Fortinet FortiGate Reviews

We use this solution as a firewall proxy. I'm the company manager. 

Valuable features include the performance, stability, and virtual domain ability as well as the management that it provides.

There are some limitations to the solution such as publishing multiple servers with a single IP. I'd also like to see some improvement in the support system. 

I've been using this solution for two years. 

The solution is stable. 

I think the scalability could be improved.

Technical support is a little slow and needs to be improved.

The initial setup is reasonably straightforward. 

Compared to other vendors and other firewalls, the Fortinet pricing is reasonable.

Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information. Additionally, you can determine if an action has taken place such as virus scan information.

In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three.

The stability is amazing.

The scalability is good. We have approximately 50 employees using this product in our company.

The setup is easy.

The solution is easy to implement, it takes approximately one day for deployment.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate a ten out of ten.

We use it as an end-server and to block traffic.

It's user-friendly and easy to operate.

The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better.

I have been working with this solution for three years.

We are using the latest version.

It's a stable project. We plan to keep using it.

This solution is scalable.

We have 300 users in our organization.

Technical support is a local vendor. We are satisfied with the support that we have received.

Previously, we used a MikroTik firewall.

The initial setup is not complex, it's easy. It took 30 minutes to deploy.

It only requires one person to deploy and maintain.

We have a vendor to support us.

There is really nothing to complain about with this product. It's a very good product to use, and it has just started to get the top ratings for firewalls.

This is a good product and I would recommend it.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We use it to protect our or our customers' full environment by using features such as IPS signatures, VPN, endpoint protection, and antivirus.

The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable.

The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved.

I have been using this solution for two years.

It has been very stable and reliable. We are comfortable with its stability.

It is good enough for us. We have about 15 employees who use this solution.

I would rate them a nine out of ten.

The set up was a little complex, but the interface and the process are user friendly.

The license is too expensive to renew. The license renewal process is also complex. 

I would advise others to use the documentation. The official documentation is very comprehensive and complete. I use the Cookbook Reference Guide.

I would rate Fortinet FortiGate an eight out of ten. 

We primarily use this solution for our firewall, Application Control, QoS, IPSec, and SSL VPN.

This solution has a very friendly GUI and CLI as compared to other vendors.

The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the user Portal.

This product could be improved with active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels. There are not enough recent online materials to assist in integration with Cisco for VPN, GRE, and IPSec.

Our experience with this solution is that it is stable and reliable.

We found the user interface to be better than what is found in other products.

Our primary use case is for checking sites, threat prevention, ransomware, and email check.  

We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites. 

They need to improve their technical support. 

The stability is good. 

It's scalable. We have 22 users. 

We were previously using Sophos XG. 

The initial setup was easy. The implementation took around two hours. 

I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

It is a UTM firewall with many features. It has helped me to control users and public multi-servers easily. It also can make the VPN connection free through advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless, simple integration into a large network.

It help me control users, so I could review how users access the Internet or the bandwidth, and what they use per day. 

• A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use. 
• The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers. 

One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering.

• It's version of throughput is good
• It has a strong active cluster, as you can have between three and 32 units to a cluster

Finally there is a UTM Fortinet. It has given me complete oversight of my network in a centralized fashion, so I know what is going on at all times. It provides me with a solution that can automatically take control of situations when they arise, with the most intuitive interface. It stops you needing to be on the phone to tech support, or a local vendor, for days on end.

• Security
• LAN
• WAN

I've used it for three years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

8/10.

8/10.

No previous solution was used.

It was easy to set up.

The most important factor is that you choose a firewall or UTM solution that fits your organizations security requirements. Begin by determining what business problem you are trying to solve, what technical controls you need to implement (Firewall, IPS, NAC, VPN, endpoint, mobility, web filtering, malware detection, etc.). Then, determine what hardware features you need such as (HA clustering, link aggregation or 10Gb, port sensity), and what kind of throughput, and how many concurrent connections.