We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and McAfee StoneGate [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It can expand easily."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
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Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW, whereas McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with .
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