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Meraki MX vs Untangle NG Firewall comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiGate
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Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
316
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (2nd), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (1st), WAN Edge (1st)
Meraki MX
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Unified Threat Management (UTM) (2nd)
Untangle NG Firewall
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (26th), Unified Threat Management (UTM) (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

DineshKumar28 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 25, 2024
Effective threat prevention with responsive customer support
We are using Fortinet FortiGate as a firewall Fortinet FortiGate has been invaluable. It has helped save costs due to its various features, reliable performance, very good UI, low latency, and stability. The Threat Intel engine in Fortinet FortiGate is highly rated for its effectiveness in…
Spencer Malmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 22, 2022
Very easy to deploy with a simple configuration; stable and scalable with great support
The Cisco supply chain is problematic although that may not be all their fault. What I really want is to be able to sell the solution and deploy it for my clients. They are very cagey about the availability of their product and they definitely take better care of their larger clients, pricing out mid-sized organizations. I'd like their policy rules to be closer to those of some of the other vendors. They're very complacent and I find the rule set to be a little arcane. There's no company ou there that does the combination of hardware quality, reliability of service, and most importantly, the quality of the interface.
Josh Evans - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 21, 2022
Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for
I've heard other people saying that other firewalls have better detection rates, so better security. If they can improve the security of the device, I'm always for that, but at the moment, we've been happy with the service that we're getting out of them. It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves. It could use some improvement for Azure Active Directory Connections. It does exist, and it is available, but it needs work to be able to fully authenticate. I know there are some advanced features that other firewalls have that aren't present in Untangle, but we've never noticed any feature that we need but isn't there. I also know a lot of people have complained about the cost per device because they license by device counts. So, once you get over a certain number of devices, it is not really a cost-effective solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The GUI is good."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"The features we have found most valuable are the firewall and the monitoring tools."
"Meraki MX offers advanced filtration options, plus it behaves like a router and a firewall at the same time."
"The internet traffic shaping has been very valuable."
"Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS): The best feature. It can detect malware, even a virus, and warn you by email about the device that has it. When the Meraki detects that something is wrong, it automatically blocks the connection or the intrusion, delivering a graphic report with all the necessary content."
"I think cloud management is key. The cloud management and support are the two things that make the product great."
"Both the scalability and the scalability are great with Meraki MX."
"The dashboard is very intuitive and easy to understand."
"It is very easy to use and manage. It is also very easy to scale."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"Its detection, antivirus, and filtering features are the most valuable. The facility to connect by using the VPN connection is also a very valuable feature. It is very strong, secure, and reliable. We have implemented the Untangle solution in all hardware. It is also a user-friendly solution. It is easy to learn and easy to configure."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"The majority of our clients are very small businesses, and Untangle devices have been fantastic for these small clients. We've basically standardized our stack to just simply use Untangle. We include the hardware and the service option, which makes it very easy and affordable for us to just simply push that into the monthly per-user costing that we provide as a managed services provider. It's really a no-brainer. They're easy to use, and they're easy to set up and configure. Support is generally good about resolving any issues that we have. We haven't had any real complaints."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the content filtering."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"Application Control and filtering features are valuable."
 

Cons

"The scalability could be better."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"The anti-malware engine could use an upgrade."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"When it comes to cost, that's a pain point."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
"I need more UTM protection security features."
"Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the license is not renewed at expiration date."
"What I would like to see in the next version is to have more interfaces for WAN links."
"It is very expensive."
"Pricing is an area where the solution lacks since it is an expensive tool."
"MX can only be managed via a web interface, but I'm accustomed to using a CLI or a graphical interface. I would also like to see more reporting features. It doesn't provide enough information for me to know precisely about some clients."
"The common center facility that Untangle provides should be available on-premises. There are great corporations here in Mexico that like the Untangle solution, but they don't like the fact that the monitoring and access to the appliance are in the cloud. They request for the common center facility to be available and installed on-premises."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"Whenever there are a large number of endpoint VPN clients, connectivity becomes slow."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They need to be competitive with other solutions."
"It's a very full-featured and it's priced well solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate gives you most of the features in one license."
"The pricing depends on the FortiGate model we are using, ranging from $3,000 to $20,000 US dollars."
"We find the most valuable aspect of this solution is the price. It is affordable, and cheaper than other firewalls."
"Fortinet FortiGate allows you to purchase licenses for hardware and software."
"The price is okay."
"Fortinet has more device options that are affordable for small businesses than Palo Alto, and its enterprise-level models are also cheaper. Palo Alto also has a separate license for VPN connections and SD-WAN, but FortiGate offers these features standard."
"​Other content filtering solutions that I have used had more bells and whistles, but given the cost, complexity, and management overhead, I am very pleased with Meraki’s solution."
"We just have to pay for the product and the license. We have a license for three years, and it is renewed every three years. It costs $1,200 for three years for one endpoint. Meraki had a good promotion for remote workers or remote workforce. The discount is very good. This promotion continues till the next fiscal year of Cisco."
"The price varies depending on the hardware platform as well as the type of license and whether you're adding security or not."
"The pricing for Meraki MX is all right, but as the hardware needs to be licensed, the cost depends on the complexity of the device and the term. Pricing could be $100 to $10,000 yearly or even more for a more complex device."
"Meraki MX is an expensive solution."
"Meraki MX's pricing is cheaper as compared to Cisco's standalone products."
"The product’s price is reasonable."
"It can always improve pricewise regarding throughput."
"Usually, it's about $350 a year for 12 users, and it's about $600 for 50 users. It's very reasonable as compared to the others. One of the reasons is that they're all open-source. You just buy their appliance and put it in until it dies. Because it's run under open platforms, mine seems to always work on older equipment. I've taken old equipment and put a new hard disk in it. I have taken about nine-year-old computers and put their operating system on them, and ran them like a champ. The only thing that changed was the hard drive because I don't trust a hard drive that's more than three to four years old."
"We pay $350 USD per year for the solution. There are no additional costs. As long as you're not using a physical appliance, that's all you need."
"For the home use, it's cheap."
"It is not expensive. The best part is that it is based on the pay-per-use kind of scenario. An increase or decrease in the number of people doesn't make any difference. We are really happy about using this particular scenario."
"This is not an expensive product. It is affordable and there are different packages available depending on the features that you need, or the sector that you are in."
"It is not expensive. It is cheaper than Fortinet."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The tool's pricing is moderate, and licensing costs are yearly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
22%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Educational Organization
25%
Computer Software Company
15%
Retailer
5%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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Also Known As

FortiGate 60b, FortiGate 60c, FortiGate 80c, FortiGate 50b, FortiGate 200b, FortiGate 110c, FortiGate
MX64, MX64W, MX84, MX100, MX400, MX600
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Sample Customers

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Dell, HP, Oracle, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Vodafone, Orange, BT Group, Telstra, Deutsche Telekom, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, CenturyLink, NTT Communications, Tata Communications, SoftBank, China Mobile, Singtel, Telus, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, Telkom Indonesia, Telkom South Africa, Telmex, Telia Company, Telkom Kenya
Hyatt, ONS
North American Stamping Group, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey (CPNJ), Brown County Schools, IN, City of Bridgeton, MO, Lancaster County, SC, Vision Charter School, Clay County Sheriff’s Department, NC, Breakwater School, Boys & Girls Club of Manchester, NH, Admiral Farragut Academy, Flow Companies, No Ordinary Hotel, KECdesign,
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