Fortinet FortiGate is a leading network security solution to enhance cybersecurity and protect against cyber threats.
Users highlight its effectiveness in preventing unauthorized access, securing data transmission, and offering robust firewall protection. Key features include advanced threat protection capabilities, reliable performance, and a user-friendly interface.
The device is highly praised for its scalability and ability to handle high network traffic without compromising speed or stability. Organizations benefit from improved efficiency, streamlined processes, and enhanced collaboration among team members.
The software's customizable features and intuitive interface make it easy for employees to adapt and integrate into their daily workflows, ultimately optimizing operations and achieving organizational goals.
Fortinet has one or two license types, and the VPN numbers are only limited by the hardware chassis make.
Go for long term pricing negotiated at the time of purchase.
Fortinet has one or two license types, and the VPN numbers are only limited by the hardware chassis make.
Go for long term pricing negotiated at the time of purchase.
pfSense is a powerful and reliable network security appliance primarily used for security purposes such as firewall and VPN or traffic shaping, network management, and web filtering. It is commonly used by small businesses and managed service providers to protect their customers' networks and enable remote access through VPNs.
PFSENSE turns out to be very economical, the license is free and for little money you get very good support
If you need to buy hardware onto which to install PfSense, go with their boxes on their website, they are great.
PFSENSE turns out to be very economical, the license is free and for little money you get very good support
If you need to buy hardware onto which to install PfSense, go with their boxes on their website, they are great.
Cisco Secure Firewall stands as a robust and adaptable security solution, catering to organizations of all sizes. It's designed to shield networks from a diverse array of cyber threats, such as ransomware, malware, and phishing attacks. Beyond mere protection, it also offers secure access to corporate resources, beneficial for employees, partners, and customers alike. One of its key functions includes network segmentation, which serves to isolate critical assets and minimize the risk of lateral movement within the network.
Cisco devices are for sure costly and budget could be an important constrain on selecting them as our security solution.
I have to admit that the price is high. But I think it's worth it if the stability of your solution counts for you.
Cisco devices are for sure costly and budget could be an important constrain on selecting them as our security solution.
I have to admit that the price is high. But I think it's worth it if the stability of your solution counts for you.
Based on user feedback, the overall consensus is that the solution has received positive reception. Users have expressed satisfaction with various aspects, highlighting its quality, functionality, and value for money. They appreciate its user-friendly interface and the convenience it offers. Additionally, users have praised the prompt and helpful customer support provided. Some users have also mentioned the product's durability and reliability. The user reviews indicate a favorable experience with the solution.
We are not paying any licensing fees. OPNsense is completely free for us.
It costs about $1000.
We are not paying any licensing fees. OPNsense is completely free for us.
It costs about $1000.
Darktrace is a leading cybersecurity solution that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide advanced threat detection, response, and risk management capabilities. Many reviewers find Darktrace's AI and machine-learning capabilities to be valuable. They appreciate its ability to detect anomalies and threats that might go unnoticed by traditional security tools. Overall, the general sentiment towards Darktrace from reviewers is positive. Users seem to appreciate its scalability, stability, AI capabilities, visibility, and ease of use.
It is inexpensive considering what it can do and the competition.
If you consider the features and the cost of market leaders, we are satisfied with the pricing.
It is inexpensive considering what it can do and the competition.
If you consider the features and the cost of market leaders, we are satisfied with the pricing.
Cisco Meraki MX appliances are next-generation firewalls with all the advanced security services needed for today’s IT security. The appliances are ideal for organizations considering a unified threat management (UTM) solution for branch offices, data centers, distributed sites, or campuses. Since Meraki MX is 100% cloud-managed, installation and remote management are simple and zero-touch.
The Meraki UTM is excellent when you buy the Advanced Security license. If you buy a different license you lost all the valuable functions.
It can always improve pricewise regarding throughput.
