Fortinet FortiGate Cloud Reviews

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is used primarily for network and application protection.

The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are ease of use and the simplicity of maintenance and configuration. Additionally, the modularity of the solution is very easy to handle, it is convenient.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for one year and a half.

I have found Fortinet FortiGate Cloud to be highly stable.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is scalable.

We have approximately 1,000 users that use the solution in my organization.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud's initial configuration is very straightforward. After the deployment, it does not take more than a week to have it fully configured and in production.

We needed to do some training to be able to implement Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and after the training, we did the implementation in-house.

We are not measuring the return of investment (ROI) from a specific point of view, because we are using it in the information technology area. We are not selling services through this particular security element, we don't have that measure at this moment, but from our point of view, the ROI is fine. 

The license for Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is annual.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud an eight out of ten.

We are using Fortinet FortiGate Cloud as a firewall.

The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are the IPS, SSL Wireless, and VPN. Additionally, packet inspection and point-to-point VPN application control are useful.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud could improve the dashboards.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for approximately two years.

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is a stable solution for users.

We have approximately 225 users using this solution.

Whenever we faced problems our vendors who are supporting Fortinet FortiGate Cloud have raised a ticket on our behalf. We never needed to go to Fortinet because whatever problem we face, our team or our vendor, they were capable of handling it for us.

The initial installation is straightforward. The time it takes for the implementation depends if you start building from scratch or not. However, it takes a maximum of two hours using two people, this includes the configuration, OS upgrades, and FCL configuration.

We used managed services and had a partner implement the solution. We have one system engineer that does the maintenance and support of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud.

The price of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is reasonable when compared to Juniper and others, we are happy. We have a three-year subscription.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud a nine out of ten.

We use this product for cyber security. It is our perimeter firewall.

This product is easy to manage and easy to use. It has a simple GUI.

If the SD-WAN technology were included free of cost then it would be more suitable for many users, including us.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for three years.

Stability-wise, this service is the best.

As a perimeter firewall, all of the people connected to the network are going through it. I am not sure of the exact number but it is more than 1,000 people per day. At this point, we have no plan to increase our usage. In the future, if there is an upgraded version, it is something that we will think about. We are innovative and we need to stay up to date, according to the market.

For administration, only myself and one of my colleagues have access to it. Only one or two engineers are needed for maintenance.

We use the on-premises FortiGate Firewall solution in addition to FortiCloud.

We have pfSense available in the company but we have not run it since implementing FortiGate. It is available as a backup in case our FortiGate fails but this has not happened so we haven't used it.

I do not have any hands-on experience with other similar products.

The initial setup is straightforward.

Our implementation strategy was to get the world's best cybersecurity, perimeter firewall. We searched the internet to find this and we selected FortiGate. It took a maximum of one month for the implementation. It was not very challenging.

We implemented this product in-house.

This is not a product that we've seen ROI with because all hardware of this type, as well as software, has end-of-life. It's the maximum age of the product. We try to use it up until that point and then upgrade it.

The price of the product is approximately 10,000 Qatar Riyal ($2,750 USD), and another 10,000 Qatar Riyal for a three-year license. There are no additional costs, other than these.

I have evaluated other solutions such as SonicWall and pfSense. FortiGate is far better than these solutions. The biggest difference is the ease of use.

It is quite easy to use and manage FortiGate Cloud compared to pfSense.  For example, the other systems were a little more complicated and you need to be more technical to use them. With FortiGate, their GUI made it simple to use. Any normal user can use and access it.

In terms of cybersecurity protection, the sandbox features in FortiGate are very good when compared to the other two.

My advice for anybody who is looking into FortiGate Cloud is that if they're looking for the best security at a minimum price then this is a product that I recommend. It is the best firewall in the world. There are others that are good but also quite expensive. If you're in small or medium enterprise business, you should implement FortiGate.

Overall, I am very happy using this product. The vendor is doing a very good job. It is a top-listed product and there is nobody that can beat FortiGate.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

The FortiCloud is being used as a security fabric. It provides insights into the overall activity at the locations which we have deployed. We are in around 30 to 40 locations which we manage over a cloud. Managing is very simple via Fortinet, which really is a value-add to our technology - at least, the infrastructure portion, the management part. 

