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Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs Palo Alto Networks Panorama comparison

Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks are both solutions in the Firewall Security Management category. Fortinet is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.3, while Palo Alto Networks is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.3. Fortinet holds a 4.8% mindshare in Firewall Security Management, compared to Palo Alto Networks’s 7.1% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Fortinet users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Palo Alto Networks users who would recommend it.
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud
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95% willing to recommend
Palo Alto Networks Panorama
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97% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 2025

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and Palo Alto Networks Panorama are leading solutions in the network management and security sector. Based on user feedback, FortiGate Cloud seems to have the upper hand in terms of ease of deployment and cost-effectiveness, while Panorama excels in centralized management capabilities.

Features: FortiGate Cloud is praised for its ease of use, stability, and integration with various Fortinet tools, making it particularly effective for diverse environments such as remote offices. It offers flexibility across public, private, and hybrid cloud setups. Conversely, Panorama stands out with its strong application ID capabilities, centralized management that simplifies handling multiple firewalls, and customizable templates that are beneficial for large deployments. Its advanced threat prevention features are also highly regarded.

Room for Improvement: FortiGate Cloud users highlight the need for better integration with other technologies, improved reporting capabilities, and a longer data retention span. There are also mentions of high costs and a lack of advanced monitoring features, along with suggestions for enhancements in the user interface and potential SIEM bundling. Panorama is noted to require pricing adjustments, improvements in integration and UI, reduction in the number of updates, and better automation processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: FortiGate Cloud's deployment is straightforward and flexible across various environments, with technical support typically responsive and available in multiple regions, despite some concerns about wait times and language support. Panorama, while reliable, is complex to deploy initially but benefits from strong customer service amidst its longer update cycles.

Pricing and ROI: FortiGate Cloud is considered cost-effective with its competitive pricing, offering strong ROI through cost savings and operational efficiency. In contrast, Panorama is on the higher end of the pricing spectrum, but its comprehensive feature set and robust performance often justify the cost, although a price reduction could improve its competitiveness.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud
Ranking in Firewall Security Management
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Palo Alto Networks Panorama
Ranking in Firewall Security Management
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Firewall Security Management category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is 4.8%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Palo Alto Networks Panorama is 7.1%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Martin Ellmann - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers users with a clear-to-understand functionalities
Integrating the tool with other solutions is very easy, so there is no problem with the product. I suggest other people take the best from the product since it is a really good solution. I would not change to a different product extension from Fortinet FortiGate Cloud as it makes you feel safe. If a customer wants to save his or her company, then it is better to get Fortinet FortiGate Cloud because it is one of the best solutions with which you can manage everything, like access points, switches, VLANs, and splitting of NAT, from one place. You can do it all from one point. With FortiGate, you can manage the VLANs, and you have them in every place, every switch, and every port. You can select the VLAN and the tool works. If Fortinet can become better, then it is even better. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.
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Waleed Aboda - PeerSpot reviewer
Centralized monitoring enhances control while seeking greater flexibility and rapid response
I am still working for Lotus. We work with Palo Alto three series, Panorama, and Firewall Banu, specifically Firewall three series and five series I find this solution valuable for full monitoring, centralized control for reporting, and centralized management. These features are instrumental in…
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most effective features for managing cyber threats are IPS and application control."
"FortiGate Cloud has many features that we like. For example, we're using it for security incident management, threat intelligence, and vulnerabilities check. It's integrated with several Fortinet tools like FortiAnalyzer and FortiSandbox controlled through FortiManager."
"We use the solution as a firewall."
"The solution's most valuable feature is log reporting. It has a wide range of products for small, medium, and enterprise customers. The tool is very user-friendly and straightforward, which sets them apart from other vendors. It also has good integration with other solutions."
"The solution works well for remote or branch offices."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The main advantage of FortiGate Cloud is its reliability, scalability, and pricing."
"It covers all needs of our customers and works well. It is also easy to deploy and troubleshoot."
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"We use the solution for centralized monitoring."
"The management and the deployment features are most valuable. We can easily deploy and manage the devices. We can do fast deployments without moving from our office and by just providing a short description to the end-user about how to install the physical device."
"The application ID or App-ID feature is a good feature for us. We are also using IPS and content inspection features. The firewall can inspect the packages that are passing through my network."
"One valuable feature is centralized management. We are able to manage it centrally for two to three remote offices, our head office and our data centers. So, it is very simple to manage."
"Centralized management is a valuable feature."
"I found it easy to learn how to pull information from the logs."
"The solution is very stable. It's reliable. We don't experience bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash. It works as expected."
"This is an efficient solution."
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Cons

