We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Palo Alto Networks VM-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."Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"It's simple to use in terms of inbound and outbound traffic management."
"There are many useful features, such as web security and advanced threat detection."
"The technical support on offer has always been quite good."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the SD-WAN, SSL inspection, and IDS/IPS functions."
"For my organization, it has become much easier to scan the firewalls because the solution is more user-friendly than competitors."
"FortiOS's best features are its function as an internet gateway and how easy it is to manage."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"The most valuable features are the User ID, URL filtering, and application filtering."
"We can monitor the traffic manually and detect threats. Additionally, we can block different IP addresses and URLs."
"What I like about the VM-Series is that you can launch them in a very short time."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"A solid operating system with all the necessary data center security features."
"The technical support for the solution is very good."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"The UI could be improved."
"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."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"It should also manage the local DSCP network."
"Fortinet FortiOS's integration could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the reporting part. The reporting is only for logging data, and it's just a tabulation of the log in the report. I would like to be able to take down more information in the event of an incident."
"Real-time threat monitoring is not there."
"Right now, we have to contend with CLI. We'd like it to be easier. We need the features to be in a UI."
"The technical support is good. However, during the holidays they can get a little slow to respond."
"The report and policy optimization tools can be improved in the next release."
"Could be improved by supporting an allocation of quota base management regarding user data."
"The user-friendliness of the UI could be improved."
"We have run into some issues with scaling and limitations associated with some of the configurations."
"Integrative capabilities with other solutions should be addressed."
"It'll help if Palo Alto Networks provided better documentation."
"It would be helpful if we had a direct number for the support manager or the supporting engineer. That would be better than having to email every time because there would be less wait."
"The utilization monitoring and GUI have room for improvement."
"The tool is very costly."
"With Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, it is hard for me to manage its network configuration part."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most.
PA is good at app control, web filtering and such like, they have always been top of the pile there. The GUI is very good, and their product is very user-focused.
Fortinet is good for scalability and predictable high throughput (ASICs in the hardware), and useful things like authentication flexibility, CLI config (if you have any networking/Cisco people, they always seem to prefer CLI over GUI) and have better OT features, maybe relevant to your manufacturing use?
Fortinet seem to have a broader integration offering with their security fabric than PA do, plus they can do Fortinet-based wifi, switching, etc. Depends if you are prepared to go all-in with a single vendor.
Hi,
Both FT and PA have compelling features for large Enterprises. I would like to add a few good points about Fortinetwhich might be helpful ( from my 13 years of engagement with them as Distributor and Partner)
Fortinet:
Have higher throughput; which comes with competitive rates
Wide range of models to select to meet your requirement, without spending heavliy
Outstanding customer support and very active customer care team
Easly available skilled resources from the channel for deployment and post-implementation support
Regards
Abhilash
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