We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security 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."Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"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."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The technical support is good."
"The product's stability is good."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"The security is very good."
"Cisco has always been a premium product. There's a lot of other entry-level solutions. This is more robust."
"We use the product for firewalls."
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"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."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"The product is easy to implement."
"Application Control and filtering features are valuable."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"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."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"The product should improve reporting."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"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."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. 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 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 IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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