The Meraki UTM is excellent when you buy the Advanced Security license. If you buy a different license you lost all the valuable functions.
It can always improve pricewise regarding throughput.
Azure Firewall is a user-friendly, intuitive, cloud-native firewall security solution that provides top-of-the-industry threat protection for all your Azure Virtual Network resources. Azure Firewall is constantly and thoroughly analyzing all traffic and data packets, making it a very valuable and secure fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability. Azure Firewall allows users to create virtual IP addresses and provides for secure DDoS protection for the virtual machines on your network. It also provides fast and efficient east-west and north-south traffic security.
Azure Firewall is a managed, cloud-based network security service built to protect your Azure Virtual Network resources. It is a fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability.
Azure Firewall is quite an expensive product.
The licensing module is good.
Azure Firewall is quite an expensive product.
The licensing module is good.
Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response (VMDR) is a cornerstone product of the Qualys TruRisk Platform and a global leader in the enterprise-grade vulnerability management (VM) vendor space. With VMDR, enterprises are empowered with visibility and insight into cyber risk exposure - making it easy to prioritize vulnerabilities, assets, or groups of assets based on business risk. Security teams can take action to mitigate risk, helping the business measure their actual risk exposure over time.
Usually every implementation is different and the quote is in function of number of assets.
When you want to cover yourself for scalability, you will be charged for the number you place on the scan itself.
Usually every implementation is different and the quote is in function of number of assets.
When you want to cover yourself for scalability, you will be charged for the number you place on the scan itself.
WatchGuard Firebox is a versatile security solution primarily used for security purposes such as firewalling, VPN, and protecting networks from outside and inside threats. It is also used for routing, multi-factor authentication, vulnerability management, and segregating industrial networks from corporate networks.
Very competitive pricing regarding throughput compared to other alternatives.
Cheap.
Very competitive pricing regarding throughput compared to other alternatives.
Cheap.
Getting licenses in our country, Ghana, is not easy. Though, once we have them, adding them is quick (about a day).
The pricing was a factor for us, and we felt that the price was good.
Getting licenses in our country, Ghana, is not easy. Though, once we have them, adding them is quick (about a day).
The pricing was a factor for us, and we felt that the price was good.
Sophos UTM is a unified threat management platform designed to protect your businesses from known and emerging malware including viruses, rootkits and spyware. The solution provides a complete network security package with everything your organization needs in a single modular appliance.
The licensing model is very straightforward, it's a bit pricey, but for what you get, it's well worth it.
If you can afford it, go for a small Check Point, as it is easier to manage.
The licensing model is very straightforward, it's a bit pricey, but for what you get, it's well worth it.
If you can afford it, go for a small Check Point, as it is easier to manage.
Juniper SRX is a next-generation security solution that enables users to expand and secure their networks without incurring heavy costs or sacrificing performance.
The prices are very good as compared to other vendors.
Pricing is good. Most of the costs are in the UTM (IDS/IPS, virus scanning, etc) subscription.
The prices are very good as compared to other vendors.
Pricing is good. Most of the costs are in the UTM (IDS/IPS, virus scanning, etc) subscription.
Untangle NG Firewall is an open-source firewall and gateway security platform that helps keep networks safe while accessing the internet. It offers a free core firewall platform with paid add-ons, and a cloud-based management platform with a variety of deployment options for smaller teams. The solution also has a cloud-based management console for remote management that can either be deployed on premises or as SaaS, and virtualized or cloud-based. It also has flexible deployment options, including third-party hardware, as a virtual machine, or as a turnkey appliance. Untangle NG Firewall is ideal for small IT teams with limited budgets.
It is the most cost-effective to use.
We pay $350 USD per year for the solution. There are no additional costs. As long as you're not using a physical appliance, that's all you need.
It is the most cost-effective to use.
We pay $350 USD per year for the solution. There are no additional costs. As long as you're not using a physical appliance, that's all you need.
