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Fortinet FortiGate pros and cons

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EhabAli - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at BMB
Apr 20, 2023
Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable.
Irshad Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Jun 5, 2023
The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall.
Javed Hashmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Future Point Technologies
May 24, 2023
Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility.
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Reviewer:734513 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security & DataCenter Architect at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 20, 2023
The technical support in our region is excellent.
DO
Network Solutions Architect at Yazata Solutions
May 2, 2022
FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features.
SC
Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Apr 14, 2023
Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it.
JM
Network admin at Penobscot Valley Hospital
Feb 3, 2022
It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything.
TN
Network Administrator at Automated Outsourcing services
Mar 22, 2022
Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward.
AP
Security Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Nov 1, 2021
The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution.
VK
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 17, 2022
The pricing is great and very reasonable.

Fortinet FortiGate Cons review quotes

EhabAli - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at BMB
Apr 20, 2023
For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial.
Irshad Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Jun 5, 2023
Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem.
Javed Hashmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Future Point Technologies
May 24, 2023
From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement.
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Reviewer:734513 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security & DataCenter Architect at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 20, 2023
I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution.
DO
Network Solutions Architect at Yazata Solutions
May 2, 2022
My only complaint about FortiGate is a lack of QinQ VLAN tunneling. I haven't found this feature in any Fortinet product. You can do this on all Cisco routers, including the smaller models. However, QinQ isn't available on the biggest, most expensive Fortinet units. They still don't have that. I think now we're on software version 6.0, and they still haven't found a solution for QinQ. It isn't a dealbreaker, but that's my main complaint.
SC
Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Apr 14, 2023
There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes.
JM
Network admin at Penobscot Valley Hospital
Feb 3, 2022
I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself.
TN
Network Administrator at Automated Outsourcing services
Mar 22, 2022
Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%.
AP
Security Engineer at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Nov 1, 2021
Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN.
VK
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 17, 2022
It would be good if they had fewer updates.