Fortinet FortiGate Cloud Reviews

Our company uses the solution for site-to-site VPN tunnels. 

We have more than 6,000 users and four administrators who monitor the solution. 

The solution includes a very stable VPN and IPS. 

The solution's documentation is good. 

The solution should include a commit button that allows for review of changes and deployments before they are submitted. Any actions are immediately reflected but it would be better if a review-before-commit option existed like with Palo Alto. 

The solution could enhance its firewall reporting without the need for a sister product such as Analyzer. 

I have been using the solution for four years. 

The solution is very stable. 

The solution is scalable and we intend to expand its use. 

Technical support is very professional and helpful. 

The initial setup is not complex. 

A configuration takes about 30 minutes to restore and deploy.  

Our company utilized the assistance of certified engineers provided by a reseller for implementation. 

The solution requires an annual license but the cost is reasonable in comparison to competitors in the same category. 

Our company has not yet explored other options, but plans to do so in the future. 

Our company has been using the solution for four years and it is very stable and reliable. 

I primarily use the solution as a firewall.

The load balancing is great.

The deployment is pretty straightforward. It’s easy to implement.

You can really drill down to specific users to get statistics around usage.

There’s a Mac address for listening that can be used for WiFi as well.

The solution is stable.

You can scale if you need to.

At the moment, everything is good. I am not missing any features. Overall, it’s working great.

If you need to scale, you do need to trade up to a new Fortinet solution.

I’ve used it for about a year now.

We haven't had any crashes yet. We do have a primary and a secondary device on the site. There's never been a situation where we had to revert to the secondary device. It’s reliable and the performance is good. It doesn’t freeze. There aren’t bugs.

It is scalable. However, if you need to get a bigger model, a higher model. You can't just do a software update and scale. You need to purchase a new FortiGate solution once your company grows to a certain point. That's the only drawback of scalability.

I've never had any issues yet, and therefore, I've never actually contacted support.

The initial setup was straightforward and pretty simple. It was not overly complex. It didn’t take long at all to get everything up and running.

I can’t speak to the exact pricing of the product.

We have a partnership with Fortinet.

The solution requires you to leave lots of room for growth when you're spec-ing your firewall solution. Don't just get the exact amount and then you are stuck with a lower model that can't support as many users. It’s better to over-assume what you will need.

I’d rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I’ve never had any issues with it yet. We've got it on three sites and it wasn't a hassle setting up. It’s also prevented me from dealing with tech support since everything works, which makes me happy.

Most of the use cases for the solution are as point products for remote sites coming back to a central hub where the gateways control the flow back into the outward sites, kind of a spoke and hub thing. There are multiple sites that are large enough to support small offshoots, and then it comes back. So you might think of it as four or five small data centers coming into two or three big data centers.

An example of how the solution has improved the organization for my client was when they had a mixed environment previously where they had Cisco and COBOL; it was ancient. What they were able to do is standardize for our product, which made their teams more efficient. When you're leveraging a fairly small backend support system, having the ability to have a robust, remote management capability and update capability, and the ability to spare and put another one in pretty quickly, those things are really important and to standardize on it. So that's what they've done. They use the old Meru wireless access points, which plug into Fortinet up until just recently.

It's a pretty robust product. Features we've found most valuable are that it's easy to manage with the management interface, it's really simple and quick. When you've got a lot of them deployed, it's a big deal. The user experience is pretty good. The efficiency and the workflow type of arrangements you can set up where you can monitor and manage remotely, and then push out updates and that kind of thing, is a big deal to my clients. Most of them are self-managed, meaning that we don't manage the solution for them. They've got their own reasons for liking it, but when I talk to them, those are the two big ones. They're easy to manage, they're easy to deploy, they rarely break.

The area of the solution that needs the most improvement, the biggest problem, is they're still trying to digest that Meru acquisition. They're starting to sundown products that have been, at least in my clients, have been pretty established. It's causing some disconnect between where their business is going, and how that vision is being imparted to the people. And there's really no plan for replacement other than rip and replace. They could improve by going to either the resellers or the client, and say, "Hey, these things have to go away because they're not going to be part of our future plans. This is how we're going to help you do it." Then show them how to do it.

I've been working with the solution for fifteen years.

The solution is very stable. Other than changes being driven by the acquisition, very stable.