If you compare the manageability part with Palo Alto, the access via the GUI is very fast in Fortinet, as compared to Palo Alto. In Palo Alto, when saving any configuration, it takes two to three minutes of time while committing the configuration. In Fortinet, it is just a click and it just gets saved.

The intel we get from Fortinet is its most valuable aspect.

The solution could add load balancing and QS features at an application level. In Fortinet, they don't have application-level visibility as we have in Palo Alto. That is something Fortinet can improve on, the application-level visibility.

The SSL visibility could be better. The content which is encrypted, if they can add an encryption engine, which can check the traffic of SCTPS and do the analysis and the threat filtering, or the URL filtering, in the content, that would be ideal. That way, we don't have to purchase another separate product, like Content Peeper, or other products that do dedicated SSL filtering.

I'd like application-side reporting, for example, who are the top 10 users, what users are using what. 

In terms of the complexity, if they integrate and give the track-to reporting to management, that will be a great feature for a future release.

The scalability depends on the sizing. You need to ask: who is the system engineer who is sizing for the customer? For example, if you are the customer and you have a 50 user setup, and the system engineer is proposing a 30E, that may not be a good or an ideal model for 50 users. A 40F would likely be better, as, when we enable UTM, it will enable all the functionality and all the engines will get started, and it will get used. The CPU processing will get distributed among all the services, and then performance may be spread across as well. That's why, while doing the sizing, I would suggest that any system engineer sizes a little bit on the higher side so that, even if the user count goes up, or if the customer plans for scaling, then that won't be a challenge for near future.

For us, the majority of the customers are on Fortinet. A majority of the other customers are on Sophos, and a few customers are on Palo Alto. Most of the enterprise customers are on Palo Alto. Most of the SMB customers are on Fortinet.

The support is quite good. It depends upon the scope. If it's something implementation-based, they won't entertain you. However, if the issue is critical, then they will definitely help. Support is good. Fortinet has good support for India. I have no complaints.

We're also familiar with Palo Alto and Check Point. It's easier to manage or configure, as compared to Palo Alto or Check Point.

The deployment depends upon the requirements. Generally, if there is a standalone infrastructure, and someone wants to configure Fortinet, then it shouldn't take more than one day. However, if you have multi-locations, there might be multiple dependencies or local issues and other stuff, and the configurations may be different. There may be some pools that need to get access from this to that. That might take a few more days. That said, from an implementation aspect, Fortinet implementation is much easier as compared to Palo Alto.

How many people you need for maintenance depends on the nature of the business. For example, in banking, you need 24/7 uptime. You need at least one engineer in a shift to manage the Fortinet devices. Otherwise, two engineers are enough - one for deployment, and the same person can also manage the firewall. Therefore, one to two engineers are more than enough to manage firewalls, Fortinet, the traffic, and to do whitelisting, blacklisting, et cetera. They can do the troubleshooting part and open the ports according to the application requirements.

It is better to have a partner who knows the best practices in order to deploy everything properly. You need someone who can do the staging part, who can do the configuration part, who understands the basic things as well as be able to handle more difficult use cases. It is better to take a help of a partner or integrator.

I've definitely seen an ROI.

In terms of pricing, if it is a cloud subscription, then I prefer to go with the yearly subscription - if you don't have to scale much. However, when you're planning for on-prem devices, then you should go for a three-year license.

There's extra pricing for the UTM and the hardware cost. For a UTM license, they charge an extra fee.

We're using the latest version of the solution.

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten.

Our use cases are twofold, being to secure our own company network and to create an offering for our end customers. 

We like the availability of the hardware and the service that we get from FortiGate, as well as the kind of reach that they have as a part of their sales folks. We are also pleased with their responsiveness. These are the parameters by which we rate our partners. 

The world is moving towards everything being software defined. This is an issue which should be addressed. Things are also moving increasingly towards hardware agnostic appliances, an area in which I would like Fortinet to be more focused and fast moving with that product line. 

