Fortinet FortiGate Reviews

I am working as a presales engineer or system engineer, designing solutions for other clients.

The clients use this solution for their data centers and perimeter security.

The main reason customers prefer Fortinet FortiGate is that it's security-centric, allowing them to implement security features such as a next-generation firewall and translate this to the WAN or SD-WAN architectures, or as a base if they want to grow in more security features or other verticals such as ZTNA and SASE. It's a little baseline for the rest of the verticals or features that can be exploited.

Fortinet FortiGate compares favorably to others in terms of the technology. Second, it's about the relationship they build with their customers. I'm in Colombia, and I can say they have an excellent sales and engineering team that provides a great experience for their clients. They are very attentive and engaged. This company has a rich history; they grow alongside their clients. They take the time to show clients all the benefits and features of the technology they offer. It’s a much more personal experience for everyone involved.

Fortinet Unified SASE is strong for providing consistent security policies across multiple locations. Working with Fortinet in the SASE aspect has been easy. Customers appreciate the features we can offer with Fortinet SASE and ZTNA solutions. They particularly appreciate how they can integrate everything with the baseline of Fortinet FortiGate, and how they can easily apply all the features they need to secure access to different applications from a single console. Some clients use the Fortinet FortiGate data center solution for their data centers as a hub and the perimeter security service.

My experience integrating SD-WAN capabilities with Fortinet FortiGate is in the middle ground. Fortinet FortiGate, as a security-centric fabric, can implement an SD-WAN solution. It can be somewhat manual in some cases, but using other tools that Fortinet has, such as FortiManager, makes implementing an SD-WAN network easier with less effort.

The implementation depends more on the engineer's skill when integrating SD-WAN with Fortinet FortiGate. If you don't have extensive skills in implementing Fortinet FortiGate, it can be difficult, but with more experience, it becomes easier.

In the presales team, I have been working with Fortinet FortiGate for about five years, and as a customer, I worked with it for about two years between 2016 and 2018.

Fortinet FortiGate is very stable and secure for customers.

It's easy with Fortinet FortiGate as they have a very good solution for scalability. If we need to grow in branches or licenses, we can easily do it. The most important aspect of growing this solution is their strong enterprise-level account managers, who always help customers find the best solution and an easy path to grow their architecture with Fortinet.

I would rate their customer service around eight because not everything is perfect, but they have very good customer experience and relationship management.

It depends on the size of the company or the solution they want to implement with Fortinet FortiGate. Most companies could have another vendor or baseline products, so we need to depend on the scenario.

It is very straightforward to set up initially. The duration depends on the size of the company and the solution they want to implement. They might already have another vendor or a different baseline of products, which makes things more complex.

As for deployment models, we typically offer both on-premises and cloud options. We have been working with AWS, and it has been a very positive experience. They provide readily available machines, and everything is easy to find in the marketplace.

I believe it's a fair price for the kind of technology they offer their customers. Sometimes, I think they could apply more discounts to engage customers further. This approach would be beneficial, as it helps us expand the solutions available to clients. As for discounts, they do engage clients with them, particularly in strategic business situations, such as with large accounts in sectors like banking and big retail.

When comparing Fortinet to other vendors, Fortinet generally tends to offer better discounts. However, this does not imply that their solutions are of lower quality; rather, they demonstrate expertise in meeting customer needs.

Some users utilize AI and machine learning enhanced features, such as the FortiGuard services, though not all do as the AI features are relatively new. However, we have successfully positioned some features, particularly in areas such as AI. For example, the threat detection capabilities and the AI assistant available in the FortiAnalyzer service are noteworthy. Fortinet offers a license that can be utilized for AI features, especially in FortiManager. Users appreciate this feature because it helps them achieve better network configuration. If they encounter any issues within the network, they can easily leverage AI to find solutions to those problems.

Overall, I would rate Fortinet FortiGate a nine out of ten because while not everything is perfect, they're really doing their best and demonstrating it through their technology.

I am focused on data center solutions, specifically implementing the FortiGate, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiProxy systems. 

Fortinet FortiGate offers several valuable features, particularly as an interface-based solution. Its design makes it easy to understand both incoming and outgoing network traffic through its interface. The log detection system is user-friendly and effective, allowing for straightforward monitoring of network activity. Additionally, the support for 802.1X and other solutions enhances its functionality. The Unified Threat Management (UTM) feature is particularly effective and beneficial for organizations. One of the best aspects of FortiGate is its adaptability within various environments.

