We performed a comparison between Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Fortinet FortiGate IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Solid intrusion detection and prevention that scales easily in very large environments."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the filtering."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT are the dashboard for monitoring events."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to automatically learn the traffic in our environment, and change the merit recommendations based on that."
"Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is easy to configure and the reporting is great. It's also very user-friendly."
"The solution can be integrated with some network electors like Cisco Stealthwatch, Cisco ISE, and Active Directory to provide the client with authentication certificates."
"The whole solution is very good, and stable."
"The URL filtering is very good and you can create a group for customized URLs."
"Its interface is the most valuable. It is quite easy to manage."
"We like FortiGate's website change feature."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The product has an inbuilt IPS software. We can configure it to block specific anonymous attacks that are happening."
"The most significant aspect of IPS is self-explanatory as it primarily focuses on intrusion prevention, which is crucial for Fortinet's internal outbreak prevention efforts and ensuring compliance on endpoint devices."
"I have found most of the features to be good with excellent functionality."
"Regionally, we are well covered. Technical support is good in this area."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The cloud can be improved."
"The main dashboard of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT could improve."
"Performance needs improvement."
"I would like to have analytics included in the suite."
"The initial setup is a little difficult compared to other products in the market. It depends on the environment. If we are doing any migration, it might take months in a brown-field environment."
"We are unhappy with technical support for this solution, and it is not as professional as what we typically expect from Cisco."
"The implementation could be a bit easier."
"The customization of the rules can be simplified."
"The learning curve is a bit higher."
"The prevention mechanisms and implementation are not easy."
"The initial deployment could be improved."
"We would like to see an improvement in the consistency of the product's performance levels."
"It would be helpful to have a better tool for migrating all policy rules using an automatic script."
"Deploying FortiGate is hard."
"FortGate's IPS reporting could be made better by giving more details regarding the source and destination of network traffic when it comes to the overview section. This would allow me to more easily follow the flow of traffic based on IP addresses, without having to integrate the IPS with other products that perform more sophisticated traffic analysis."
"Right now, it's not really scalable, but it's okay for us. However, looking ahead to three years from now, we might have a problem with scalability. We foresee a little risk down the road. The stability is okay for now."
Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is ranked 13th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 18 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews. Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT writes "An IPS solution for security and protection but lacks stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is most compared with Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Darktrace and Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, whereas Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB. See our Cisco Sourcefire SNORT vs. Fortinet FortiGate IPS report.
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