Vectra threat detection and response is a complete cybersecurity platform that collects, detects, and prioritizes security alerts. The Cognito platform for Network Detection and Response (NDR) detects and responds to attacks inside cloud, data center, Internet of Things, and enterprise networks. The platform also provides automated response capabilities for low-level threats and escalates more severe anomalies to security personnel.
The license is based on the concurrent IP addresses that it's investigating. We have 9,800 to 10,000 IP addresses.
There are additional features that can be purchased in addition to the standard licensing fee, such as Cognito Recall and Stream.
The license is based on the concurrent IP addresses that it's investigating. We have 9,800 to 10,000 IP addresses.
There are additional features that can be purchased in addition to the standard licensing fee, such as Cognito Recall and Stream.
Fortinet FortiWeb is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects your web applications and APIs from attacks targeting known as well as unknown vulnerabilities. As the surface of your web applications evolves with each change of existing features and deployment of new features, your APIs are left exposed. Fortinet FortiWeb provides the board protection capabilities required to protect web applications without sacrificing performance or manageability.
Cheaper than others.
FortiWeb can be purchased in VM mode for a lower price and the same features.
Cheaper than others.
FortiWeb can be purchased in VM mode for a lower price and the same features.
FortiGate Virtual Appliances allow you to mitigate blind spots by implementing critical security controls within your virtual infrastructure. They also allow you to rapidly provision security infrastructure whenever and wherever it is needed. FortiGate virtual appliances feature all of the security and networking services common to traditional hardware-based FortiGate appliances. With the addition of virtual appliances from Fortinet, you can deploy a mix of hardware and virtual appliances, operating together and managed from a common centralized management platform.
The pricing and licensing are not as expensive as its competitors.
It is an expensive solution if you are migrating from an open source solution.
The pricing and licensing are not as expensive as its competitors.
It is an expensive solution if you are migrating from an open source solution.
Cato Networks is a leading SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) platform, combining SD-WAN and network security to obtain a cloud-native service. Cato Networks optimizes and secures application access for users and identities. The platform delivers a next-generation secure networking architecture that minimizes legacy IT infrastructures’ complexity, costs, and risks. The goal of Cato Suite is to connect any user to any application securely and optimally.
The price is not an issue for us, as it is priced more competitively than some other vendors.
If you compare with VeloCloud, the price is the same or even cheaper.
The price is not an issue for us, as it is priced more competitively than some other vendors.
If you compare with VeloCloud, the price is the same or even cheaper.
Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection (ADP) effectively shields you from the widest range of DNS DDoS attacks, ensuring that you can maintain service uptime for your organization. Minimizing disruptions caused by DDoS and other DNS-based attacks is a key business imperative because DNS provides mission-critical network connectivity. If your DNS is down, your business is down. With ADP you can maintain DNS integrity and stop external and internal DNS DDoS attacks that can take your business offline. ADP eliminates such threats as volumetric attacks, DNS hijacking, cache poisoning and other DNS-specific exploits. A proven solution, it ensures that your customers can always reach your website and other external systems, and it keeps your business up and running 24×7 to maintain customer trust and confidence.
The price of Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection could be reduced, it is expensive.
The solution is expensive.
The price of Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection could be reduced, it is expensive.
The solution is expensive.
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a software-based microsegmentation solution that provides the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. It enables you to prevent malicious lateral movement in your network through precise segmentation policies, visuals of activity within your IT environment, and network security alerts. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation works across your data centers, multicloud environments, and endpoints. It is faster to deploy than infrastructure segmentation approaches and provides you with unparalleled visibility and control of your network.
Compared to the pricing we were seeing from both Illumio and Edgewise, Guardicore was very competitive.
Guardicore Centra provides better value for money than NSX, was the other solution that we looked at, which was too expensive for what it does.
Compared to the pricing we were seeing from both Illumio and Edgewise, Guardicore was very competitive.