Fortinet FortiGate is a good solution for SD-WAN in network enterprises, with LAN or two ISP solutions that can be separated, making it good for lab parallel network segregation. My experience integrating the SD-WAN capabilities includes having two ISP solutions. One is Airtel with a speed of 1 Mbps, while the other is Vodafone, which offers speeds of 60 Mbps and 40 Mbps. These traffic levels are manageable when using SD-WAN for effective traffic management. Essentially, the integrated SD-WAN on the FortiGate device is suitable for handling traffic management with these ISP solutions.

The security policies in Fortinet FortiGate are very attractive, including application, web filtering, and anti-virus, with very effective web filtering in this organization for behavioral analysis by users. 

The solution has improved my organization significantly, with impactful capabilities such as sandboxing and cloud solutions, such as XDR, MDR, and EDR.

I believe there is room for improvement in machine learning and AI in Fortinet FortiGate. I would like to see more automation regarding AI and machine learning in Fortinet FortiGate.

I have five-year experience with the Fortinet FortiGate firewall.

It is very stable. I would rate the stability of Fortinet FortiGate a ten out of ten.

Its scalability is very good. It's easily scalable.

We have about 15,000 users.

Their customer support is very good. I would rate the technical support for Fortinet FortiGate a ten out of ten.

Positive

The deployment of Fortinet FortiGate is easy.

The solution requires maintenance, and upgrades are very easy and impactful, providing seamless upgrade processes without critical issues.

I estimate that Fortinet FortiGate has saved us around 20% in terms of time, money, and resources.

The pricing of Fortinet FortiGate is average, not cheap or overly expensive compared to other firewall solutions in the market. It's effective and affordable for customers.

When comparing Fortinet FortiGate to other solutions like Palo Alto or Check Point, I find that Fortinet is much easier to implement. My colleagues often struggle to understand other solutions, but Fortinet is more adoptable, which is beneficial for training purposes. The training resources available at training.fortinet.com are quite helpful. I believe Fortinet stands out in terms of effective training and the quality of knowledge provided. Their documentation is particularly impactful, making the learning process more efficient. Overall, Fortinet offers a very effective and knowledgeable training experience compared to other vendors.

I would rate Fortinet FortiGate a ten out of ten.

A use case for Fortinet FortiGate includes connecting nine to ten different sites to the main Fortinet FortiGate firewall and diversifying the traffic with two-way traffic. It functions as a load balancer to balance loads between different sites.

The main benefits of Fortinet FortiGate, especially in India, are its economic value, scalability, and different sizing options. When compared to Cisco or Juniper, upgrading to a higher class involves a substantial cost increase, whereas with Fortinet FortiGate, the next class is only marginally higher.

The best feature of Fortinet FortiGate is SD-WAN. It ensures continuous connectivity by taking over during link failures, preventing any downtime for the company. One of my clients faced many problems with the primary internet provider and requested multi-path functionality. We implemented the SD-WAN facility and added another three-link WAN link, converting the normal port into SD-WAN and assigning weightage. When there is no response from the primary connection after a certain number of milliseconds, it switches to the secondary and then to the tertiary connection. The impact on network performance with the SD-WAN is very good, provided it is sized properly based on throughput. It is necessary to calculate how much data is transferring daily or per minute, then size the firewall accordingly and select a particular model.

The Fortinet FortiGate solution offers ease of use, not requiring highly skilled workers. General users with two or three experienced team members can read the manual and implement the needed configurations.

Hardware-assisted DDoS protection in Fortinet FortiGate is very easy to implement with single-click options, though care must be taken not to burden bandwidth. Certain ACL units should be used, applying rules only to interesting or exposed traffic.

Some features in Fortinet FortiGate need improvement as we discover when calling support that certain actions must be done from the command line. Not all features are available in the web UI. Features such as enabling multiple MPLS circuits can only be accomplished through the command line, so these need to be made available in the web UI.

Fortinet needs to improve customer support and documentation.

I have been working with Fortinet FortiGate for more than 15 years.

Fortinet FortiGate is very stable, but the person procuring the firewall needs to ensure it is sized properly. If the sizing is not proper, it will create many problems.

