Fortinet FortiGate SWG Reviews

We use the solution for security.

It is a good solution. The product is stable and strong. We never had any issues with it. All the features work perfectly.

The product’s price is high. It is charging more compared to other solutions.

I have been working with the product for six to seven years. We are working with the latest version of the product.

The product is stable, so we have no complaints. I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten.

I rate the tool’s scalability a ten out of ten. We are an SME. We have around 300 users.

I have 20 years of experience in the industry. The initial setup is simple for me. We can deploy the solution within hours.

I rate the product’s pricing a six out of ten. We pay a yearly license fee.

We implement the solution for our clients. We never had to contact technical support. I recommend the solution to others. It is a good product. Overall, I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

My clients use it as a proxy. The second use case is to try a kind of web filtering. So that's the reason why they're buying. We have customers to whom we have sold an appliance, and we also have a customer to whom we have sold on a virtual machine. So, it's placed on their private cloud.

We've been able to try and secure our perimeter better because of the proxy and the gateway. Moreover, traffic from all our compliance actually passes through this. 

We have compliances also, so we get log reports from that, which goes into our log management software. And it actually helps us to try and analyze any security threats to our environment.

DNS security is something that is actually a good service that comes along with the FortiProXY or a Forti secure web gateway.

Fortinet FortiGate SWG is already a good solution, especially with its IP reputation and anti-botnet security features.

The UI/UX experience can be a little better.

My company has the skill set assets. 

We've been in the business for more than eight years. We have implemented FortiGate SWG in the last twelve months.

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. It's very highly stable. Even if the appliance on-premise solutions have been working fine, Fortinet has a good RMA policy in case of failure as well.  

I would rate the scalability of this product a nine out of ten because it is highly scalable. We have not had problems with customers in terms of scalability.

For medium and enterprise businesses, we would be looking at a web gateway. Small businesses normally don't get into buying a web gateway as such.

We expect a little skillset from the partner as well. However, if we raise the ticket, it becomes much easier, and we get the necessary technical support.

Positive

I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

Usually, the deployment model is in a private cloud.  It can be deployed as an on-prem solution also. The customers have proxy gateways, and so it comes as an appliance as well or as hardware. 

The deployment takes days. It doesn't take weeks. But it depends on the customer environment, like the number of users and what policies need to be configured for that. 

So, it depends on the complexity as far as configurations are concerned. But it definitely can be done in days, and it doesn't take more than ten odd days or so, depending upon the scope.

From a price standpoint, Fortinet is willing to work with partners to get good deals, and Forti will not lose on a price. 

So, we'll be able to try and have a good price versus performance metrics that Fortinet provides.

I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. I would definitely recommend using the solution. 

FortiGate is a great solution, although initially, it faced challenges in the Brazilian market due to lower brand recognition than Cisco. However, explaining and demonstrating its product format and offerings has proven easy. The cost-effectiveness and better features of FortiGate have made some clients skeptical. We set up a trial period, and they eventually opted for it. Many clients were convinced it was great after experiencing the solution's capabilities firsthand.

I believe the package offered by FortiGate provides great value for the solution. It integrates well, allowing us to use Wi-Fi solutions, switches, and firewalls with a centralized management portal. The security it provides is great and one of the best in the market.

One area of improvement I've noticed is the lack of built-in monitoring capabilities in the firewall. Currently, we rely on third-party solutions for monitoring purposes. However, I believe the firewall itself has the potential to do a better job in this aspect.

Another aspect of Fortinet that concerns me is related to redundancy. We have a setup with two firewalls working in parallel, which requires a highly adaptable configuration. However, it feels unfair that clients need to purchase two licenses, especially when one of the firewalls serves as a backup. We have noticed that other manufacturers have different policies on this matter.

We have been using the solution for the past 20 years.

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

I rate the scalability of the solution as a seven out of ten.

We have encountered some issues with the support. Although it is included in the solution, the support could be faster.

Neutral

The initial setup was straightforward.

There has been a return on investment.

When comparing this solution to others, I would rate it a ten out of ten in terms of pricing. However, the issue of requiring a separate license for redundancy is a drawback, and I would rate it a nine out of ten.

The advice I can offer is to compare the entire solution with its competitors. While certain narrow aspects might show some glitches and areas for improvement, when viewed completely, it becomes evident that Fortinet is a great solution. Overall, I would rate the solution as a nine out of ten.

This is a Secure Web Gateway that protects you against various web attacks. It's used mainly for security purposes. 

The solution is stable. It's reliable. 

It can scale. 

The pricing on offer is excellent.

It takes a long time to install the solution.

It could always be more secure. 

I've been using the solution for three or four years. I've used it for a while at this point. 

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. Its performance has been good. 

The scalability is okay. It can expand well. 

We have 200 people using the solution. We do have plans to continue to increase usage. 

I've never reached out to techncial support. I can't speak to their abilities. 

I also have experience with Cisco and Palo Alto. About five years ago, we were using Cisco. We changed due to the better pricing. 

