We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Hillstone CloudEdge, and Sophos XG based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"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 multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage."
"Overall the solution works well."
"Great reporting feature and great customer support."
"In terms of the functionality, I think it's pretty straightforward. It's easy to pick up. It's also user-friendly."
"Everything is consolidated into a single box, offering comprehensive functionality, including Wi-Fi access and other features."
"The security of Sophos XG is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the central dashboard"
"Dashboard is easy to use and the reporting offers a lot of detail."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"The interface can bit a bit more user-friendly."
"Their tech support is not great."
"The UTM itself needs improvement. When you're navigating it seems like it takes forever to load anything. The hardware is okay. It's just the software that could be more responsive."
"I would like to next release to be able to support on-premise deployment. The construction of the rules within the firewall could also use some improvement."
"The reaction time of the GUI is terrible when compared to other manufacturers."
"We feel that the GUI can be improved a bit because it has a lot of information and looks a bit outdated."
"The current bandwidth consumption is no longer shown in the XG and XGS."
"Scalability it is a bit limited. We did a sizing exercise before the purchase. But that was just to fit our current needs. There was no room for having an option to upgrade the device. The only option that we have if we are grow in the near future, is to go for another model with higher specs, which is actually more expensive. In other words it doesn't have that modularity ."