The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is very good. It has improved significantly compared to five years ago when it was not as scalable.

When we encounter struggles, they perform actions from the backend, taking control and resolving issues. This becomes a black box for us because we do not know what actions they took.

Neutral

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate is straightforward and easy. HA is the deployment model we always recommend.

While we have not calculated it specifically, we found the ROI to be good, approximately 97% to 98%.

I utilize the Fortinet FortiGate hardware and have never tried the VM version, working only with normal VPN configuration, user configuration, normal routing, and multiple WAN links. While we are using the dynamic segmentation feature, we have not tested it thoroughly enough to analyze its benefits.

People generally go with the recommendations of high-level architects. For core networks, they typically suggest Cisco or Juniper. In India, the market follows whatever the chief architect suggests without quantifying whether it is worth it.

My advice for others considering Fortinet FortiGate implementation is to focus on its ease of use. 

Based on my experience, I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We have two deployments of Fortinet FortiGate at different sites. One is the SD-WAN, and the other is the next-generation firewall.

We secure our perimeter using Fortinet FortiGate. We are using it as a gateway device, and we have all the filters, such as the web filter, the intrusion detection and the anti-virus. We mainly use it to filter our traffic. Most importantly, it serves as our gateway device. That is how we are using it at the end of the day.

We wanted to see how Fortinet FortiGate SD-WAN can help us reach out to our branch, and that was the only reason for enabling it. It pretty much works for connectivity to the branch.

It is very user-friendly compared to other products. It integrates with many other technologies out there. It does not matter what technology you have deployed within your network, it can work with that.

We have not had an issue with the Fortinet FortiGate firewall. We recently renewed the licenses for the firewall and FortiNAC, and it has been working well. I have not had any incidents or instances since the last renewal.

Application control and the web filter are the best features of Fortinet FortiGate. 

Traffic control is available, and I have been using Fortinet FortiGate to allocate bandwidth also, so it helps me manage and allocate bandwidth to my applications. On that side, that has worked for me. Most importantly, it helps to filter unwanted traffic.

Its pricing can be better. I cannot think of anything else because it pretty much satisfies our requirements. I am comfortable with this product. 

The only issue that I have is with FortiNAC. The firewall is fine, but the FortiNAC interface is a little bit too jumbled or too complicated, not as straightforward as it is on the Fortinet FortiGate firewall and FortiAnalyzer. 

I have not faced any stability issues with Fortinet FortiGate. I would give it an eight out of ten for stability.

Fortinet FortiGate is scalable. I would rate it an eight out of ten for scalability.

I raise my tickets for Fortinet FortiGate, and they are handled well. The support is pretty good. I would rate the support an eight out of ten.

Positive

In this work environment, Fortinet FortiGate was the first one we had as our firewall. We had nothing before it.

I have previously worked with Check Point and Cyberoam. Those are the only two products that I can compare with Fortinet FortiGate.

From my experience, administration is a bit complicated on the Check Point side. Most of the concepts are similar, but configuring Fortinet FortiGate is a little bit easier for me compared to Check Point. Cyberoam was resource intensive, which I have not seen in Fortinet FortiGate.

The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was handled by a provider to implement it, but the knowledge transfer was pretty much straightforward. It took about two weeks to deploy Fortinet FortiGate.

We are not a business-oriented organization; our primary aim is to make sure that our assets are protected. We had some issues before having this firewall, and we have not had any incidents ever since we implemented Fortinet FortiGate.

When I look around at other products, such as Sophos, Fortinet FortiGate is 20% to 30% more expensive with our current cost.

The license renewal for Fortinet FortiGate has been a little bit costly. When we are paying, we renew both the warranty and licenses for Fortinet FortiGate. That is what makes the whole thing a bit costly.

We normally purchase and renew those licenses for FortiAnalyzer, FortiNAC, and Fortinet FortiGate firewall at the same time. When I look around, I would say Fortinet FortiGate is on the higher side.

The thing that I have not experienced with it is the web application firewall. I was trying to find out from the partner whether it is something that is licensed separately. When you look at the policies, it looks it is not active.

I would recommend using Fortinet FortiGate because of its usability. I would rate it a nine out of ten.

