We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."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."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"FortiOS allows us to set up alarms for blocked websites and SSL verifications. When someone tries to access a blocked site, the solution sends a notification to the IT manager's mailbox."
"I am satisfied with Fortinet FortiOS. It's a cool product and has a lot of UTM features. It has application control, web filtering, antivirus, IPS/IDS, DNS filtering, and many things in that firewall. It also has a web application firewall WAF feature. On the feature side, it's a good firewall."
"For ten to 12 years it has been quite secure."
"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."
"Firewall and overall management are valuable features."
"It is more robust than SonicWall, particularly on the VPN from site to site."
"The customer service and support team are excellent."
"FortiGate as a product is very easy to configure."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"Right now, it's very trendy to integrate everything into the cloud. This solution would be more effective if they did more integration in that regard."
"Lacks flexibility for different scenario configurations."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"There are some features for FortiGate using FortiOS that can only be enabled via a command line. These aren't very advanced features they have been part of FortiOS for quite some time but they still aren't accessible from the graphical user interface. It makes it a little bit harder than it should be for us to manage the solution. That's my main concern with the user interface. Another concern we have is some elements for the user interface, if they're not properly configured, it could lead to hardware and performance degradation."
"The reporting and monitoring could improve, they have a lot of limitations. The monitoring is not easy compared to the other firewall."
"The GUI could be improved to make it more usable, easier to administer, and easier to configure."
"They need to integrate more with the SD-WAN."
"We had assistance from one person from our local vendor for the implementation."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. 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 Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Cisco IOS Security, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Fortinet FortiGate-VM.
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