We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Untangle NG 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.
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The firewall power that comes with Cisco ASAv is the most valuable asset. They are are very easy to manage."
"We have not had to deal with stability issues."
"The most valuable feature is IPS. It's a feature that's very interesting for tackling the most current attacks."
"It's got the capabilities of amassing a lot of throughput with remote access and VPNs."
"Collaboration with other Cisco products such as ISE and others is the most valuable feature."
"Management Console and user profiling to define activities."
"It protects our network."
"Cisco's technical support is the best and that's why everybody implements their products."
"Its detection, antivirus, and filtering features are the most valuable. The facility to connect by using the VPN connection is also a very valuable feature. It is very strong, secure, and reliable. We have implemented the Untangle solution in all hardware. It is also a user-friendly solution. It is easy to learn and easy to configure."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"The interface is very good."
"The majority of our clients are very small businesses, and Untangle devices have been fantastic for these small clients. We've basically standardized our stack to just simply use Untangle. We include the hardware and the service option, which makes it very easy and affordable for us to just simply push that into the monthly per-user costing that we provide as a managed services provider. It's really a no-brainer. They're easy to use, and they're easy to set up and configure. Support is generally good about resolving any issues that we have. We haven't had any real complaints."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The product is easy to implement."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"The user interface could be improved."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"The pricing could always be better."
"Technical support takes a long time to respond."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"The stability and the product features have to really be worked on."
"Other products are becoming easier to access and configure. They are providing UI interfaces to configure, take backup, synchronize redundant machines, and so on. It is very easy to take backup and upgrade the images in those products. Cisco ASA should have such features. If one redundant machine is getting upgraded, the technology and support should be there to upgrade other redundant machines. In a single window, we should be able to do more in terms of backups, restores, and upgrades."
"You have to know the ASA command line very well because not all operations are available in the graphical interface"
"It would be nice if you didn't have to configure using a command-line interface. It's a bit technical that way."
"The product line does not address the SMB market as it is supposed to do. Cisco already has an on-premises sandbox solution."
"10Gb interfaces should be available on more models."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"There is room for improvement in the logs. Like with Cisco, I can do almost everything and know almost anything about what's running. Untangle works very much out of the box. It's very user-friendly, but it's not engineer-friendly. So, it's good for a home user. For something fairly easy, but at the same time, with good technology to have at home, because at home, I'm not a millionaire or anything like that. So it's not like I'm worried to get hacked. I didn't want something like a Cisco firewall; it would be a bit overkill to have at home. So that's why I went for Untangle. But it lacks a few features. It's just a tick-box kind of thing. So they have apps and turn on and off the apps. The VPN's configuration is all very ticked. They have a few custom configurations, but it's not that much."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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