We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The solution is scalable."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It is easy to install. There is not much complexity involved."
"FortiGate is a rapidly growing vendor with a wide range of ready-to-use products. Their delivery time is remarkably quick, usually between two to four weeks."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) 's most valuable features are reporting and filtering."
"Routing and reporting are two areas where the product has an added advantage compared to any other product."
"The GUI configuration is its most valuable feature"
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall is its SD-WAN."
"The product is easy to configure."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"The product keeps hanging."
"I see problems with the licensing. If I have to add a new feature, we need to add a license."
"Being a great product, some changes in the pricing would make it a great choice for even more organizations."
"The solution needs to integrate VPN features."
"There are some issues with security features and aspects like logs not being up to the mark."
"The licensing model and pricing need improvement."
"There is room for improvement in pricing."
"I would like to have SD-WAN as a part of the Next Generation Firewall. It would enhance high availability."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 37 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and SonicWall TZ. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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