We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Claroty Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"It's very easy to configure."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"Cisco IOS Security is very robust and works very well."
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"Cisco IOS Security has many good features, but compared to other solutions, it has a more user-friendly interface with steps to apply and manage rules. Another good part of the solution is that it's more straightforward."
"Cisco is head-and-shoulders above all of the competition when it comes to technical support."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability. The nice thing with the bigger vendors is that they're very good at scale."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint protection."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"The solution is stable."
"The product helps mitigate potential threats, especially if its users have signature rules. The product also provides alerts."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"I think setup could be one area for improvement, because sometimes we don't have people inside so we have to move to the place."
"I would love it if it has a link-by-link feature, integration with Unified Threat Management (UTM), and load balancers. They haven't got any link-by-link feature right now, which can be a very attractive option. This link-by-link feature can also be made available for Cisco's UTM firewalls. The link-by-link feature is available in some of the other firewalls. Currently, integration with UTM is missing. Cisco IOS Security also doesn't have the load balancers and a few things that need to be done to get a good UTM firewall. Normally, other firewalls have UTM. As a next-generation firewall, it's good, but as a UTM, it has to do some work."
"It takes too much time to deploy a policy to FMC. It takes around eight minutes. You can't afford any downtime when you're changing policies."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"The product's integration capabilities are an area of concern where improvements are required."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Claroty Platform is ranked 1st in Cyber-Physical Systems Protection with 1 review. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Claroty Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Claroty Platform writes "Provides good visibility of the devices in a user's environment". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Claroty Platform is most compared with Nozomi Networks, Tenable OT Security, Dragos, Darktrace and Armis.
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