We performed a comparison between FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) and Fortinet FortiPortal based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool's documentation and online resources availability have been valuable."
"Unlike other products, the FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall has many features under one appliance."
"The solution is very advanced and has good monitoring features."
"The focus is on the comprehensive coverage of threats and the reliability of the chosen solution. Ease of use and familiarity are crucial."
"The solution can scale well."
"The platform has good stability."
"ATP ( Advanced Threat Protection) next-generation firewall is the most valuable feature."
"I like the tool's controller facility."
"From a scalability perspective, I found the solution to be completely fine...The solution's technical support is absolutely fine."
"The firewall and site-blocking features are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is application control."
"It does a little bit better than some of the other products health-wise and updates-wise. It is really clear that a firewall is getting the signature updates in this timeframe. In some of the other products, usually, you have to go a couple of screens in to see that, but not so much in this product."
"I like the product's asset management which gives clear hardware details."
"The documentation has been satisfactory."
"I am very comfortable with it, including it's reporting on threats and through its activities."
"They should offer more affordable renewal options or flexible plans for license upgrades."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support."
"The product is very expensive."
"The solution needs to improve on box clustering and IPS configuration."
"I'd like them to add a DNS option for FortiGate."
"The solution is not stable in terms of switching."
"There could be more detailed descriptions regarding version upgrades, particularly in terms of the upgrade process."
"It's useful for us but if it had more educational reporting, it would good. It's not necessarily lacking but it's an area that could get better."
"The product must have in-built SD-WAN connectivity."
"The solution is more expensive than other products."
"Fingerprint access security would improve this solution."
"Fortinet FortiPortal could improve by providing a learning portal and better security."
"If you are a very small company or a person on your own, it's harder to get any response from technical support."
"So if it's more than a thousand, there could be some scalability issues. It becomes more complex as you go."
"I find their logging a little bit trickier to manage. The logging of events is broken up into a lot of different categories. Instead of breaking up my logs into several different places, I personally like to have all the events in one spot and then filter them down. In particular, I find that troubleshooting on Fortinet takes a little bit longer just because of those functional breakups in the logs."
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FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) is ranked 9th in Firewall Security Management with 7 reviews while Fortinet FortiPortal is ranked 10th in Firewall Security Management with 10 reviews. FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiPortal is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) writes "A reliable and affordable solution that can be used for firewall, IPS, IDS, UTM, routing, and VPNs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiPortal writes "Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and offers role-based access controls for granular control ". FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and Azure Firewall Manager, whereas Fortinet FortiPortal is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, VMware Aria Operations, vCloud Director and CloudStack. See our FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) vs. Fortinet FortiPortal report.
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