We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The tool's most valuable feature is IPS. In my experience, I haven't encountered any issues with integration. It easily integrates with the FortiGate solution. However, verifying through documentation and assessing their support is necessary."
"It is easy to install. There is not much complexity involved."
"The product is user-friendly and not complex."
"The most valuable features we found are the SD-WAN, FortiGate SD-WAN, and the standard UTM protection, among others."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall can be described as the most complete solution."
"It is a stable solution compared to other vendors."
"The solution's application control is very powerful."
"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."
"I like the tool's WildFire feature."
"The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"As long as the solution is kept updated, it's pretty stable."
"Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors."
"Simple integrations with the domain controllers and other inventories"
"It is a stable solution."
"Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"There is an area for improvement in vulnerability management."
"Technical support is not helpful."
"There should be better customization in the IPS."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall's performance and threat intelligence could be improved."
"Someone without certification and experience with other firewalls might find it a bit more challenging to grasp the FortiGate format and its platform layout."
"The product has to be upgraded every few weeks."
"Its technical support could be better."
"One of the weaknesses of the solution is something we noticed, especially after comparing the tool with SD-WAN features, since, unfortunately, in a massive scale size environment, the solution is not good. I"
"It is recommended that the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series be implemented step by step for the Panorama. Sometimes we can't overwrite the configurations because it fails."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"I would like to see the threat intelligence capability integrated with other vendors such as Cisco and Forcepoint."
"The licensing cost is a typical complaint with many clients. The solution is expensive."
"I'd like to see more data protection on the system."
"When it comes to renewing the solution, they tend to try to jack up the pricing."
"They should implement the features that the other firewalls have."
"The password function of the solution could be improved. Additionally, some of the processes take too long to complete."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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 Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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