Guardicore Centra provides better value for money than NSX, was the other solution that we looked at, which was too expensive for what it does.
Networks are constantly evolving due to threats, organizational growth, or new regulatory/business requirements. Traditional management products focus on mitigating company-wide threats through firewall policies, firmware updates, and keeping content security current. FortiManager offers the features to contain threats as well as providing flexibility to evolve along with your ever-changing network.
The licensing costs depend on how many devices you want to use.
In comparison with other products, the price of FortiManager is reasonable.
The licensing costs depend on how many devices you want to use.
In comparison with other products, the price of FortiManager is reasonable.
Appgate SDP is a network access control tool for local and remote access, multifactor authentication, and micro-segmentation. It is a flexible, robust, and configurable tool with good documentation, interface improvements, and ease of deployment.
It is a pretty expensive tool. It is maybe about $20,000 per year for a hundred users or so.
We pay $100 per user per month. One license for the site is around $17.
It is a pretty expensive tool. It is maybe about $20,000 per year for a hundred users or so.
We pay $100 per user per month. One license for the site is around $17.
ZyWALL USG Series delivers high-access quality to help businesses satisfy the demand for always-online communications. For internal deployments, the ZyWALL USG Series provides active-passive High-Availability (HA) service to support device or connection failover.
This gateway is pretty cheap.
This gateway is pretty cheap.
Sangfor Next Generation Firewall (also known as NGAF) is a converged security solution providing protection against advanced threat, malware, viruses, ransomware and web-based attacks using integrated security features like firewall, IPS, anti-virus, anti-malware, APT, URL filtering, Cloud Sandbox, and WAF. As the world's first AI-enabled and fully integrated Next Generation Firewall & Web Application Firewall (WAF), NGAF offering the security visibility, real-time detection and response, simplified operation and maintenance and high-performance application layer security needed to operate an enterprise network in total security. Tested and proven to provide cutting-edge network security by ICSA Labs and endorsed by Gartner Inc., NGAF harnesses the power of Sangfor’s Neural-X threat intelligence and analytics platform and Engine Zero’s innovative malware detection to provide next-generation protection for today’s enterprise.
It costs about 8 to 10 thousand dollars per year for 500 users, standard licensing fees included.
Sangfor is cheaper than competing vendors.
It costs about 8 to 10 thousand dollars per year for 500 users, standard licensing fees included.
Sangfor is cheaper than competing vendors.
Attackers are always developing new exploits and attack methods—Metasploit penetration testing software helps you use their own weapons against them. Utilizing an ever-growing database of exploits, you can safely simulate real-world attacks on your network to train your security team to spot and stop the real thing.
I use the open-source version of this product. Pricing is not relevant.
It is expensive. Our license expired, and our company is not thinking to renew because of our budget.
I use the open-source version of this product. Pricing is not relevant.
It is expensive. Our license expired, and our company is not thinking to renew because of our budget.
Huawei's Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is a cutting-edge security solution designed to protect networks from advanced threats. With its advanced threat detection and prevention capabilities, the Huawei NGFW ensures the highest level of network security.
Licensing fees are billed on an annual basis.
The price of the license of this solution is high.
Licensing fees are billed on an annual basis.
The price of the license of this solution is high.
LiveAction develops IT visibility solutions designed to simplify network management. Initially developed to aid the US Department of Defense in the operation of its networks, LiveNX (Network Experience) features an innovative visual display, real-time big data analytics and deep control of routers and switches for unparalleled network administration. LiveNX accelerates troubleshooting with its QoS control, application-aware, and WAN functionality developed through engineering partnerships with Cisco Systems.
It's very expensive.
The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products.
It's very expensive.
The solution is fairly expensive compared to other products.
The licensing is on a subscription basis, and it is fairly costly. I would prefer a one-time payment.
The licenses for this solution are expensive.
The licensing is on a subscription basis, and it is fairly costly. I would prefer a one-time payment.
The licenses for this solution are expensive.