I don't directly deal with the deployment. Someone else handles that process. 

My understanding is the implementation takes a long time. 

The price is pretty reasonable. It's not like Cisco or Palo Alto, which are more expensive. 

I'd rate the cost, in terms of affordability, a five out of five. 

I'm using the latest version of the solution.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. I'd likely recommend the solution to others. 

Clients use Fortinet FortiGate SWG for anything that goes into the internet.

Lately, my company has been using the Fortinet S series more compared to Fortinet FortiGate SWG. My company has tried all the features of Fortinet FortiGate SWG, but I'm unable to say which feature I found most valuable in it, though the solution is superior to Cisco in terms of security.

What could be improved in Fortinet FortiGate SWG is its pricing because it's a bit higher. If it's cheaper, my company could pitch it to customers and engage with customers better about it.

What I'd like to see in the next release of Fortinet FortiGate SWG is an improvement in its dashboard or GUI. I'd like it to be more user-friendly.

Fortinet FortiGate SWG is a stable solution.

Fortinet FortiGate SWG is a scalable solution.

Technical support for Fortinet FortiGate SWG was very helpful. I'm rating their support a four out of five.

The initial setup for Fortinet FortiGate SWG was straightforward. I'm rating the setup four out of five.

I don't have the exact details on how much Fortinet FortiGate SWG costs yearly, but if I were to rate its price on a scale of one to five, with one being the worst and five being the best, I'm rating it a two out of five.

Pricing for Fortinet FortiGate SWG is more suitable for enterprise or large-sized organizations because they are the ones who can afford it versus small and medium-sized organizations.

I'm a reseller and implementer of Fortinet FortiGate SWG. I'm dealing with various solutions and various vendors such as Cisco, Aruba, and Fortinet, based on customer requirements.

I've provided Fortinet FortiGate SWG to a client for the past year.

I currently don't have the details on the number of Fortinet FortiGate SWG users in the client's organization, but it's being used daily.

In terms of security, Fortinet FortiGate SWG is superior compared to Cisco. In terms of pricing, I would prefer Cisco.

I'm rating Fortinet FortiGate SWG six out of ten. If they would change the GUI and improve it, that would make my rating higher, because it's on the GUI where people do all their activities. Making the solution more user-friendly will also increase my rating for it.

We use Fortinet FortiGate SWG for firewall, antivirus, scanning, and web filtering.

The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate SWG are IPS and scanning. Fortinet FortiGate SWG is also easy to use.

The solution’s stability could be improved.

I have been using Fortinet FortiGate SWG for six years.

I rate Fortinet FortiGate SWG an eight out of ten for stability.

Around 60 users use Fortinet FortiGate SWG in our organization.

The solution’s initial setup is straightforward.

We implemented the solution through an in-house team.

Fortinet FortiGate SWG is an affordable solution.

I would recommend Fortinet FortiGate SWG to other users.

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

Web filtering is the most useful feature.

We can't identify which users are causing challenges when we have issues. For example, we may know we have a challenge with our network, but many want to know where it is and the particular user. That would help us to blacklist the user if needed and manage the user data.

We have been using this solution for about six years.

I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

It is very scalable, and I rate the scalability an eight out of ten. We have about a hundred users.

I rate the technical support a seven out of ten because I don't use them often.

Neutral

The initial setup was straightforward and not difficult. I rate the setup an eight out of ten, and it did not take long to deploy.

Pricing is an issue and is a bit high. I rate the pricing a six out of ten because it is expensive.

We evaluated other options like Zoho and Cisco. We chose Fortinet FortiGate SWG because the network we were using was poor.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. It is good, and I would recommend it to others.

We use the firewall to protect our internal network and endpoints or servers and to establish the VPN with our other locations. We also use this solution to aggregate multiple WAN links using SD-WAN.

The user interface is intuitive. Anyone can configure the firewall with little knowledge of the product. The back-end is robust with good security.

All entries in the firewall are linked to all relevant items. For example, if I create one IP address for a LAN segment and I use that IP address in a particular group or if I create a policy or rule inside the firewall, it will be tagged and linked. This makes it easy to identify where and how a particular object is being used.

By clicking on a single point, we can view to all other relevant records. I found this very useful for our tech team and IT admins. 

We have experienced a number of failures when trying to upgrade firmware and the process takes a long time. We only experienced this when doing major upgrades between versions. We have not experienced this challenge with other solutions. 

Fortinet has a policy of pushing all logs into the cloud but the log management is sluggish and slow. The problem is on the site or application where the cloud is hosted.

We have used this solution for more than five years. 

This is a stable solution. I have many customers whose firewalls have been running for a couple of years without any periods of downtime.

The Fortinet back-end team are quite experienced and very helpful. In some cases they take more time than expected. The ETA for resolution could be better.

We are a partner of Fortinet and have a dedicated support team for our Fortinet customers. When they need assistance, we encourage them to contact us instead of Fortinet so that we can resolve their queries faster.

Neutral

The pricing for this solution is reasonable. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.