We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Fortinet Fortigate VM based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Azure Firewall seems to be the more favorable choice. It is priced more fairly than Fortinet Fortigate VM; it includes more features; its survive and support ratings were much better than Fortinet’s; and PeerSpot users found Azure Firewall to have a greater ROI.
"Offers good security and filtering."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"The solution can autoscale."
"The initial setup is straightforward; Azure Firewall does not have a complex implementation process. It is very simple; you just need to enable the service within Azure. It does not require any maintenance because it is managed by Microsoft, that is, it is a fully managed service."
"Among the most valuable features are the DDoS protection that protects your virtual machines, the threat intelligence, and traffic filtering."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"It's auto-scalable, which is a great feature."
"Performance and stability are the key features of this product."
"In terms of the reporting, it's beautiful. It integrates with Azure monitoring and with Azure policies. That piece is a big help. You can set governing policies and you can use the application firewall, as well as the Azure Firewall, to enforce those policies."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate-VM are its flexibility and scalability. This solution is available as a license, which allows us to activate it based on the specific needs of the customer. This gives us and the customer a great deal of versatility and customization options."
"The setup is simple."
"The most valuable features are the IPS and Antivirus."
"The most valuable features are site-to-site connections and UTM."
"The solution is stable."
"The performance overall is very good."
"Its interface is good. It comes with a lot of features, and its performance is also very good."
"The solution integrates well with other Fortinet products."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"There is room for further integration of AI into the system."
"There are a number of things that need to be simplified, but it's mostly costs. It needs to be simplified because it's pretty expensive."
"Right now, with Azure Firewall, we cannot have a normal inbound traffic flow. For inbound, Microsoft suggests using application gateways, so the options are very limited. I cannot use this firewall as an intermediate firewall because of the limitations, and I cannot point routing to another firewall. So if I want to use back-to-back firewall architecture in my environment, I cannot use Azure Firewall for that type of configuration either."
"Currently, it only supports IP addresses, so you have to be specific about the IPs that are in your environment."
"Azure Firewall should have a free trial version for new users so that they can evaluate it before deploying it."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"The tool is expensive."
"The tech support calls were not the best and could be improved. There have been times when we felt as if we knew more about the device than the support person on the phone."
"Technical support could be better."
"The interface of the solution could be improved."
"We face some issues with the IPsec connection during replication."
"Integration could be better. Whatever devices I'm using with FortiGate are all compatible. The access points and switches are also FortiGate, so I can easily integrate them. But it would be better if we could embed other devices as well. There are compatibility issues with other brands, and we need that. We can only integrate universal brands with FortiGate. The initial setup could also be easier."
"Support could be improved a little."
"The product needs to focus on cloud-nativeness and pricing."
Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". Azure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Check Point NGFW and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Azure Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate-VM report.
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