We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, and Null Product based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."I love the ASDM (Adaptive Security Device Manager) which is the management suite. It's a GUI and you're able to see everything at a glance without using the command line. There are those who love the CLI, but with ASDM it is easier to see where everything is going and where the problems are."
"The monitoring dashboard is valuable to us for troubleshooting."
"The IPS (In-plane switching) is the most valuable feature."
"The GUI is among the most valuable features,"
"It's easy to integrate ASA with other Cisco security products. When you understand the technology, it's not a big deal. It's very simple."
"Stability is perfect. I haven't had any problems."
"The benefits we see from the ASA are connected to teleworking as well as, of course, having the basic functionality of a firewall in place and the prevention of attacks."
"Simple to deploy, stable."
"The interface is very good."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"The solution is stable."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The performance should be improved."
"I would like it if there was a centralized way to manage policies, then sticking with the network functions on the actual devices. That is probably the thing that frustrates me the most. I want a way that you can manage multiple policies at several different locations, all at one site. You then don't have to worry about the connectivity piece, in case you are troubleshooting because connectivity is down."
"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."
"The only drawback of the user interface is when it comes to policies. When you open it and click on the policies, you have to move manually left and right if you want to see the whole field within the cell. Checkpoint has a very detailed user interface."
"<p>If there is old hardware, or appliances, it does not necessarily work with the new Cisco generation firewalls."
"The IPS and GUI are outdated."
"Cisco provides us with application visibility and control, although it's not a complete solution compared to other vendors. Cisco needs to work on the application behavior side of things, in particular when it comes to the behavior of SSL traffic."
"Some individuals find the setup and configuration challenging."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
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