We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Meraki MX 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 have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"All the security features that are built into the product are valuable."
"It is highly scalable because it has a mesh architecture that allows consistent policies."
"High network throughput while providing leading edge network security technology for a competitive price."
"In terms of specific features, I like FortiGate's load balancing, interface, and priority on the network."
"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues at all while using the product."
"Technical support has been super responsive and dedicated to getting any challenges resolved."
"It offers the same robust features and functionality in virtual, on-premise, and traditional data center environments."
"One top feature is the ability to use the appliance as a WLAN controller for up to 10 access points with the new 5.6 firmware."
"We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment."
"The technical support people from Meraki are brilliant."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"Both the scalability and the scalability are great with Meraki MX."
"The simplicity of configuration is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"It is a robust SD-WAN solution."
"When you try to create an IP or when you have an alert about when a website is banned, these features are helpful."
"Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS): The best feature. It can detect malware, even a virus, and warn you by email about the device that has it. When the Meraki detects that something is wrong, it automatically blocks the connection or the intrusion, delivering a graphic report with all the necessary content."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"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 sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"Support could be improved a little."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM should improve its asset identification, wherein the device can identify assets on the network, like computers."
"In the first two releases of FortiOS 5.6, we had some trouble with the SSL VPN service. Sometimes it stopped working, and the IPS daemon too."
"The key activation is very complicated at times."
"There were challenges during setup, and many of them were self-inflicted."
"The interface of the solution could be improved."
"The stability could be improved. I find Cisco to be more stable than Fortigate, which is I major differentiator between the two."
"The management tools should be more user-friendly."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"FortiGate is cheaper than Meraki. Even the license renewal is less than Meraki."
"It would be nice if the different services, including the SIEM SOC and endpoint detection and response (EDR) were integrated into one, so that I don't have to go to different vendors for different services."
"We have been having a problem with the VPN. When the energy goes down and is back again, the VPN link doesn't get established. We have to manually turn off the modems and other pieces of equipment and manually establish the VPN. It has been around one month since we have been having this problem, and we don't have enough support from Meraki to solve the problem."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
"I do not have the kind of feature I need for SSL decryption in Meraki MX. It would be great to see the SSL decryption feature in Meraki MX."
"You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch."
"The current lead time is longer for Meraki MX, and it needs to be improved."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Meraki MX report.
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