FortiDDoS vs. Fortinet FortiGate

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FortiDDoS
Score 6.0 out of 10
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FortiDDoS is a DDoS prevention product available as a hardware appliance or a hybrid on-premise/cloud software solution. Scope of Protection The FortiDDoS product offered by Fortinet differentiates itself from other products in the industry by providing comprehensive protection at multiple layers of the OSI model. It offers integrated protection at layer 3 (network layer), layer 4 (transport layer), and layer 7 (application layer) to defend against a wide range of…N/A
FortiGate
Score 8.2 out of 10
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FortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.N/A
Pricing
FortiDDoSFortinet FortiGate
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FortiDDoSFortiGate
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFortiGate pricing starts at $250 for home office use, up to $300,000 for large enterprise appliances. Must contact sales team for pricing.
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FortiDDoSFortinet FortiGate
Features
FortiDDoSFortinet FortiGate
Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
FortiDDoS
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Ratings
Fortinet FortiGate
8.9
Ratings
3% above category average
Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Content Inspection00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Firewall Management Console00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
VPN00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
High Availability00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Proxy Server00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
FortiDDoSFortinet FortiGate
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.9
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Usability
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9.0
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Availability
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10.0
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Performance
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
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8.6
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In-Person Training
-
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10.0
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Implementation Rating
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8.0
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Configurability
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9.0
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Ease of integration
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7.0
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Product Scalability
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9.8
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Vendor post-sale
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10.0
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.0
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User Testimonials
FortiDDoSFortinet FortiGate
Likelihood to Recommend
It is suitable for use in the transaction service environment on the Internet, such as Web Service, Mobile App, Cloud Micro Service, blockchain trading platform, VDI for Work at Home. Not suitable for use in the company's internal decentralized trading system.
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We reviewed many different vendors product offerings, we found the Fortinet FortiGate to best fit our needs. We upgraded from a previous firewall, the migration was a fairly easy process. We were also able to consolidate multiple firewalls into one unit using vdoms. It's been helpful to have one pain of glass, one support contract and easy to work with support. These firewalls are feature rich which is great, but the support contracts are expensive.
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Pros
  • FortiDDos solves the loss of business money caused by previous attacks that we have faced. Our company's business is mainly to provide Internet APP manufacturers with their client-side cash transaction services.
  • Can react quickly when it is subjected to a malicious attack. Can quickly assist us in the follow-up response processing.
  • It can be integrated with our existing NOC management platform. Has played complete monitoring and management capabilities.
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  • It is the most reliable NGFW that we have ever been touch with it.
  • You can easily upgrade the firewall cluster firmware without user attention!!!
  • User IDentity based feature is fantastic and intrusion prevention just works with least false-positive possible.
  • Very reachfull and intuitive GUI, just love it
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Cons
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  • When we switched to Fortinet Fortigate, it took some time getting used to and become familiar with the new interface. Being used to strictly command-line interfaces, a full GUI-based firewall was something brand new. Careful planning had to be done when creating rules to ensure we didn't miss anything. However, once we got used to the new GUI interface, going from one Fortinet product to another was simple, as Fortinet used the same interface for all of its devices.
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Likelihood to Renew
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Fortinet's products have kept improving with new software releases and they continue to deliver great value. Their support is also very good. I believe that as a small enterprise, their products have given us competitive advantage delivering features and functionality that enable us to innovate and do things better. They also continue to be a leader in the markets they serve.
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Usability
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The user interface shared among many simultaneous users is very easy to get around. With shared favorites among users, most tasks are easily bookmarked and can quickly be found and edited. Their strategy for web filter integration is easy to understand and manage as well. With some general direction, setup and maintenance were easy to do and easy to teach others in the organization to do as well.
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Reliability and Availability
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We had didn't any hardware failures at our two main office locations and upgraded our units last year after using them for about 5-6 years
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Performance
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Good performance and really good integration. We have integration with Microsoft AD.
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Support Rating
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We live in Turkey. Fortinet's Turkey office [dealt] constantly with us in our every problem or our experience. In addition, global support teams also supported every ticket we opened in every problem we encountered. They support innovative approaches and evaluate and offer solutions. In this context, they were very supportive of the problems we encountered in previous versions.
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In-Person Training
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I received it a couple years afters use it and it was just to confirm my knowledge about the tool.
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Implementation Rating
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Make sure that you have the most current version of FortiOS. Make sure all Fortigates are on the same version
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Alternatives Considered
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One of the biggest advantages over competitors that Fortinet FortiGate leverages well is its remote virtual private networks options. Licensing is included with Fortinet FortiGate units at no extra cost. We find that the telemetry is easier to compile and most importantly communicate with non technical members of staff. The Fortinet FortiGate unit is also extremely stable for long periods of time without showing signs of needing a reboot.
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Scalability
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My environments are pretty small (less than 100 users per location) so no issues here.
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Return on Investment
  • Provide our business area grows 60% year by year
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  • SD-WAN : Can't stress it further that we are very happy with this functionality and outcomes in the org. We have multiple WAN and MPLS links and traffic switching becomes an important in order to utilize the best performing line.
  • QoS : We use QoS for almost all internet traffic, be it Web browsing by users, IOT segment, Application based traffic policy and VIP and normal user based bandwidth allocation.
  • SSL and IPSec VPN, both features are fully used to it absolute capacity. IPSec tunnels with multiple sister companies across globe.
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