We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and GajShield Next Generation Firewall 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."The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"Its ability to work with the traffic."
"The command line is the same as it is on the Cisco iOS router."
"Among the top features are integrated threat defence and the fact that each virtual appliance is separate so you get great granular control."
"Firewall help with cybersecurity resilience. I really like this Cisco product. It's user-friendly. I don't like some other vendors. I've tried those in the past. Cisco is pretty easy. A caveman could do it."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and level of security that this solution provides."
"We are using the Cisco AnyConnect for our end-user VPN with the ASA."
"ASA 5505 and ASA 5506 are very powerful tools to use in a business environment, and provide a lot of security."
"The most valuable feature is the anti-malware protection. It protects the endpoints on my network."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"It is a stable solution."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"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 sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Cisco Firepower NGFW Firewall can be more secure."
"Virtual patching would be helpful for servers that are not able to update patches due to compatibility issues."
"It seems very clunky and slow. I would like to be able to tune it to be a more efficient product."
"Recently, we have been having an issue with the ASA firewall. We haven't found the root cause yet and are still working on it. We failed over the firewall from active to passive and suddenly that resolved the issue. We are now working to find the root cause."
"It is expensive."
"There is no support here in Georgia. If something goes wrong, support is not always very helpful with the other firewalls or other products."
"The ASA needs to incorporate the different modules you have to integrate to achieve UTM functions, especially for small businesses."
"VPNs are weak as this product still does not support route-based VPNs."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
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Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while GajShield Next Generation Firewall is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 7 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while GajShield Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.8. 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 GajShield Next Generation Firewall writes "User-friendly settings, frequent updates, and responsive support". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas GajShield Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Sophos XG, WiJungle and Netgate pfSense. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. GajShield Next Generation Firewall report.
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