We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Palo Alto Networks PA-Series 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."It is a good source for firewall protection."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The technical support is great."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"Comprehensive logging is essential for monitoring and analysis purposes. For remote users, the firewall can be configured as a VPN concentrator, with VPN policies defined within the firewall settings."
"The direct profiles is a valuable feature."
"The most effective features for threat prevention in the PA-Series are its integration with Cortex and the use of machine learning AI for advanced threat detection."
"It has its own logging system. You can go to monitoring and check the logs to see if a connection is getting blocked. You can use multiple types of logs to check if a file or a port is getting blocked or if there are any TCP resets from the source or destination. It's easy to troubleshoot with the monitoring and logging it provides."
"The solution is easy to manage."
"The product's most valuable feature is web filtering."
"A valuable feature that we can consider is the deployment time, which is significantly reduced, almost 90% faster compared to other solutions. This leads to quicker deployment and less downtime."
"The product's initial setup process was simple."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The UI could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"In future releases, maybe Palo Alto can enhance and enlarge their portfolio with SIEM solutions. They already have an endpoint protection solution, SOAR solution, that's fine. But when it comes to standalone IDS/IPS solution or email security solution, for example, we don't have any product in that category for Palo Alto."
"There are constant updates for the operating system. It is a nice thing also, but it has its own disadvantages. Continuous updates are there. The users face issues like, how often do I need to update that? Within a period of five months, I'm updating it two or three times. It gives them a feeling that they are not confident about their product and have to update it so frequently."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is expensive. We would like to see additional threat hunting features."
"I encountered a slight issue with the application portal, which was not functioning correctly."
"The product's gateway services can be improved."
"Compared to other vendors, the solution's community should be strong enough to solve the problems engineers face."
"The product's high prices are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Currently, they are not protected with any data security when they work from home or outside the network. They surf the Internet directly and should implement a proxy or firewall to monitor the data between the endpoint and the internet."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 28 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with OPNsense, SonicWall NSa, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series report.
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