We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and Zscaler Cloud Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"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."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"Most of the features that Zscaler has to offer, we will deploy."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is scalable."
"Zscaler provides effective protection against various cyber threats ensuring a safe environment"
"It provides in-depth visibility into your network, ensuring that traffic flowing into your organization, be it from offices or individual users, is effectively filtered and secured through multiple layers of protection."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"The reports are very basic."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
"Pricing is a challenge."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall should have a better understanding of all dynamic cloud applications."
"We are having some issues with internet access being denied when organizational ID-based policies change. For example, a lower level employee ends up getting the same level of access as that of a higher level employee."
"When it comes to customer support, there is room for improvement in Zscaler's service."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
Earn 20 points
McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 15 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and OPNsense.
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