Fortinet FortiGate Reviews

• Flexible enough to handle everything we could want
• Configuration layout is easily understandable
• Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”
• VPN support and some anti-virus protection.

It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models.

I did not encounter any issues with stability.

No scalability issues, but communications is severely limited in our case by design.

They were our first firewalls on site.

It does require someone knowledgeable in routing, firewall rules, and these firewalls in particular. Once it is set up, they are easy to modify and maintain.

It is difficult as an end-user to setup continuing license contracts. It is possible to do between emails and their website, but it is practically impossible to find a phone number to call anyone directly.

We considered SonicWall .

It is an excellent product and works extremely well. If it is set up in a logical way, it is very easy to understand and modify. It is highly recommended to have a service “expert” familiar with these to set it up initially with customer direction.

• Load Sharing
• VDOM
• Security Profiles
• Vulnerability Assessment

6 Years

Yes, bugs.

No.

Poor.

We use FortiGate for controlling traffic and policies for web caching, user profiles, IPS, antivirus, etc.

FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful.

I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products.

My company has been using FortiGate for about four months.

This solution is very stable.

This solution is scalable.

Support is very responsive and their staff is well trained.

The initial setup was so easy! FortiGate has everything facilitated for deployment and we are able to do everything from their web interface.

This solution has a very user-friendly interface.

I would rate this a nine out of ten.

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.

It is a safe product.

The solution could be more user friendly.

I have been using the solution for approximately 6 years.

It is a stable solution.

We have over 5000 users using the solution at my company.

All the firewalls, more or less are similar, it is very easy to install this type of equipment on the premise of the customer. 

I configured the solution for my clients. We have a minimal of three technical employees doing the maintenance of the solution.

I think Check Point or Cisco are more user-friendly solutions.

We do not have plans to expand usage of the product at this time.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate a seven out of ten.

It performs well.

We have a lot of bandwidth.

• Box stability
  
• Security features, like SSL scanning. 
• Their service: Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal.

They need faster serviceability and more security features.

It has good stability compared to its competitors.

It is scalable. We are making a cost savings on the scalability.

We have been using technical support. Their response and resolution times are good.

Our previous solution had performance issues.

The initial setup was straightforward and easy.

We evaluated Cyberoam and Cisco.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: stability and service.

Primary use would be firewalls for the central office as well as all our branch offices. For some branches, we use the wireless feature.

The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support.

• Stability
• Ease of use
• Configuration
• The available feature sets

• It needs more available central management. 
• It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices.

It is very stable.

Since we are not virtual, it is a physical box. It scales well if you know what to buy from a physical box standpoint. They seem to offer something for every level.

The technical support is very responsive and qualified.

Cost and convenience are probably why we switched from our previous solution to FortiGate.

The initial setup is straightforward, once you understand the operating system environment.

I was not here at the time that they were evaluating other solutions.

I highly recommend the Fortinet product because of its implementation. It is a solid product with an easy configuration and good support.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: 

• Experience
• Installations of similar types which met our needs
• Pricing
• Support
• Ease of implementation.

We have secured our LAN IP subnets with VLAN segregation.

Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features. We use it as an internal firewall for VLAN segmentation.

When we need to enable Netflow on the firewall, there is a high CPU and memory usage that occurs. They should improve that high CPU and memory usage that occurs.

There were no stability issues.

There were no scalability issues.

Technical support is good.

We were previously using the Check Point and Palo Alto software. The price and user-friendly GUI are the reasons that we switched to this solution.

It is an easy setup and configuration.

It's a user-friendly and stable firewall. You can safely use it for all small and big LAN networks.