We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, and Untangle NG Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"We use the FortiGate Sandbox to detect zero-day vulnerabilities, such as anomalies or malware, that are unknown and have not yet been discovered."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"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 UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"We like FortiGate-VM's IPS features and its ability to create multiple virtual firewalls."
"It’s easy to integrate the solution with our network infrastructure."
"A top feature is the really good web interface and the classic Fortinet features, such as IPS, IDS, AV scanner, and spam filter."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is easy to use."
"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."
"The functionality provided is very good."
"It is highly scalable because it has a mesh architecture that allows consistent policies."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"The solution can improve by adding separate interfaces for proxy and flow-based usage."
"The user interface (UI) and the performance of interface both need improvement."
"We encountered scalability issues in IPSec Module. The tunnels freeze sometimes."
"The solution could use very well-defined support for resellers."
"The performance could be better. Some features need to have quality control when the switch is working. The dedicated bandwidth for some users is not reliable."
"VM should be more optimized."
"Now they do have the ability to pop up a command line, which is nice, however, the fact that you can't do everything within the GUI is probably a problem."
"Some issues with connecting to the VPN from home after firmware updates."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
"The hardware can be improved."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"There is room for improvement in the logs. Like with Cisco, I can do almost everything and know almost anything about what's running. Untangle works very much out of the box. It's very user-friendly, but it's not engineer-friendly. So, it's good for a home user. For something fairly easy, but at the same time, with good technology to have at home, because at home, I'm not a millionaire or anything like that. So it's not like I'm worried to get hacked. I didn't want something like a Cisco firewall; it would be a bit overkill to have at home. So that's why I went for Untangle. But it lacks a few features. It's just a tick-box kind of thing. So they have apps and turn on and off the apps. The VPN's configuration is all very ticked. They have a few custom configurations, but it's not that much."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
