We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Meraki MX 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 most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its simplicity, highly user-centric, and performs well. The line speed and for heavy traffic, is helpful for us."
"There are a lot of features that we like within the solution. The resources or performance of the firewall is very good. However, the real selling point is the fact that the solution offers so many features, it gives our clients a lot of extras that they can work with. There's a lot on offer."
"The technical support is very good and the assistance they gave was very good."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is the only solution that currently offers VPN for clients."
"The SSL VPN is fee for use is most attractive."
"It's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS network segregation, UTM, and antivirus, freight management protection, such as DDoS. Additionally, the CLI and the GUI are easy to use. The architecture makes sense, and the command in the CLI are organized well. They have quite a lot of features are easy to use, and are user-friendly. Any novice can use Fortinet FortiOS without an issue."
"The initial setup is easy. It's the easiest firewall installation process on the market. I work with three or four other products and this one is the easiest."
"The product is quite secure, easy to manage, and well-connected with other devices."
"It is easy to manage, which is one of the most important things for us. It is also flexible, stable, and scalable."
"We work also with domain control (DC) from Microsoft or Amazon. We use a whole virtual appliance with Meraki."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MX is I can manage the solution from anywhere remotely, I can throttle bandwidth, and create all rules. Additionally, it is secure for our customers."
"The simplicity of configuration is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"Managed centrally over the web: You can manages all your Meraki devices in a single account."
"Deployment takes no more than one working day."
"Meraki MX offers advanced filtration options, plus it behaves like a router and a firewall at the same time."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"Fortinet's central management needs to be improved. FortiManager's technical tool provider ability should manage all Fortinet security products. Right now, FortiManager only manages the configuration of FortiGate."
"The technical support is good. However, during the holidays they can get a little slow to respond."
"The complexity of the VPNs should be improved."
"Their first-level support is often poorly trained."
"Technical support could be better. Some competitors have much more responsive support teams."
"There is some room for improvement in the support."
"I would like to see fewer bugs. If you use the box with its basic features, the solution is straightforward and stable, but you can run into bugs when using newer features or in more complex use cases. They included a DNS filter as a new feature, and I had issues that required raising a ticket with customer support."
"You can enable and disable certain modules in it. However, with disabling, nobody can really tell us if that module is disabled."
"It would be great if the Meraki devices let us see, in real time, the internet demand on a single device."
"It would be nice to get detailed logging information without third-party software."
"The product doesn't support route summarization and BGP dynamic routing protocol."
"I need more UTM protection security features."
"We feel that Cisco provides smaller features, with fewer possibilities versus other solutions out there."
"You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch."
"They need to improve the link between Meraki and Active Directory."
"When we do API integrations with Meraki, they have always been hard as well as tedious to build. The data that we want out of the API integrations has been only recently available. Six months ago, it was hard to get someone to build something correctly or useful with Meraki APIs. Recently, they have made more data available on the API, but it is just a start. They need to do more."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Meraki MX report.
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