can handle a bit more. It definitely can handle a lot more capacity than we currently use."
"The most valuable features are locking applications from in and out of my test network and testing malware on different devices. I use malware detection, antivirus, and basic firewall policies to check for different types of security breaches. The UI is really nice and easy to use."
"The thing that I like the most is that they're very willing to work with us to resolve issues that they haven't taken care of before in their product."
"The VM it's very quick for deployment. If we need to have a POC for a customer, if we don't have any hardware physically at our premises, at our store, in our office, we can download the VM from Fortinet and install all the VM to their environment in order to run it. If we have a customer that says "let's start tomorrow" we are able to do that in a way that's not possible with a hardware version."
"It is a complete package, and it has complete offerings. It fit the needs, and our customer is happy with it."
"The technical support is very good."
"Managed centrally over the web: You can manages all your Meraki devices in a single account."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"The features we have found most valuable are the firewall and the monitoring tools."
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"It is very easy to configure."
"Meraki makes it easy to be secure and know where the holes are to fix them. We have been fixing anything that we have ever found for 20 years. We keep up-to-date with firmware upgrades. We just try to stay on top of everything for security, like maintaining updates and getting rid of old systems. I feel like we're on top of it."
"MX is easy to manage, configure and install."
"Its ease of configuration and management is very useful for us and for other companies that don't have an onsite IT person. It is easy to configure and easy to manage. It is easy to configure the VPN with the Auto VPN feature."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"New versions are complicated with a big configuration."
"Improvements are needed for the responsive UI and JIT traffic reporting."
"They could provide more integration options with different platforms."
"The biggest area for improvement is storage configuration. It could be smoother."
"We have had some stability issues."
"The graphical user interface should be enhanced."
"Now they do have the ability to pop up a command line, which is nice, however, the fact that you can't do everything within the GUI is probably a problem."
"Pricing is an area where the solution lacks since it is an expensive tool."
"The problem is that the two licenses do not currently integrate. We have to create separate companies and do an interconnection."
"More detail needed for configuration of the VPN."
"They're very complacent and I find the rule set to be a little arcane."
"An area for improvement in Meraki MX is that it needs some provision, as supplying the unit through Cisco can be tedious at times, but as far as the product itself and its offerings, Meraki MX is five-star all the way."
"Load balancing options and ability to manage a couple of Internet connections."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"It is very expensive."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 58 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Meraki MX report.
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