We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Stormshield Network Security 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."We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"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 remote access and URL filtering features that are available on global products."
"It has the typical features of a next-generation firewall. It can do application control, antivirus, content filtering, etc."
"The basic configuration will only take 15 minutes to set up"
"The structure is much faster and more sophisticated than Cisco."
"Application control, IPS, and sandboxing towards the cloud are the most valuable features. It is a very user-friendly product with a very easy-to-use interface."
"I like all the functions and features."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to deeply analyze the connection or connection type."
"The interface and dashboards are good."
"Our organization's main concern is stability, and this is a stable solution."
"This solution is quick and easy to configure."
"The solution has improved my organization because I can see what traffic is happening and I can use it to block and prevent attacks."
"A very robust product."
"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"I can see what traffic is going on. I can easily block any programs from attacks."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Its price can be improved. It is expensive. Other vendors have pre-configured policies for the protection of web servers. Palo Alto has an official procedure for protecting the web servers. Many people prefer pre-configured policies, but for me, it is not an issue."
"Its stability can be better. Their technical response from the support side can also be better."
"Technical support can be faster at responding."
"Palo Alto is like Microsoft. It has varied features, but it's too technical. A lot of the features could be simplified. The procedure, process, features, and usability could be more simple."
"It's not so easy to scale out your security capabilities."
"The price could be more friendly, which would be good for Palo Alto and us. If the price were a little lower, then it would be a viable option for mid-level businesses, who may not be able to deploy at the current price point."
"Having a better pricing model would make this product more competitive, and more affordable for our customers."
"We need better affiliations for profiling the user."
"The filtering configuration could be better. We have some difficulties with the filtering configuration and the filter extension. It's not that easy. It's not that straightforward. In the next release, I would like to see a reporting system. Stormshield doesn't have any tutorials on how to do the configuration and things like that. They just have documentation on the website. If you want to configure, for example, Cisco or Fortinet, you can find tutorials on YouTube. They show you how to configure the features, and so on. In Stormshield, there is nothing on social media or the internet on how to configure different things. The lack of documentation or the lack of material makes it difficult for others to adopt this solution."
"The biggest issue was their support department was not able to help us, then everything stops. This is a no-go area for me."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"The product must improve its pricing."
"Improvement is needed in terms of the technical support of the manufacturer."
"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."
"It could be better if it were more user-friendly. It's too complicated for us to use it. The price could be better as well."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 161 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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