I use Fortinet FortiGate just for the data center to connect to it. I put Sophos on the internet and FortiGate on the data center.

For application filtration, I really appreciate many features of Fortinet FortiGate because it is more reliable, easy to use, and the reports are easy to read and understand. I have integrated Fortinet FortiGate with the database for reading the reports. I can recommend Fortinet FortiGate for enterprise-level because it has many features and solutions, though I would not recommend it for small companies or individual companies.

To improve Fortinet FortiGate, I think they need to improve the software and make updates more quickly, rather than taking a long time to update the software or firmware.

I have been working with Fortinet FortiGate for approximately four to five years.

I would rate the stability of Fortinet FortiGate a ten out of ten, with ten being the best.

I would rate the scalability of Fortinet FortiGate a ten out of ten, as I think it is reliable and very dependable.

I would rate the technical support from Fortinet between eight and nine; it is a very good vendor, but sometimes there is a delay in getting information from us or maybe a delay for us to contact them.

I am using Fortinet FortiGate and Sophos.

In the beginning of my work with Fortinet FortiGate, the setup was difficult, but after many attempts, I became an expert on how to install and modify every command. For a regular user, I think it is very easy to understand and read the product documentation.

I use Sophos for firewall and Fortinet FortiGate for data center.

I really recommend Fortinet FortiGate. My overall rating for Fortinet FortiGate is 9 out of 10.

The main use cases for the product revolve around perimeter security, and it depends on LAN to WAN traffic, especially in work-from-home scenarios wherein the customer wants to access the local infrastructure remotely. It is also sometimes used in data centers, but many times Palo Alto is used.

Fortinet FortiGate serves as the first line of defense. It is robust and easy to configure, and I haven't seen any breaches happening when configured properly based on best practices. In the Indian market, clients have a lot of trust in this product.

The most useful functions of Fortinet FortiGate are SD-WAN, which is very easy to configure. Its user interface is also very good, making it easy for any engineer to explain configuration changes over the phone without needing to take remote access. Integration of SD-WAN capabilities with Fortinet FortiGate is simple to integrate.

They are already making improvements with the integration of AI and machine learning (ML). While I haven't personally used these features yet, I see that the focus is primarily on AI operations that fall under the umbrella of AI and ML. Additionally, they offer FortiManager with a signal dashboard that allows for the monitoring and configuration of multiple FortiGate firewalls, which is quite impressive. Moreover, they now provide a SaaS offering for FortiManager, which I believe is a good development overall.

If they can come up with a feature that allows scalability within the firewall itself, such as 'scale as you grow,' that would be a valuable improvement. Fortinet is already implementing AI and ML, although I haven't used it personally. AI ops are covered under it, and they also have FortiManager, which allows for monitoring and configuring multiple Fortinet FortiGate firewalls through a single dashboard.

I have been working with Fortinet FortiGate for more than 10 years.

When it comes to stability, I would rate Fortinet FortiGate a ten out of ten, as I haven't seen any downtime wherever I proposed it.

I would rate Fortinet FortiGate's scalability as an eight out of ten.

I would rate the support from Fortinet a nine out of ten.

We also work with Palo Alto solutions. Palo Alto has a distinct advantage because it offers some great features that are already available, such as DNS security, which we have a lot of experience with. Palo Alto is unmatched in a data center environment. This is why many people tend to trust Palo Alto firewalls more compared to FortiGate. As for perimeter security, FortiGate excels in that area.

In most small and medium enterprises and SMBs, we usually propose SonicWall, and for enterprises, we work with Palo Alto or Fortinet FortiGate, depending on the requirement. It makes sense to propose the Fortinet FortiGate firewall, especially if the customer is already using the SD-WAN feature.

The initial setup for Fortinet FortiGate is simple.

The only challenge with Fortinet FortiGate is the pricing model.

Currently, we are considering Fortinet FortiGate solely for perimeter security, and for SASE and other approaches, we go with other solutions. I have not used AI and ML FortiGuard services with Fortinet FortiGate yet.

Overall, I would rate Fortinet FortiGate an eight out of ten.

My main use case for Fortinet FortiGate is controlling our incoming and outgoing traffic as it's installed in our data center. We're managing all the VPNs, IPsec VPNs, over 48 VPNs with our Fortinet FortiGate. We are also controlling network attacks and threats using IPS/IDS, using web filter, and URL filtering. We are bounding users to access the relevant sites only by using the URL.

