We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Fortinet FortiOS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The firepower sensors have been great; they do a good job of dropping unwanted traffic."
"The return on investment is not going to be restricted to just the box... Now, these genres have been expanded to cyber, to third-party integrations, having integrated logging, having integrated micro and macro segmentations. The scope has been widened, so the ROI, eventually, has multiplied."
"If you compare the ASA and the FirePOWER, the best feature with FirePOWER is easy to use GUI. It has most of the same functionality in the Next-Generation FirePOWER, such as IPS, IPS policies, security intelligence, and integration and identification of all the devices or hardware you have in your network. Additionally, this solution is user-friendly."
"It is a comprehensive suite and complete package."
"It's easy to integrate ASA with other Cisco security products. When you understand the technology, it's not a big deal. It's very simple."
"Simple to deploy, stable."
"I work with Cisco and other partners, but the Cisco team is the best team in our country. When I call them, they always help us."
"It's a flexible solution and is well-known in the community."
"The most valuable feature of this solution would be the caching feature."
"All networks are security-driven, we get throughputs and security. We feel that the people at Fortinet are easy to deal with from a support standpoint. If they need to jump in and help us, they're very willing to do that. Their email filtering, their data loss prevention, their intrusion prevention, type of products in the newest OSs has been outstanding."
"The product is scalable and easily expands."
"The VDOM (Virtual DOM) is a virtualized firewall that has some opportunities for flexibility that are an advantage in certain configurations."
"The most valuable features are the intrusion prevention system and the anti-virus."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"We have expanded the wireless access point and switches using Fortinet FortiOS."
"The main features I find useful are intrusion prevention and web filtering. Additionally, the solution is easy to manage."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"It is my understanding that they are in the process of discontinuing this device."
"The initial setup was complex."
"We wanted to integrate Firepower with our solution, but it didn't have the capability to accommodate our bandwidth since they only had two 10 gig interfaces on the box. We run way more than that through our network because we are a service provider, providing Internet to our customers."
"I would like to see them update the GUI so that it doesn't look like it was made in 1995."
"I would like for the user interface to be easier for the admin and network admin. I would also like to be able to access everything from the GUI interface. The way it is now, it needs somebody experience in iOS to be able to operate it. I would like to have a GUI interface."
"it is not very user-friendly for the administration."
"If you need to reschedule a call with the support team when you face a new issue with the product, then it may get a bit of a problem to get a hold of someone from the support team of Cisco."
"It integrates with other security products from Cisco, but sometimes, there can be glitches or errors."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"Fortinet FortiOS could improve by having better authentication methods with Microsoft or Google Services."
"SD-WAN configuration could be easier."
"Real-time threat monitoring is not there."
"The solution needs improvement with DDoS protection."
"Lacks flexibility for different scenario configurations."
"FortiOS could provide a more detailed analysis of the network and connected devices."
"FortiOS's bandwidth and interface could be improved."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Cisco IOS Security. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiOS report.
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