We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Stormshield Network Security 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."The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"I like how you can configure the rules. There is the task for the rules and a task for the network configuration. It also provides SMD filtering, and it can be integrated with the active directory for the users, their mission, and the VPN configuration. We are here in Sudan, and Stormshield didn't work in Sudan for more than a decade. Stormshield is a very strong firewall and very easy to configure and maintain. I am just working with the firewall solution, and we don't have any other solutions like endpoint solutions or something like that."
"The most valuable features are the IPS, the firewall function, and the price."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Its price could be better."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"Lacks training for new features."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."
"The filtering configuration could be better. We have some difficulties with the filtering configuration and the filter extension. It's not that easy. It's not that straightforward. In the next release, I would like to see a reporting system. Stormshield doesn't have any tutorials on how to do the configuration and things like that. They just have documentation on the website. If you want to configure, for example, Cisco or Fortinet, you can find tutorials on YouTube. They show you how to configure the features, and so on. In Stormshield, there is nothing on social media or the internet on how to configure different things. The lack of documentation or the lack of material makes it difficult for others to adopt this solution."
"The product must improve its pricing."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 108 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 8th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "Efficient, user-friendly, and affordable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Stormshield Network Security writes "Well-priced solution with good firewall but installation guidance is patchy". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox, Cisco Secure Firewall and OPNsense. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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