Fortinet FortiGate Reviews

We use it as a firewall for securing our HQ and branch.

The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit. 

A feature for bandwidth monitoring and the ability to have more bandwidth testing would be useful to include in future releases.

I have been using the solution for just about a year.

We have approximately 40,000 employees and the product is very scalable. The different hardware units are quite good and are an appropriate size for enterprise-sized businesses.

They're very prompt and responsive, and very helpful. In our experience, they responded on the same day and the next day for fixes.

The installation was super easy, we were up and running in less than 50 minutes.

We did it the implementation ourselves. We used an in house team of four to do the deployment. 

Some of the software stability could improve.

I would recommend FortiGate to others.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate an eight out of ten

Our primary use case for this solution is to protect ourselves against email spam.

This solution helps to protect us against spam and offers features like intrusion prevention.

The most important feature is that it's easy to use. It is user-friendly and has all the features you need. You can have IDS (Intrusion detection systems) and IPS (Intrusion prevention systems) in just one device. You don't need multiples. 

The reporting needs to be improved. Also, the VPN (Virtual private network) monitoring needs improvement.

Beyond these improvements, I cannot think of any additional features that I would like.

It is a stable solution. We rarely have problems.

Regarding scalability, we have bought a very large box, so it meets all of our requirements.

We have a big company, with fifteen hundred end points.

The technical support is excellent.

I was not there when the initial setup was done.

Currently, we have five staff in charge of maintenance.

Each feature costs money, so it is important to study your needs.

Before implementing this solution, you have to study your network first, and then consider your needs. Decide what features you need and what features you don't need.

It is important to know what is required from the device because they come in very different models. There are different features and each feature costs money, so you need to be prepared so that you can optimize your cost. You don't want to end up buying something that you won't use in the future.

I would rate this solution eight out of ten.

E-commerce environment, enterprise data center.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

It has improved the security posture and visibility of our traffic. The OS and the firmware updates are very straightforward.                                                                                         

All the features are very good, straightforward licensing, Fortinet product integration, standardized FortiOS and automatic uninterruptable firmware upgrade. Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process.                                                                 

I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting. I would also like them to consider offering more predefined security templates.                       

One to three years.

No issues.

No issues.

Customer Service:

An eight and a half out of 10.

Technical Support:

They are able to identify an issue and resolve it within a pretty short period of time.

We previously used Cisco ASA. We switched to Fortinet Fortigate because it was easy to manage, and it uses a Single OS for the whole product. We were also able to learn how to use it very quickly.

It is very straightforward.

We implemented it ourselves with some assistance from vendor. Because of the limited assistance from the vendor, we do not know what the level of expertise was.

No

They have very competitive solutions across the entire product line.

They also offer very clear licensing and pricing.

Checkpoint, Cisco, Palo Alto, Sonicwall, Huawei, and Sophos.

I found that the memory usage for the Fortigate firewall are relatively higher than other firewall brand when compared to same traffic volume. It might be the scan engine do their job well or the scan engine not well tuning. If there is a details information about this would be good.

It is mainly for the SD-WAN network.

It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box.

At the moment, we are having some problems with IP multicast. 

We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities. 

It is stable. We didn't have any performance issues.

It is scalable.

Their support is good.

Its setup is easy.

I would recommend this product. We are very satisfied with this product. 

I would rate it a nine out of ten.

It is quite easy to handle.

Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports.

I have been using this solution for the last two years.

Its stability is quite good.

It is quite scalable.

Their support is great. I would rate them a five out of five.

Previously, we were using a different solution, and as compared to that solution, it is very easy to handle.

I would rate it a nine out of 10.

We've used this solution for the guest portal for our client and we also use it to secure the network of our firm. I am the IT infrastructure manager and we are customers of Fortinet. 

I like the fact that we don't have to use our IP address and that it roams. I also like the load balancing feature which allows you to attach several internet connections and load balance.

We have an issue with the license when it expires because we're unable to use the computers. We are in the hotel industry and there's an issue with vouchers when guests come in wanting to use them. 

I've been using this solution for five years. 

It's a stable solution. We had some issues after we upgraded but on the whole it's stable. 

We don't have scalability requirements so I can't comment. 

We had some issues with the local support, particularly with regard to purchasing the subscription. It took a very long time and at one point the license had expired and it took a while to sort out. 

The initial setup is simple and doesn't take much time.  

This is an affordable solution. 

FortiGate is the most effective solution for us and it's a cheaper option to Check Point or Palo Alto which we looked at. They are both very expensive. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

We primarily use the solution for network security and security next-generation firewalls.

The solution is quite user-friendly. 

We find that the system interface is simple to navigate.

The initial installation is very straightforward.

There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are.

It's my understanding that they are currently working on improving the cloud solution quite substantially.

I've been using the solution for five years.

The solution is very stable. It doesn't have bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

We find the solution to be quite scalable. If your organization needs to expand this solution out, you shouldn't have any problems doing so.

We have two or three different locations and have between 50 to 200 users amongst those locations.

The technical support is very good.

Most of the time, whenever a ticket is opened and we reach out to support on behalf of our customers, they offer good advice and are very responsive. We're satisfied with the level of service we're provided. 

The implementation is not complex. It's very straightforward to set up and does not take a lot of time to deploy everything.

That said, I did not handle the implementation myself, so I can't speak to more technical aspects of the job.

We had four or five resources that assist in network security and they all helped with the deployment.

I don't handle the pricing side of the product and therefore can't speak to anything in regards to the licensing or costs.

Although we largely handle on-premises deployment models, we have suggested cloud versions to our clients recently.

We are a solution-providing company, and we are offering products to our customers.

Although we really enjoy the solution, there's a lot of very interesting competition in the market. The competition is huge. As a partner of the product, we get a lot of questions we have to answer, and, to be honest, this solution isn't as strong in some areas as others.

That said, we would recommend the solution to others. 

Overall, I'd rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use this solution for our company firewall.

This solution has many good features. The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere.

I really like the fact that I am able to generate FortiCloud reports.

FortiWAN was supposed to help in doing intersite linking, but we've realized that most of the ISPs use BGP. FortiWAN supports OSPF but does not support the BGP protocol. This is a problem for us because without BGP they are not doing anything, and we've had to pack them up. I would like to see the BGP protocol supported on FortiWAN.

Technical support for this solution can be improved.

The stability is very good.

The scalability of this solution is fantastic.

I've been in contact with technical support a few times and it is good. It might be better, but as far as I'm concerned, it's good.

The challenge for the initial setup was at the ISP level. We have the Fortinet firewall running, but between the various sites, we wanted to implement FortiWAN. It didn't work because of the BGP issue.

The pricing for this solution is good.

This is a product that I recommend.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.