We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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."I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The solution is used in my company since its management is very comfortable"
"The solution has helped our organization secure our network and connect remote sites."
"FortiGate NGF is simple compared to other firewalls. It is easy to use and you don't need any training. Any person with basic firewall knowledge can use it."
"There are multiple features I have found to be valuable, such as encryption and integrated security features."
"The FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall is always updating. For example, if there is a big attack, they fix it in their firmware. They release new firmware with the necessary patches to address the vulnerabilities."
"The IPS and the application control feature are the most valuable."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall's design is good...I am very impressed with the product's stability."
"It is a stable solution compared to other vendors."
"The performance overall is very good."
"I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is very secure, and its technical support is on point."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is purpose-built as a next-generation firewall, excelling in its performance of this specific function."
"The solution offers good documentation."
"The user interface, stability, and scalability are the most valuable features."
"The standard features, including the filtering, are quite good. All the basic features are pretty useful for us."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"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."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"Its load balancing feature could be easy to configure."
"The management consoles can be improved."
"The pricing of the solution is expensive, so it could be cheaper."
"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."
"The product has to be upgraded every few weeks."
"The solution's stability should be improved because it is extremely unstable."
"When considering the policy of the vendors, they do not offer much of a discount policy, making the licensing model an area that needs improvement."
"The licensing model and pricing need improvement."
"The product is satisfactory. I haven't identified any features to improve, and based on the number of deployments I've handled with FortiGate-VM, there haven't been any complaints from the customer's side."
"The price is problematic."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The graphical user interface should be enhanced."
"Right now, we have two data centers that are a thousand kilometers apart. It would be nice to be able to string them together."
"The log settings and filters could use some improvement."
"Customization needs improvement."
"There are certain GUI features that should be present but are not."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, whereas Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Fortinet FortiGate-VM report.
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