Fortinet FortiGate has positively impacted our organization by providing stronger network security as it's a next-generation firewall. The IPS we have blocks known threats and vulnerabilities in real-time. Application control detects and controls thousands of applications, blocks P2P, and limits social media.

SSL inspection scans encrypted traffic, even TLS 1.3 for hidden threats, advanced web filtering, antivirus, and anti-malware. The result is fewer breaches, blocked attacks, better compliance, and simplified and secure WAN connectivity, intelligent link selection based on latency, load balancing across multiple ISPs, and automated failover.

We can run routing protocols very easily, such as BGP. We are using BGP over IPsec VPN for our multiple branches and different stations. We are using BGP over Fortinet FortiGate so it's automated. If one ISP goes down, it will shift automatically without requiring human or network administration involvement. It improves VPN and remote access, including SSL VPN and IPsec VPN as well.

The best features Fortinet FortiGate offers include the SD-WAN, which really stands out, and the comfortable GUI. The IPsec VPN configuration is very user-friendly. Compared to Huawei firewall, Fortinet FortiGate offers more features and is more user-friendly.

In terms of security features, Fortinet FortiGate has Deep SSL/TLS inspection, which is very limited in Huawei NGFW firewall. The AI-powered features in Fortinet FortiGate are more advanced compared to Huawei's basic filtering. The SD-WAN is built-in and mature, while Huawei's support is less feature-rich.

Application control is very granular with signatures, while Huawei is less extensive. The management and usability of Fortinet FortiGate is clean and user-friendly, compared to Huawei's more complex user interface. FortiOS CLI is popular and well-documented, while Huawei, Cisco, and Juniper differ from standards. Fortinet FortiGate offers centralized management through FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer. The reporting, logs, and firmware updates are excellent and stable in Fortinet FortiGate.

Fortinet FortiGate can be improved, specifically in the user interface and UX enhancement. The GUI, especially in older FortiOS versions, can be cluttered or slow. Improvements could make the UI more modern and responsive with a quick dashboard, real-time visibility, health checks, and improved policy editing with bulk changes and better search filters.

Policy management in a large environment becomes complex when managing dozens or hundreds of policies. This could be improved by introducing better policy grouping and tagging for more intelligent policy optimization suggestions, such as unused rules or shadow rules.

The built-in logging and reporting is limited without FortiAnalyzer. Internal reporting tools should be enhanced with graphs, trends, PDF exports, alert-based thresholds, and real-time traffic summaries without requiring FortiAnalyzer, which requires additional payment.

User identity integration with LDAP, AD, and user-based rules can be tricky or limited. Additionally, SSL users cannot change their passwords themselves, which should be included in the OS functionality.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate for six years.

Fortinet FortiGate's scalability is good, and it can handle our organization's growth and needs as it's expanding.

When choosing Fortinet FortiGate, you must know your network size and use case. Choose a FortiGate model that fits your current network and allows for future growth. For small offices and branches, you can use 40, 48, 40F, and 60F series. For medium offices, 80F and 100F are suitable. For large enterprises, you need 200F, 400F, 600F. For data centers, 1000F is recommended.

It's advisable not to buy a model that barely fits; choose one with headroom for future expansion. Always check key specs based on your needs, such as firewall throughput, threat protection throughput, VPN throughput, maximum concurrent sessions, and ports. Check if you need SFP, PoE, or 10G ports.

Consider the features you actually need, such as SD-WAN, SSL VPN, application IPS, AV scanning, Wi-Fi AP support, or central management. If you need central management, you can use FortiManager. Look for FortiOS version compatibility as the F-series offers clear advantages. Make sure your team can operate and manage it with experienced Fortinet engineers.

My review rating for Fortinet FortiGate is three out of ten.

Most of our clients are SMB. We have several support contracts, and as a way to standardize all the products and processes, we ask our clients to switch to Fortinet FortiGate as a firewall, and that's how we standardize our process. Most of our clients we support with a support contract have Fortinet FortiGate as a firewall on-premises.

It's easy to manage. The GUI is very simple, and what is very good is that every product, regardless of size, has the same interface. Most features are in every single product irrespective of the size. 

