We performed a comparison between Cato SASE Cloud Platform and FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two ZTNA solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The visibility control and security aspects are amazing."
"The most valuable feature of Cato Networks is the CASB and the documentation is useful."
"It's a pretty straightforward solution."
"The solution is a simple WAN solution. We've onboarded the socket on the Cato platform, and it provides connectivity. There is no complex routing."
"We appreciate the optimization and acceleration of the performance of SDP users."
"The most valuable features of Cato Networks are the always-on VPN for remote workers and centralized management. Additionally, web filtering and antivirus are good."
"It's a cloud-based solution that integrates well with everything."
"Cato offers all the functionality found in other solution. The life cycle management is always very stable."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution's application control is very powerful."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is a good solution because it has a range of options and a clear ecosystem."
"The solution has helped our organization secure our network and connect remote sites."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall has a simple configuration."
"The most valuable features we found are the SD-WAN, FortiGate SD-WAN, and the standard UTM protection, among others."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 's most valuable features are reporting and filtering."
"The product is user-friendly and not complex."
"Cato Networks security could be better."
"For a packaged solution, needing external intervention or a system integrator to get other features not offered by Cato Networks could be an area for improvement. Cato Networks does what it's meant to do and is even overstretching capabilities when introducing new features. The product can only have very few features added on top of what its currently doing. Managed service providers can deliver the extra features you'd need. It's a set of managed services, and what Cato Networks does is very comprehensive. So, for the time being, when the actual incarnation of the SASE solution is deployed, Cato Networks is a very effective product. Naturally, technology will evolve, so everybody knows that in three, four, or five years, there will be a new kid on the block, a new game. Still, at the moment, Cato Networks only needs to improve a little regarding SASE delivery. The product is doing very well, but one feature the Cato Networks team is doing right is preparing for the future through deploying the SSE 360, so the security service is at that edge. It's an excellent strategy to prepare for the future. SSE 360 is what Cato Networks should invest in the most to keep prospering."
"They can't do one-to-one NAT (Network Address Translation) in AP (their access point), and that is something that Palo Alto can do."
"The different languages in the user interface should be enhanced."
"Web application firewalling (WAF) is a feature we would like to have in this solution and does not exist yet."
"Its functionality is a bit limited in some areas as compared to a Cisco solution. It is not as granular. It doesn't have the manageability, feature set, and capabilities of a larger or an enterprise-level solution. It just needs a more robust feature set and granularity."
"A little tweaking or improvement of the UI in terms of logging when troubleshooting would be an improvement because it's very detailed."
"The price could be better."
"I see problems with the licensing. If I have to add a new feature, we need to add a license."
"There are some issues with security features and aspects like logs not being up to the mark."
"There should be better customization in the IPS."
"The licensing model and pricing need improvement."
"The web process often has a memory leak."
"The product has to be upgraded every few weeks."
"The solution must improve the support provided for customers around the globe, considering the time differences in different places."
"The vendors offer models with different levels of productivity of the product to its users, which is not possible in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). It lacks integration options."
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Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 5th in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) with 21 reviews while FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 4th in ZTNA with 37 reviews. Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8, while FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet FortiGate and VMware SD-WAN, whereas FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Fortinet FortiGate and Twingate. See our Cato SASE Cloud Platform vs. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) report.
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