Cisco Secure Firewall vs Sonatype Repository Firewall comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiGate
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Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
306
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (2nd), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (2nd), WAN Edge (1st)
Cisco Secure Firewall
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
404
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (4th), Cisco Security Portfolio (4th)
Sonatype Repository Firewall
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (35th), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (14th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Firewalls category, the market share of Fortinet FortiGate is 22.9% and it increased by 13.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of Cisco Secure Firewall is 6.4% and it increased by 1.3% compared to the previous year. The market share of Sonatype Repository Firewall is 0.0% and it increased by 15.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Firewalls
Unique Categories:
Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions
21.5%
WAN Edge
24.4%
Cisco Security Portfolio
7.1%
Application Security Tools
0.4%
Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
1.4%
 

Featured Reviews

WA
Sep 29, 2023
Nice GUI, easy to configure, and has a reasonably priced licensing model
I primarily administrate the solution as a firewall. It's a perimeter solution. We filter content in order to ensure protection. We use it to publish services on-premises The GUI is good. It's a basic firewall and it's a simple configuration. It can be ported very easily to our unit. All of the…
DS
Jul 2, 2019
A flexible and easy to manage solution for segregating our servers from the rest of the environment
We use this solution as a firewall and for the segregation of our servers from the rest of the environment Instead of using multiple firewalls, we only need to rely on this solution. It has a small footprint. The most valuable features are the flexibility and level of security that this solution…
Ashish Shukla - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 11, 2022
You will get clean code every time, and that's a great achievement
For the QA team, it's a really good tool. For those who are not on the QA team, it is also a good tool to use for SDL in the SDLC. It plays a very critical role of doing the automatic quality check recommendation. Meaning, when using this tool, people can easily rectify the issues in the environment itself, instead of going to a higher environment and identifying them. This tool is quite easy to use and learn. We decided that there was no need to hire anyone new who would specialize in this. We had a team of about five to ten people who learned how to use this tool. There are some other automation tools like Jenkins, for example, that require a lot of effort to configure and write out the code, but you do not need to do such for this tool. I thought outside of the box and saw that there are many options available to us when using this tool. The plugins are there, you can download and use the tool at ease and you do not need to do any kind of development. Overall, it’s quite easy to use.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"The security on offer is very good."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"Filtering is the best feature."
"The primary benefits of using Cisco Secure solutions are time-saving, a robust API, and convenience for the security team."
"Protecting our landscape in general and being able to see logging when things aren't going as set out in policies are valuable features. Our security department is keen on seeing the logging."
"The most valuable Cisco Secure Firewall features are options, features, and ease of deployment because it's an appliance."
"The IPS, as well as the malware features, are the two things that we use the most and they're very valuable."
"The dashboard is the most important thing. It provides good visibility and makes management easy. Firepower also provides us with good application visibility and control."
"An efficient, easy to deploy and dependable firewall solution."
"We find all of its features very useful. Its main features are policies and access lists. We use both of them, and we also use routing."
"The product's network and intrusion protection features are valuable. It also has rules and compliance features for security."
"Another thing that I like about Sonatype is that if you download something today, and five days from today it becomes vulnerable, it will notify you."
 

Cons

"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 platform's interface could improve."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"It doesn't have a proper GUI to do troubleshooting, so most people have to rely on the command line."
"Its configuration through GUI as well as CLI can be improved and made easier."
"Cisco Secure Firewall's integration with cloud providers has room for improvement. We could do more in terms of integration, for example, if we had a tag on an instance."
"Our latest experience with a code upgrade included a number of bugs and issues that we ran into. So more testing with their code, before it hits us, would help."
"At times the product is sluggish and slow"
"They should allow customers to talk to them directly instead of having to go through the reseller."
"The price and SD-WAN capabilities are the areas that need improvement."
"FirePOWER does a good job when it comes to providing us with visibility into threats, but I would like to see a more proactive stance to it."
"The tool needs to improve its file systems. The product should also include zero test feature."
"What I don't like is the lack of an option to pick up the phone and call someone for support. That is something they need to improve on. They need to have a professional services package, or they need to include that option with their services."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It was probably about $2,500 per firewall. It was all included. It included support, services, threat management software, and 24/7 FortiCare on it. Cisco products are more expensive."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The price of Fortinet FortiGate is better than Cisco, Check Point, and Palo Alto. In terms of pricing, it's probably a better-priced firewall solution overall."
"The price for the Fortinet FortiGate is reasonable. Secure SD-WAN is free of charge. If you have their firewall, it's free of charge. It's very tempting."
"The pricing for this solution is good."
"Pricing for this product is comparatively lower than other products. It's an affordable solution, but when expanding the number of users, they'll ask you to replace the model, so that's an added cost."
"The price is really low. It's cheap in comparison to the cost of Cisco or CheckPoint, for example."
"The price of FortiGate is comparable to that of most other firewall solutions and is more affordable than Cisco."
"I am not a huge fan of Cisco licensing in general."
"It is pay-as-you-go, so it much cheaper than buying in the plants."
"Its price is in the middle range. Both Firepower and FortiGate are not cheap. Palo Alto and Check Point are the cheapest ones. I don't remember any costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."
"Its price is moderate. It is not too expensive."
"I have to admit that the price is high. But I think it's worth it if the stability of your solution counts for you."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing when compared to the market. Although, when you compare the benefits of support from Cisco, you can adjust the value and it becomes comparable, because you usually need very good support. So you gain value there with this device."
"The pricing structure for Cisco Secure Firewall can be challenging to manage."
"Cisco is cheaper than Check Point although it is not as cheap as Fortigate. But with the latest improvements in hardware and speed, the pricing is okay."
"The pricing is reasonable if you're a large enterprise developing code. It's not super-expensive."
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Comparison Review

it_user206346 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 11, 2015
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
21%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Educational Organization
22%
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
34%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
5%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Also Known As

FortiGate 60b, FortiGate 60c, FortiGate 80c, FortiGate 50b, FortiGate 200b, FortiGate 110c, FortiGate
Cisco ASA Firewall, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Firewall, Cisco ASA NGFW, Cisco ASA, Adaptive Security Appliance, ASA, Cisco Sourcefire Firewalls, Cisco ASAv, Cisco Firepower NGFW Firewall
Sonatype Nexus Firewall, Nexus Firewall
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

1. Amazon Web Services 2. Microsoft 3. IBM 4. Cisco 5. Dell 6. HP 7. Oracle 8. Verizon 9. AT&T 10. T-Mobile 11. Sprint 12. Vodafone 13. Orange 14. BT Group 15. Telstra 16. Deutsche Telekom 17. Comcast 18. Time Warner Cable 19. CenturyLink 20. NTT Communications 21. Tata Communications 22. SoftBank 23. China Mobile 24. Singtel 25. Telus 26. Rogers Communications 27. Bell Canada 28. Telkom Indonesia 29. Telkom South Africa 30. Telmex 31. Telia Company 32. Telkom Kenya
There are more than one million Adaptive Security Appliances deployed globally. Top customers include First American Financial Corp., Genzyme, Frankfurt Airport, Hansgrohe SE, Rio Olympics, The French Laundry, Rackspace, and City of Tomorrow.
EDF, Tomitribe, Crosskey, Blackboard, Travel audience
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