The solution is scalable because they have models that they do to allow it to be right-sized. They've got plenty of models, and the really, really big arm has capabilities up to 400GB, I think. It certainly could handle any client that you see, from small to enterprise.

I have clients that range from 50 users up to 16,000 on this product.

The technical support has been pretty good. Considering COVID and all the dispersal of support resources; I deal with that with all of my partners. They're probably in the top 10%. They've kept it pretty consistent.

The initial setup is largely simple. The time it takes depends on the size of the site. The way we standardized the process for ordering is that we order the same things for every site. Same thing for every size site, and I think we have four that we typically use plus the big hospitals. Basically, there are five levels, and we order the level that's appropriate. We order any wireless that's appropriate, and then we have a standardized set up for that, for the three wireless types of service that serve our clients. Then, because they have one that's dedicated, one that's dedicated but not managed, and then one that's dirty and everybody can get onto it, because they're a hospital, and they need access. The management for the actual individual firewalls is set, and we basically copy that into each one, as we take it out. So it has a consistent setup at every single site.

For the deployment to our large clients, there are usually at least a half dozen people that do this. When you've got 16,000, you've got probably a hundred, I think there are 167 sites. So you've got to have a team of a half dozen and up. And then, in the smaller and medium clients, one person can manage this.

With regards to return on investment, the qualitative assessment goes back to all of them have noticed that they're more efficient, and they are able to maintain their network security posture more easily and at a lower cost. Now, internally, those are sunk costs when you've got a team of five or six people that are doing everything across a network, or a staff of a hundred, whatever it is. What it does is it frees them up to do something else. So there may not be an ROI that they specifically calculated for Fortinet, but what they do is they sit down and go, "Hey, since we've deployed these because they're so easy to manage, I have time to do something else."

When it comes to licensing, everybody's trying to drive that recurring monthly revenue number, and we're seeing it. The costs are reasonable, and that's the real thing that most customers are looking at. Am I getting value for that dollar; not what the dollar is, but am I getting good value for it?

When considering a solution, clients look at the usual suspects. Cisco is probably the number one, although WatchGuard in this space is very, very popular. And so is Sophos in the small to medium, because they also have gone to an integrated approach for endpoint and firewall management. So there are some similarities there, but clients have chosen FortiGate Fortinet for the reason that they're comfortable mainly with the interface. It's easier than the other ones.

The solution has started to move into things like security cameras, having an all-in-one point of security contact; they've got cameras and SD-WAN and next-generation firewalls. And they've got a large portfolio now, so we're seeing more people, especially in the small and medium-size move to something like this. In the bigger clients, what we see them doing is looking at mainly having the add-on of being able to manage the wireless through the same point of management.

My advice to customers considering FortiGate is to look at the breadth of the offering rather than a specific product. The breadth of the offering, meaning that you can do switching, you can do wireless, you can do the security cameras, you can do SD-WAN, you can do 5G. You can do it on-prem, you can do it in the cloud. There are lots of different options here that give you the flexibility to deliver a security posture you feel comfortable with across on-prem and cloud-based management. There's some AI in it now that's starting to give you some real meaningful data points on security, which are nice to have.

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

Our customers use Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for network security and Edge Firewalls.

The most valuable features of the solution are the UTP feature, IPS antivirus, and web filtering.

If more products convert their configuration to Fortinet configuration, it will be easy for migration.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for two years.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten for stability.

Our clients for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are medium-sized businesses.

I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.

The solution's initial setup is very easy.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy, I rate the solution's initial setup ten out of ten.

The solution can be deployed very fast in one day.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has improved our clients' cost savings and efficiency. The solution is worth its cost.

The solution is neither cheap nor expensive.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.

The security policy in Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has notably enhanced network security. We will configure all the security features if they want direct access to the internal server. We will enable UTP features like file application scanning and SSL detection. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is deployed in a public cloud because most clients use the virtual machine and the virtual firewall for protection.

Maybe more people would like to use it if AI can do more on the security front. I would recommend the solution to other people.

Overall, I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud a nine out of ten.

We use Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for Fortinet VPN channeling and site-to-site VPN. We also use it to block some traffic.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud has security features, like DDoS protection and UTM. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is user-friendly. We can easily identify and use its features. So there won't be any difficulty in configuring, installing, or using it on a daily basis.