"There could be more network-related information like interpretation response. All the flows are limited and related to devices, certificates, and switches."
"The SSL visibility could be better."
"Its price should be better."
"We need some integration or communication between the endpoint and the firewall."
"The platform's reporting and analysis capabilities need improvement."
"I would like to see a SIEM bundled together with this because customers are looking into better reporting and more proactive security solutions."
"There is room for improvement in the VPN connection."
"I had some problems with the performance."
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"The licensing costs are quite high."
"The alerts in Palo Alto Networks Panorama could improve by integration with other systems, such as a forwarding trigger system. For example, if a customer has their own system it would be helpful to have the alarms integrated."
"In our version, there is no feature to transfer or upload a database of third-party vulnerabilities or signatures so that Panorama can convert them into its own database. This kind of feature might already have come in version 10."
"The initial setup can be complex."
"Sometimes technical support is slow to respond."
"The product could offer more integration with other solutions."
"There is room for improvement in response time for tech support."
"It would be beneficial to improve the capabilities of Panorama to handle logs more efficiently, potentially reducing the need for additional local collectors. Adding more predefined dashboards as features would enhance the monitoring and reporting capabilities."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Every year, the product's prices go up and it has been continuing since the past three years. I have seen that the feedback related to the product from our department is that there is always a need for new devices without which there would be no security."
"The solution is neither cheap nor expensive."
"If you purchase any Fortinet firewall, they will give you FortiCloud for 100 GB for free. You can access Fortinet FortiGate Cloud freely up to certain limits."
"All the consulting and deployment charges are included in the product's licenses. There are no additional costs."
"I rate the product pricing as seven out of ten."
"The price of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is reasonable when compared to Juniper and others, we are happy. We have a three-year subscription."
"When comparing this solution to others it is less expensive and there is an annual license required."
"The pricing is mid-ranged, it's not very expensive but it's not the cheapest or most affordable in the market."
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"The pricing is pretty average. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it a five."
"We pay approximately $3,000 a year in order to use the product."
"Its licensing is yearly and multi-yearly. It is not expensive."
"Pricing for Palo Alto Networks Panorama is always high. If you're going to sell the product, you always have to talk about the technology because it should be about the solution rather than the price."
"You can buy the hardware only and each box is not even $10,000. It's only $8,000 for the unit itself. However, then you are charged a three-year license at $81,000."
"Sometimes the company prefers to give a license to test the product in our environment before we go to the customer. But the customer should buy his own license, and that's the system here. The system is different between one country and another. Some countries say that the IT solutions provider should provide the license."
"Palo Alto is costly compared to Fortinet and Sophos."
"Palo Alto Networks Panorama has so many licenses. For example, it has threat protection and group protection licenses. One license depends on another. I find it more expensive than Cisco."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?
Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has valuable firewall, SSL VPN, and web filtering features.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?
I am very satisfied with the price and licensing cost of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, rating it an eight out of ten.
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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiGate Cloud?
Some reports generated from Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are very organizational. It would be beneficial to allow the customers customization of reports. This customization would enable organizations t...
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What do you like most about Palo Alto Networks Panorama?
The most valuable aspect of Palo Alto Networks Panorama for me is the centralized management of multiple firewalls.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Palo Alto Networks Panorama?
Palo Alto Networks Panorama is expensive but provides good value for money. For the higher end, the cost is justified. However, for the lower end, a reduction in cost could improve competitiveness.
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What needs improvement with Palo Alto Networks Panorama?
From the reporting side, naming the reports properly so that they can be easily identified would be an improvement. Other than that, it works well. There was a bug causing us to not get the latest ...
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Also Known As

FortiCloud, FortiGate Cloud
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Overview

FortiCloud can help with your wireless and security challenges in a number of ways. Our solution addresses common IT difficulties including time-consuming provisioning, high investment costs, complex management, vulnerability to advanced threats, and the need to easily scale with growth.

Fortinet

Panorama network security management provides static rules and dynamic security updates in an ever-changing threat landscape. Reduce administrator workload and improve your overall security posture with a single rule base for firewall, threat prevention, URL filtering, application awareness, user identification, file blocking and data filtering.

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Sample Customers

Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
University of Arkansas, JBG SMITH, Temple University, Telkom Indonesia
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