We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Untangle NG Firewall 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."It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"It performs very well."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"The solution strengthens our IT posture."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"We can monitor the traffic manually and detect threats. Additionally, we can block different IP addresses and URLs."
"The most effective features of the solution for threat prevention are Layer 7 inspection, SSL decryption, IPS, and the web filtering profile."
"AWS has improved our agility to apply firewall rules. It has reduced the amount of time that it takes to apply firewall rules because everything is based in the cloud."
"App-ID and User-ID have repeatedly shown value in securing business critical systems."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"It is reliable and the support is very good."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"The product is easy to implement."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"All features are useful. We are using premium features such as bandwidth sharing, failover, web filters, SSL controls, antivirus, and VPN. We use these features to the fullest. These features are available in the paid firewall license, not the free one."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"It can definitely improve on the performance."
"I would like to have automatic daily reporting, such as how many users have connected via SSL VPN."
"On the cloud side, they need to come up with more HA solutions to support the multi-region."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"It would be helpful if we had a direct number for the support manager or the supporting engineer. That would be better than having to email every time because there would be less wait."
"We have ran into issues with Palo Alto’s limitations for resolving large IP lists from DNS lookups, as well as the antivirus interfering with App-ID."
"They made only a halfhearted attempt to put in DLP (Data Loss Prevention)."
"The disadvantage with Palo Alto is that they don't have a cloud-based solution that includes a secure web gateway."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"The common center facility that Untangle provides should be available on-premises. There are great corporations here in Mexico that like the Untangle solution, but they don't like the fact that the monitoring and access to the appliance are in the cloud. They request for the common center facility to be available and installed on-premises."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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