It would be much better if Fortinet FortiGate Cloud allowed third-party integrations like multi factor-authentication.

Better security features should be included in the next release.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for two to three years.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud an eight out of ten for scalability. Our organization provides FinTech services, and we use the solution daily.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is very easy to set up. The initial setup for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud takes around 10 to 15 minutes. I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud a nine out of ten for its initial setup.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is moderately priced. I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud a five out of ten for pricing.

Overall, I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud a nine out of ten.

SD-WAN tunneling is the primary function of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud. It is also used for filtering or browsing, as well as application filtering and blocking of all unwanted applications, viruses, and malware, which is the main goal.

The SD-WAN tunneling is the most valuable. Everything is valuable, especially the SD-WAN tunneling, filtering of email, application, and browsing. Everything has value.

This Fortinet equipment meets our requirements. They offer what we wanted.

The most recent version of others is not yet complete. For the time being, we are content because it is a significant help to us. Durability is something that can be improved.

It is currently durable, but they may be able to improve it further. They can adapt Cisco technology because of its durability.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for seven years.

We are working with versions 100D and 60E.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is reliable. It's been seven years, and everything has been good.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is a scalable solution.

It is being used extensively. It is running 24/7.

We intend to implement and upgrade another model in order to meet a new requirement.

Technical support is very helpful. Support is not a problem because Fortinet is user-friendly to manage, even my technical team can handle it.

On our end, setting up Fortinet FortiGate was easy. It was not complex.

You can deploy the firewall in an hour without difficult requirements. You can set up the firewall in an hour. It's plug-and-play, ready to use.

We collaborated with a vendor in the first deployment, but we handled the subsequent deployment ourselves. Even though we dealt with the first deployment, we contracted for support just in case, but for the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth deployments we did not require vendors.

The cost of equipment and its renewal is valuable. Unlike other firewalls, the cost of Fortinet FortiGate is low, and the functionality is nearly identical, which is why we chose it.

Then there's the cost, which we compared to Palo Alto, Cisco equipment, and others, and we were impressed with the cost, the cost of the renewal, and the cost of the equipment.

The solution is cloud-based. Trend Micro Incorporated is the service provider.

If you are looking for a low-cost security appliance with web filtering, application filtering, and SD-WAN tunneling, I would recommend Fortinet FortiGate Cloud. It's not expensive, and it meets the most basic requirements.

I would rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud a nine out of ten.

We use FortiGate to protect 100 to 200 users at my company.

We are seeking a solution that can monitor our network traffic running through 17 firewalls in Malaysia and Indonesia. We want a solution that can record and monitor all the logs from all the firewalls. We want to consolidate all our firewalls into one portal so we can monitor all the activities from all the firewalls.

We have been using FortiGate for more than a decade.

FortiGate is highly stable.

FortIGate's scalability is good.

We have contacted Fortinet support for some minor issues with upgrades to our IPS database.

FortiGate is quite user-friendly. It's not that complicated.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate mine out of 10. The hardware is reliable, and their support is excellent. Before implementing FortiGate, you should ensure your other solutions can gather the information from the FortiGate firewalls.

We primarily use the solution for firewalls and VPN only.

It's easy to use. There are no specific features that stand out as such, based on my experience. I don't interact with these tools. My job is to just identify a product and get it deployed.

Technical support is good.

The solution is stable.

So far, it's been serving all the required purposes. We've not seen any areas for improvement. No missing features come to mind right now. 

I've been using the solution for more than five years. 

The stability is great. There are no bugs or glitches. It was reliable. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

We haven't had to scale yet. I'm not sure how scalable the solution is. 

We have a small deployment of about 1,200 users. It's all at the engineering level.  

I've been in touch with technical support. They are good. We are satisfied with support. 

Positive

We use CrowdStrike Falcon and FortiGate.

I'm not sure if we have used anything before this solution. 

I'm not the end user for these tools. However, I do know about the deployment. It's easy to set up and not complex at all. It takes three to four days. 

The deployment was handled by three people. 

I don't handle the licensing. I can't speak to the cost of the product.

We are engineering partners with Fortinet.

We're using the latest version of the solution. It was recently patched. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

I would recommend the solution to other users and companies.