We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Fortinet FortiOS 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 are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"We work in the archiving domain where a secure environment is very important. We have some special requirements regarding the security of infrastructure."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate-VM are the ease of use, IPS system, application filter, web filtering, and email security. Additionally, there is a migration tool that other vendors do not provide. We only need to upload the configuration file to the tool, and it converts everything, except the passwords, and gives us the new configuration, which we can directly upload on the firewall. This migration process takes a maximum of 15 minutes."
"In spite of the solution being inexpensive, it has everything one would need."
"GitDM, like FortiGate VM, provides similar features to FortiGate appliances or cloud solutions. However, FortiGate VM is more suitable for heavy traffic and inspection compared to GitDM. Unfortunately, FortiGate VM lacks a dedicated SPU for inspection, and all features rely on CPU and RAM."
"I've found the UTM features and the SD-WAN to be most valuable."
"The combination of SD-WAN and VPN capabilities is the most valuable feature."
"In terms of administration, it's perfect."
"FortiGate-VM's firewall is excellent."
"The most valuable features are the ease of use, and the overall simplicity, everyone can use it with a small introduction."
"The solution provides good firewall and antivirus protection."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"For ten to 12 years it has been quite secure."
"It's very easy to use."
"We have expanded the wireless access point and switches using Fortinet FortiOS."
"The interface is good."
"For my organization, it has become much easier to scan the firewalls because the solution is more user-friendly than competitors."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"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 feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"The price is problematic."
"We face some issues with the IPsec connection during replication."
"his is not a good solution for enterprises. It's better for smaller companies."
"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 reporting is not as good as it is with other firewalls and it should be improved."
"The tool is expensive."
"VM should be more optimized."
"Some issues with connecting to the VPN from home after firmware updates."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"The solution's graphic interface could be a bit more responsive and include notations when changes are made."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is better troubleshooting and reporting."
"Fortinet FortiOS is stable. However, last month we had an issue with a released patch. We had to receive another update to fix the firewall issue consuming all of the resources. The patches should be tested more before going into circulation."
"In terms of what needs improvements, the troubleshooting could use improvement. When we work with other products like Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, and Check Point, we see a big difference in the troubleshooting. It's not easy to find a report."
"Right now, we have to contend with CLI. We'd like it to be easier. We need the features to be in a UI."
"The signature discs, compared to Palo Alto, aren't as good. It takes more time to get the signature updates."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the pricing could be lower. The price is very steep."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, Darktrace and Sangfor NGAF. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Fortinet FortiOS report.
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In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most.
PA is good at app control, web filtering and such like, they have always been top of the pile there. The GUI is very good, and their product is very user-focused.
Fortinet is good for scalability and predictable high throughput (ASICs in the hardware), and useful things like authentication flexibility, CLI config (if you have any networking/Cisco people, they always seem to prefer CLI over GUI) and have better OT features, maybe relevant to your manufacturing use?
Fortinet seem to have a broader integration offering with their security fabric than PA do, plus they can do Fortinet-based wifi, switching, etc. Depends if you are prepared to go all-in with a single vendor.
Hi,
Both FT and PA have compelling features for large Enterprises. I would like to add a few good points about Fortinetwhich might be helpful ( from my 13 years of engagement with them as Distributor and Partner)
Fortinet:
Have higher throughput; which comes with competitive rates
Wide range of models to select to meet your requirement, without spending heavliy
Outstanding customer support and very active customer care team
Easly available skilled resources from the channel for deployment and post-implementation support
Regards
Abhilash
Hello. The question is what you are going to have as a result of application