Fortinet FortiGate Reviews

I primarily use this product as a firewall protection. 

With Fortigate, I find fewer attacks. The console easily alerts me about possible attacks so I can prevent the malware attacks.

It is easy to use.

The UTM filtering control could be improved. 

I do not have problems with the stability of the solution. It works well.

We do not use a lot of tech support. It is not readily available in our area.

The price of the solution is not expensive. It is affordable.

I use this product on AWS. FortiGate's VM GUI is slightly different than the hardware devices.

It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements.

I have found FortiGuard Services to be valuable.

It needs to improve its ISP load balancing.

No issues.

No issues.

I would rate technical support as a seven out of 10.

We had a previous solution, but switch because FortiGate is a one box solution.

Initial setup was not complex.

Easy to understand licensing requirements.

• Palo Alto Networks
• Cisco ASA

Easy to implement, and it is also reliable.

Simplifies administration and upgrades overall security.

UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome.

MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA.

No.

No.

Great support. It's quite good in Mexico.

Straightforward.

Great product with too many features at the right price.

• Policy control
• Web filtering
• Application filter works smoothly.
• Controlling and tracing with web console works nicely for windows systems.
• Better QoS than Checkpoint, I believe.

Previously, my organization had the Checkpoint firewall solution, which has been replaced by the Fortinet Fortigate solution, which is cost effective and more manageable from a beginner's perspective.

Fine QoS and Web based filtering solution is a plus.

• Maybe Linux system monitoring can be improved by the developers of the product.
• Although it has policy control and web filtering, these could be better.
• Application filter needs more control options.
• IP tracing works only so-so.
• Controlling and tracing with web console for Linux only obtains IP addresses.

• Anti-virus
• NAT
• VPN

It's the only security product in place that is responsible for guarding the network infrastructure deployed within the premises. The product has lived up to its expectation with no issues whatsoever.

The web interface could be made better.

I've used it for eight years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

We have managed to maintain the device without getting in touch with technical support. Credit can be given to the documentation provided.

This was the first security device that was deployed.

Setup was straightforward and the documentation was very clear which meant that there were no issues during the initial setup.

We had a vendor assist us who had decent knowledge about the product.

We also looked at pfSense.

The product has reached its end of life.

• IPS
• Web filtering

We are making use of the VDOM feature to segregate the traffic, and apply policy to control that traffic.

This product can't show the NAT status or NAT logs.

I've been using ForitGate for over two years alongside FortiManager 300D.

I have an issue with NAT only, in that I can't allow traffic from outside to inside using a NAT pool.

There was a bug related to device stability with HA configuration. We face many attacks on the network which causes the CPU usage to become high and, with the older device, we started losing the heartbeat and control messages, causing HA split-brain and lag flapping.This issue has been fixed in the new release.

No issues encountered.

They're good.

They're very good.

No previous solution used.

It was complex to setup.

We used a vendor, ALU to help implement it.

I deploy SD-WAN and we use it for a next-gen firewall.

The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy. You don't need to buy two separate devices for two functionalities. 

You don't need to spend your time on both devices for an SD-WAN and a security firewall device. You only need to manage in one console

The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function.

I have been using FortiGate for five years. 

Their support is good. They are experts. 

I think the pricing is fair. 

I would rate FortiGate an eight out of ten. They should improve the SD-WAN and central data management center.

Our primary use for this solution is as an SMB boundary firewall, and we now use their Security Fabric.

This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried.

Security Fabric makes VLANs a breeze. It impresses customers, as well as saves them money over the long run when comparing apples to apples.

FortiOS is not simple. Too many people think it should be simple to use, but the complexity of the product makes that impossible.

The support for this solution is ok.