We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 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."Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"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 pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The product offers very good security."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"We find all of its features very useful. Its main features are policies and access lists. We use both of them, and we also use routing."
"VPN, firewall, and IDS/IPS allow us to deliver services to meet client needs across various industry verticals."
"One of the most valuable features is the GUI front end, which is very easy to use. But I'm also a command-line guy, and being able to access the device via command-line for advanced troubleshooting is quite important."
"The feature set is fine and is rarely a problem."
"The product is quite robust and durable."
"It's very stable and mature."
"Its security and filtering are most valuable. Every layer of data that comes into the organization goes through it. After setting up the criteria, it automatically filters the traffic. We don't have to check it often."
"We have not had to deal with stability issues."
"It is easy to install. There is not much complexity involved."
"The product is easy to configure."
"The tool's most valuable feature is IPS. In my experience, I haven't encountered any issues with integration. It easily integrates with the FortiGate solution. However, verifying through documentation and assessing their support is necessary."
"FortiGate is a rapidly growing vendor with a wide range of ready-to-use products. Their delivery time is remarkably quick, usually between two to four weeks."
"When I survey FortiGate products, I see that they have a good performance, especially in terms of next generation firewalls."
"The solution’s interface is pretty user-friendly."
"The solution's application control is very powerful."
"There are multiple features I have found to be valuable, such as encryption and integrated security features."
"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."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"Deploying configurations takes longer than it should."
"Cisco is still catching up with its Firepower Next-Generation firewalls."
"It would be great if some of the load times were faster."
"Cisco ASA is starting to get old and Firepower is taking over. All the good things happening are with Firepower."
"The process of procuring modern-day technology within the DOD needs to improve."
"In NGFW, Cisco should be aligned with the new technology and inspection intelligence because Cisco is far behind in this pipeline."
"The central management tool is not comfortable to use. You need to have a specific skill set. This is an important improvement for management because I would like to log into Firepower, see the dashboard, and generate a real-time report, then I question my team."
"One of my main concerns, an area that could use improvement is in adjusting the need to buy a license to enable features."
"The pricing of the solution is expensive, so it could be cheaper."
"The solution needs to improve its support."
"The product keeps hanging."
"The vendors offer models with different levels of productivity of the product to its users, which is not possible in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). It lacks integration options."
"I would like to have SD-WAN as a part of the Next Generation Firewall. It would enhance high availability."
"The room for improvement is to have more flexibility on the virtual machines of their next-generation platforms."
"The web process often has a memory leak."
"There should be better customization in the IPS."
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Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 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 FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful 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 FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) report.
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