We performed a comparison between Flowmon and Fortinet FortiGate IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"The solution is stable."
"It is an open platform, so in terms of integration, we are quite happy. We can integrate it with other SNMP solutions. We can also integrate it with security solutions, such as a SIEM solution."
"The artificial intelligence and automatic detection system in Flowmon Solution are perfect for every, type of customer, such as government and commerce."
"The solution is stable."
"You have access to CLI in case you have no web access."
"I love the interface."
"Integrated management is a very valuable feature."
"I prefer FortiGate because it has a lot of other solutions embedded within it and is the easiest for our technicians to operate."
"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."
"Before using this solution, we had so many problems accessing our resources because we don't have a lot of internet bandwidth. And by using application control and traffic shaping, we were able to manage user to quickly access services that are important. This tool has aided to the simplicity of our day-to-day management."
"Simple interface and easy to deploy."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"It would be helpful to have more details about the monitoring of the infrastructure. It should have support for SNMP. This is something that is currently not there in the product."
"If there was better visualization in Flowmon Solution it would be good."
"The licensing price could be better."
"Fortinet can add some Machine Learning and AI to improve its accuracy and give it an edge on IPS detection and protection."
"To stay ahead of the competition Fortinet FortiGate IPS needs to think about how to adjust pricing."
"It would be helpful to have a better tool for migrating all policy rules using an automatic script."
"Security level could be increased."
"The web filtering categories could improve in Fortinet FortiGate IPS. There are too many websites under the category of Unknown and the other categories are not featuring all the necessary sites."
"There is room for improvement in being proactive about identifying and integrating new signatures."
"The price of the solution could be cheaper."
"The solution could maybe use more integration with artificial intelligence to be more proactive."
Flowmon is ranked 68th in Network Monitoring Software while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 53 reviews. Flowmon is rated 8.0, while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Flowmon writes "A stable and scalable solution allowing for the visibility of and the blocking of threats". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". Flowmon is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer and WhatsUp Gold, 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 Fortra's Tripwire Enterprise.
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