Their support's response time can be better. In the past six months, they took quite a long time to respond to the support tickets. I don't know if they are overwhelmed with too much activity, but for the last six months, the support has not been very good. Previously, it was very good.

I have dealt with Fortinet FortiGate for four or five years.

I would say that Fortinet FortiGate is stable. We have several appliances installed, but we encountered some trouble with the smaller models on three occasions, which somehow limited the inbound traffic. We had to send one in for a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), and Fortinet sent us a new appliance, which resolved the issue. The only downside is that the replacement process takes about two to three weeks. That has been the only problem we've experienced with the smaller model.

The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is mostly with the bigger appliances. It's not quite flexible once you buy one appliance; to scale up, you have to buy a new appliance, and there's no way to upgrade the appliance. The challenge is that you don't want to oversize the appliance because that is tied to the subscription. The price of the subscription is tied with the size of the appliance, so you have to size it very precisely, considering the future growth of the company.

Their technical support is pretty good. Over the last six months, there has been a delay in response, but previously, it was very good.

Positive

The initial setup for Fortinet FortiGate is pretty straightforward.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Fortinet FortiGate is quite good. I don't have a public site, such as in Azure, where I can see the pricing. I always have to go through the distributor, and that could take some time to get the real price for each appliance. 

When our client has two internet connections, we do Fortinet FortiGate SD-WAN configuration, and it works very well. I can't determine if there is better performance using SD-WAN, but it's much more stable. We did have some trouble with certain types of traffic that doesn't work well with SD-WAN, and we had to implement rules to stick to one of the connections, but those are exceptions. The traffic is much more fluent, but mostly it makes the connection much more stable.

I would rate Fortinet FortiGate an eight out of ten.

We use Fortinet FortiGate to help protect and secure mission-critical data. There are policies and rules that we apply, and there is an intrusion prevention system that notifies if there are critical vulnerabilities on some clients.

I assess the security services provided by Fortinet FortiGate, such as URL filtering and DNS filtering, as quite good; they are quite effective. Fortinet FortiGate is rather sustainable; it's a good, stable product that gets faster and uses less power with new versions. 

It helps us remediate threats more quickly because we have specialists who can work with it rather effectively. When there is an alert on the Fortinet FortiGate, they work together with our FortiAnalyzer and can quickly remediate the incidents.

They should do a better job in testing when they put out a new release because when a new software version is released, it is not always stable or does not always have all the previous features working correctly. They should do more testing or launch a new version later when they have tested it more thoroughly. 

They already did a good job in their GUI, but they can make more features available in the GUI that are still only accessible through the command line.

My proper experience is only two or three years, but in the company, they have been using it for over 10 years.

In terms of network and security convergence, they are there, but we are not currently using them because in the office itself, we have other brands of switches and access points. It's now not quite stable in the demo lab environment; we are now on the latest version, but in the production environment, we are not. Production is always on a lower version.

It is scalable.

I would give Fortinet's technical support an eight out of 10; they are responsive and helpful.

Positive

I previously used Sophos before Fortinet FortiGate.

If you first implement Fortinet FortiGate to get it up and running, it takes just a couple of minutes, but to get all the policies configured correctly, it takes a couple of days.

For my company, Exclusive Networks, the whole company had three or four engineers involved.

We have seen a return on investment from using Fortinet FortiGate for integration with the SOC team. The automation part is giving us a cost benefit and speed; we can react faster.

The price-to-performance ratio from using Fortinet FortiGate is very good; I would give it a nine out of 10. It has helped save on costs due to reduced power consumption.

Performance is the reason I switched from Sophos to Fortinet FortiGate. It has good value for money, ease of use, and a higher security level, with better security solutions. It's more expensive, but it offers a really good total cost of ownership and is still considerably cheaper than Palo Alto.

I would suggest to anyone considering purchasing Fortinet FortiGate's data center firewall to get training to understand very thoroughly how FortiOS works, and if you have several Fortinet FortiGates, to go for a FortiManager with the necessary training. 

The users who work with Fortinet FortiGate are only the IT people, around three or four. Locally, we have around 60 end-users for Fortinet FortiGate. The biggest lesson would be that Fortinet FortiGate provides a high level of security at a good total cost of ownership. 

I would give Fortinet FortiGate an overall rating of nine.

For FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), I use it primarily to connect with other companies through IPsec VPN. Any other security measures are on AWS itself, not on FortiGate. I'm someone who's familiar with FortiGate from previous jobs, so I use that, but it's how we're using it right now.

The IPsec feature of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is valuable to our company because we need to connect quickly VPN connections with other companies in our networks, and there are many connections in some cases. We need to keep it as secure as possible, maybe one-way connections or particular ports. FortiGate is the best option, at least that I'm familiar with, that can answer all of that in one product that is mostly easy to use.

In our case, the deployment options of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) are not scalable, but in terms of connectivity to other companies, that's exactly what we needed, and that's exactly what it does perfectly, what is needed.

The most valuable feature for our company using FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is the IPsec feature, but actually FortiGate is known for good UTM products such as application filter and web filtering. We don't use it here, but in previous companies I used it on a daily basis.

One of the benefits I've realized from using FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is that it's secure and allows functions such as VPN. You can control Wi-Fi and other things from within, if you have FortiNet devices. It's an easy to use product, yet it allows you all that is needed, or at least all that you can do. Whenever there is a security breach, FortiGate is known to patch it very quickly from what I've seen.

Since FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) was implemented, there was a thought in the company about using the VPN that AWS itself provides, but it's far from being as good as FortiGate.

The process can be improved in terms of explaining exactly how the installation should be done step-by-step on AWS, because there are network considerations such as security groups. From what I could find, I didn't do extensive research, but it didn't seem obvious enough in that case.

I do not utilize the intrusion prevention and web filtering features of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW).

The ability of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) to inspect SSL encrypted traffic is not applicable in the current position, but in previous companies, it was really seamless whenever we used it. It just worked seamlessly.

I don't recall if we use a centralized management console for FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) in maintaining oversight across distributed networks.

In my opinion, FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) could be better by having specific models for home usage. I'd wish to have a FortiGate in my home, but the licensing isn't something that I want to purchase for home usage.

I have been using FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) almost since day one at this company, which I have been with for three years and something.

I experienced the stability and availability of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) more in the previous company. In terms of stability, mostly it is okay; however, in some cases, there are features, especially the UI, that tend to have issues. In some cases, you need to restart it, but mostly, it's working flawlessly, especially if you have an HA environment, high availability.

In our case, the deployment options of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) are not scalable, but in terms of connectivity to other companies, that's exactly what we needed, and that's exactly what it does perfectly, what is needed.

I'm certain that what it allows us in terms of connections to other companies is a straightforward solution that you don't have to use something else. It's easy to configure a new connection, and it works in a few minutes if everything works fine.

In this company, I may have worked with FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) support one time, but in my previous company, I actually worked with them extensively. We had multiple FortiGate devices across multiple offices around the world, and we needed to switch them from one account to another sometimes. So I encountered FortiGate support quite frequently.

I would evaluate the level of support for FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) somewhere between seven and eight. My experience might be outdated because lately, I haven't had much experience with that. In some cases, you need to come prepared because the people there work by the book and ask for particular things. If you don't have them, you cannot proceed, but if you know what they need, after some time, it's pretty easy to get support or whatever you need.

Neutral

I don't have enough information on other products that I can tell the pros and cons of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) versus its competitors.

The setup was already done, but from what I read, we considered putting it in another environment that we have, yet we didn't because we didn't actually need the environment at all.

I don't know if my company has seen return on the investment from FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), but I'm certain that what it allows us in terms of connections to other companies is a straightforward solution that you don't have to use something else. It's easy to configure a new connection, and it works in a few minutes if everything works fine.

Pricing isn't something applicable for me regarding FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) because it was already set up once I came to this company.

Since FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) was implemented, there was a thought that crossed in the company about using the VPN that AWS itself provides, but it's far from being as good as FortiGate.

I would rate FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) as a solution a 10 out of 10. I do love FortiGate.

I give it a 10 because, in my experience, FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is a product that allows you to do many things very easily. If you don't appreciate something about the way it works, you have enough playground to change it to suit your needs.

For someone considering FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) for their company, there was a demo online version that they have on their website that is easy to access. You can play with it and see almost all the features in action. That's an easy thing to actually test. Obviously, you cannot connect it to your network and see things live in your case, but it is still a good example of how things work.