Fortinet FortiGate Reviews

We use it for security. It performs okay.

It controls the traffic in the organization and the navigation of the Internet. It blocks some sites and permits limited access to our information through the web. We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact.

• The security
• Monitoring
• Alarms

It is a very strong platform.

There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract. 

Just today, our platform was down seven hours today. We called the technical support and they told us that there was some maintenance in the cloud for the platform.

The scalability is good.

The technical support is good.

The initial setup is not difficult, but tricky. It's easy, but it's important that their technical support will help you during the configuration of the platform. Procedures that appear logical are not always so.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: The security of the platform, because we are very concerned about cybersecurity. Also, the customer service response is important.

The company has integrated the LDAP with the UTM to control user traffic in senses and have a high availability for Active/Passive to assure uptime in case of physical failure. Our company is cloud driven and downtime becomes critical.

The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall. If the employer BYOD, we can accommodate it the need by having an isolated networked exclusively for that equipment which does not comply with the internal policies.

The value is the capability of having multiple services with one unique license, not having the limitation per user licensing schema, like other vendors.

Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance.

FortiGate/FortiWifi:

• IPS
• Application control
• IPsec & SSL VPN
• Web filtering
• E-mail security
• Data leak prevention
• Wireless security and wireless controller
• Central antivirus (FortiClient)
• HW & SW token controller (FortiToken) etc.
• FortiManager

• Central management
• Administrative domains (can group devices according to geographical are, functionality, admins, etc.)
• FortiGuard management
• Logging and reporting
• Configuration version control and tracking
• Firmware management
• Scripting
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• FortiAnalyzer

• Centralized security log analysis and forensics
• Centralized graphical reports
• Customized reports
• Scheduled reports
• Queries
• Content archiving/data mining

Routing and security policies, central management and all of the other features help us to improve network performance and implement organization policies.

They could improve vulnerability scanning.

I have used it for three years.

We encountered a few stability issues; maybe one case per year.

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

Technical support is 10/10. They respond and offer solutions very fast.

We previously used Cisco solutions. They are more expensive, have fewer features, are more difficult to use, and response and help from
technical support is not quick.

For Fortinet solutions, the initial setup is very easy.

They are very cheap compared to other vendors.

Fortinet solutions are very easy to implement, proven, certified and tested.

We're using both firewall and UTM features, as well as the inbound and outbound traffic load-balancing functionality. We are also using the VPN.

I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure.

The interface is user-friendly.

The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response.

We have been using Fortinet FortiGate for almost eight years.

This is a stable and reliable product.

We have had no trouble scaling the solutions.

Technical Team response time is slow comparatively other competition , However once the Engineer is allocated then incidents are managed properly

The initial setup is straightforward and it is very quick to deploy.

We purchased a five-year bundle package, which worked out cheaper than competing solutions.

We evaluated other products including those from Palo Alto and Cisco. However, compare the features and price for all of them, Fortinet was the best choice.

This is a good product and I can recommend it to others.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case is for our small company. It is basically for users on the LAN-side. So, it is just for browsing mostly.

The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control. In addition, the firewall will act as a call-switch. So, the performance within the LAN is good.

The UI could be improved. 

We sometimes wait 30 to 40 minutes to get a tech engineer. But, then they are pretty good. Whenever I call for a problem they will assist me and correct me and they will fix up the call. Only one they are sure we have solved the problem will they disconnect from the call. Whenever the issue arises, they're available to help.

I also have prior experience with SonicWall.

The initial implementation was straightforward.

I do not have personal experience with the pricing of the solution because my boss has been taking care of that aspect of the relationship with the solution.

SonicWall has a better UI solution.