I will leave it to the OEM to decide which additional features should be included, because everything is available to them, in as much as the way the market is moving and the types of features the competition is offering. The Fortinet people are in a better position than I to determine which features they want to bring in the lower end modules available from their product portfolio.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate Cloud for around a year-and-a-half.

So far, we have not faced any challenges with the stability and are pretty happy with the device's performance. It accomplishes many things and is working very well. 

While it is difficult for me to address the scalability, this may become an issue in light of the trend for things to move towards being software defined. I have no doubt this will require work to mitigate this issue. From the perspective of scalability, the throughput number of concurrent users are already redefined. Because of the obvious challenges, it would not be possible for us to scale up with the same underlying hardware. However, there are multiple models which exist in the hierarchy. There may be a need to first upgrade when those requirements will need to be filtered.

The limitation is on the hardware, which will eventually have to go once installation becomes completely virtual. 

I do not have any issues with technical support. So far, everything has been up to snuff.

Our use of the solution was a greenfield project for us.

When it comes to the initial setup, I have found Fortinet products to be quite easy.

Deployment is easy. The endpoints are modular and the installation pretty straightforward. Most devices come with a graphical user interface. It is GUI and is pretty easy to configure and deploy.

The pricing is competitive. I am satisfied with it and consider it reasonable. 

While I prefer not to provide names, we did evaluate Fortinet with a couple of other OEMs. Technically, they were also on par with the kind of services offered by Fortinet. For us, key considerations centered on the responsiveness, the cost strain and the availability of the infrastructure that was provided.

I would recommend the solution to someone who is looking for a faster, more responsive, cost competitive and agile delivery for the equipment. In this geography hierarchy, the sales team is pretty much geared up to support you. 

The priorities can vary from one organization to the next. Based on those that we set for ourselves, we felt our needs to be met and this is why we chose to go with the solution. 

I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud as a seven out of ten. 

You can control the solution anywhere from the cloud. 

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud should improve its pricing. Also, its support is slow in Vietnam. 

I have been working with the product for two years. 

I rate Fortinet FortiGate Cloud's stability a nine out of ten. 

I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten. 

I have worked with Cisco, and it's cheaper. 

Fortinet FortiGate Cloud's installation is easy and can be completed in two hours. 

I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten. 

I recommend the solution to others because a hacker or virus can enter the system. I rate it a ten out of ten. 

I mainly use FortiGate Cloud for site-to-site VPNs, user VPNs, SD-WAN, and to help with our void deployments.

Fortigate Cloud rules out a lot of user errors.

FortiGate Cloud's most valuable feature is that it's 100% managed.

FortiGate Cloud could be improved with increased granularity for our control. In the next release, I'd like Fortinet to include integrated endpoint protection and for the user and SSL VPNs to have the same cloud protection.

I've been using FortiGate Cloud for just over a year.

FortiGate Cloud's stability is pretty good.

FortiGate Cloud's scalability is pretty good.

Fortinet's technical support has been pretty good.

The initial setup was really straightforward, and deployment took no longer than half an hour.

We used an in-house team.

There's a lot of return with FortiGate Cloud - it saves me a lot on configuration time, and there are a lot fewer headaches overall.

FortiGate Cloud was the most affordable option I knew of, but their new pricing is less of a bargain as it has fewer levels. 

I would give FortiGate Cloud a rating of eight out of ten.

FortiGate Cloud's key features are the user interface and ease of access.

It would be better for us if Fortinet provided a private cloud, and they should provide more security on the public cloud. There are some minor issues with security with the public cloud. For example, anyone with a link can access the public cloud.

I've worked with FortiGate Cloud for approximately seven months.

FortiGate Cloud is stable.

FortiGate Cloud is scalable.

Fortinet support is awesome.

Setting up FortiGate Cloud is complex, but the Fortinet team completely set the solution up, so we didn't need to do anything on our end. They only gave us the username and password.

We used the Fortinet team.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate eight out of 10.