We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks K2-Series and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway 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 valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"The solution can scale well."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"I like the tool's WildFire feature."
"Palo Alto has an approach that makes the configuration easier not only for the customers but also for the IT help for the customers."
"Palo Alto firewalls are scalable enough. We have about 110 employees in our company, and we are about to expand to 130."
"As long as the solution is kept updated, it's pretty stable."
"Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good."
"This firewall is very good for our customers because they don't have to write their own rules for adding an application."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"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."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"Its networking features could be better."
"Palo Alto has many other products. It would be nice for these products to be centralized under one tool"
"Palo Alto doesn't have extended visibility to the end point in their firewalls."
"The licensing cost is a typical complaint with many clients. The solution is expensive."
"They could improve by providing more features in the solution."
"I would like to see the threat intelligence capability integrated with other vendors such as Cisco and Forcepoint."
"I'd like to see more data protection on the system."
"The password function of the solution could be improved. Additionally, some of the processes take too long to complete."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
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Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and SonicWall TZ. See our Palo Alto Networks K2-Series vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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