We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"The most valuable features are the SD-WAN and the web filtering applications control."
"Overall, it's an excellent solution."
"A top feature is the really good web interface and the classic Fortinet features, such as IPS, IDS, AV scanner, and spam filter."
"The combination of SD-WAN and VPN capabilities is the most valuable feature."
"The customer care center of Fortinet is good. For all the requests that we have done, they work as fast as possible, so this is a good point for Fortinet."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the integration within the environment, with centralized reporting."
"FortiGate-VM has many valuable features: it's easy to use, it's intuitive, it's got very good traffic inspection features, it's got comprehensive filtering categories, and it has an extensive threat database, using FortiGuard."
"In terms of administration, it's perfect."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The scalability could be better."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"To improve FortiGate-VM, Fortinet needs to harden it more. For example, if you are using Hyper-V, then you need guidelines for hardening FortiGate-VM that are specific to the Hyper-V environment. If it's VMware, there should be at least a guideline on how to harden the firewall."
"The operating system isn't stable, so it goes to memory counters every night."
"Not a ten because I think that Cisco is better."
"The tool is expensive."
"If I could add one feature, it would be free security profiles."
"The product needs to focus on cloud-nativeness and pricing."
"Fortinet could improve the availability and delivery of its products. It takes four to six weeks for every purchase to arrive."
"The pricing is expensive."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Sophos XG, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Sophos XGS.
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