We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"It performs very well."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"Ease of management is the best thing about the solution."
"The initial setup for me was straightforward."
"We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment."
"The cloud management system is really valuable."
"Site to Site VPN: The device can establish a VPN connection to multiple sites in a mesh environment in seconds, and without complex VPN knowledge."
"I think cloud management is key. The cloud management and support are the two things that make the product great."
"Managed centrally over the web: You can manages all your Meraki devices in a single account."
"The most valuable feature is that we didn't have any problems with Meraki MX."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"We can’t access GUI management and CLI opening features when the Internet is unavailable."
"It would be nice if the different services, including the SIEM SOC and endpoint detection and response (EDR) were integrated into one, so that I don't have to go to different vendors for different services."
"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."
"Pricing is an area where the solution lacks since it is an expensive tool."
"The IPS, the Intrusion Prevention System, can be improved."
"The security is not as strong as it could be"
"An area for improvement in Meraki MX is that it needs some provision, as supplying the unit through Cisco can be tedious at times, but as far as the product itself and its offerings, Meraki MX is five-star all the way."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". 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". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense.
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