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    FortiGate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AFortiNet 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

    Palo Alto Networks WildFire

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/APalo Alto Network’s WildFire is a malware prevention service. It specializes in addressing zero-day threats through dynamic and static analysis, machine learning, and advanced sandbox testing environments.N/A
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    FortiGatePalo Alto Networks WildFire
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    FortiGatePalo Alto Networks WildFire
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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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    FortiGatePalo Alto Networks WildFire
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    Fortinet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    FortiGatePalo Alto Networks WildFire
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Fortinet FortiGate and Palo Alto Networks WildFire
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Palo Alto Networks WildFire
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    Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console8.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN8.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability9.535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server10.028 Ratings00 Ratings
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    FortiGatePalo Alto Networks WildFire
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    SonicWall NSA Series
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Trellix Intelligent Sandbox
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
    Trellix Intelligent Sandbox
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FortiGatePalo Alto Networks WildFire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    FortiGatePalo Alto Networks WildFire
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortinet
    Fortinet FortiGate addressed an immediate security issue we had a few years ago. The device gave us a much clearer picture of the activities on our network and also more importantly, increased our awareness of threats from the internet as a whole. Fortinet FortiGate helps us to mitigate these threats with regular signature updates from Fortiguard labs, identifying certain characteristics which, once recognised by Fortinet FortiGate, can be harnessed to deploy powerful 'playbooks'.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    Palo Alto Networks WildFire is highly effective in enterprise environments where detecting zero-day threats and unknown malware is critical. Small businesses may find the cost of advanced subscriptions prohibitive, especially if they only need basic protection. Much of our infrastructure is OT and Palo Alto Networks WildFire is cloud dependent so cannot be used where we have air-gapped systems.
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    Pros
    Fortinet
    • SD-WAN - Load balancing of Internet traffic is a USP of Fortigate and makes it stand tall in the competition. Be it 3 or more Internet Links, multiple Subnets/segments of users to distribute and bandwidth load balancing for links and users. SLA based monitoring of Internet Links / MPLS links, makes it even better to choose the links on the basis of performance (Latency, packet loss, Jitter etc).
    • SSL VPN configuration - As we all have WFH force (to some extend or all employee) during Covid-19, it is impossible to plan BCP without having a SSL VPN. In Fortigate, the SSL VPN configuration is very easy with the help of wizard. The deep CLI-level debugging is also very helpful in troubleshooting. Type of tunnel can be easily configured - Full Tunnel or Split Tunnel for SSL.
    • Explicit Proxy - This is also a great feature to shape and re-route the traffic, configuring the Proxy on the Firewall itself. We are using this feature in Pilot for now, and planned to rollout in few weeks looking at the success rate of the POC.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    • This is could base and easily manageable for our collocation. While working within the could can review in live time potential treats that it has reported from other devices.
    • Worked very well with existing Palo Alto devices.
    • Another huge plus is the simplicity of managing and ease of scalability.
    • Its cost is competitive with similar/like products available.
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    Cons
    Fortinet
    • Documentation is missing a great deal of detail and assumes the customer and just guess and fill in the blanks themselves
    • Fortinet has lots and lots of video guides on topics that only a small percentage of customers would ever need
    • The documentation and video guides do not get updated so most is only relevant to older software versions
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    Palo Alto Networks
    • Cost
    • I would personally like to see more JSON support in the API rather than XML, but that's being very nitpicky
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Fortinet
    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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    Palo Alto Networks
    It works very well and takes care of protecting us from threats new and well-known. It's been a game changer in terms of threat detection & prevention.
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    Usability
    Fortinet
    The firewall runs very well, firmware updates are fairly quick but you must follow the upgrade path. Neglecting this step will cause a lot of pain. If you decide to go with Fortinet FortiGate switches and/or access points, they can be managed within the firewall which is great. We're also using the FortiAnalyzer which easily plugs into the firewall for any reporting you may require.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    It is a great product that has definitely improved our security posture, however it does require quite a bit of training and time spent customizing for the environment. We had several difficulties in deployment but Palo Alto support was able to help us work through the problems that we were not able to figure out on our own.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Fortinet
    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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    Palo Alto Networks
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    Performance
    Fortinet
    Good performance and really good integration. We have integration with Microsoft AD.
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    Palo Alto Networks
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    Support Rating
    Fortinet
    The Support team at Fortinet is excellent. They can not only help you configure the device for what you are trying to do, they offer suggestions on improving rules, and troubleshooting issues. Their response time is fast, ensuring you are up and running immediately with no questions asked. We had a hard drive failure in one of our Fortinet Fortigate appliances. The tech answered immediately, and started rebuilding the drive after some preliminary investigations. After rebuilding, there were still errors and issues, so they dispatched a brand new Fortinet Fortigate appliance. The tech then backed up the configurations for when the new device came in, which showed up in a few hours. A restore of the configuration took less than a minute, and there were no more errors or issues.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    PAN support is very good. You can get the reasonable and timely support on any conditions. When the product is already integrated with the PAN firewalls, you can choose the severity levels based on the effect. The customer service/TAC is very helpful, they even have additional recommendations of advises for product usability. Local partners are also assisting the cases and give their expertise.
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    In-Person Training
    Fortinet
    I received it a couple years afters use it and it was just to confirm my knowledge about the tool.
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    Palo Alto Networks
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    Implementation Rating
    Fortinet
    Make sure that you have the most current version of FortiOS. Make sure all Fortigates are on the same version
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    Palo Alto Networks
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortinet
    [Fortinet] FortiGate is not only cost effective but it gives the comprehensive security against the APT attacks and gives the complete traffic visibility and granular control. You can easily create the VDOMs (Virtual firewall) within a Fortigate firewall and customize the dashboard as per your requirement if you have multiple VDOMs within a single firewall.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    WildFire from Palo Alto Networks provides security with very little overhead. With AutoFocus, they’ve got threat intelligence built right in. That way, it can prepare us to react swiftly when a significant danger is identified and dealt with as soon as possible. They introduced firewalls that are aware of applications and can make use of Wildfire. It sped our ability to respond to emerging threats up because of this game-changing development.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Fortinet
    No changes needed to terms and conditions.
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    Palo Alto Networks
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    Scalability
    Fortinet
    My environments are pretty small (less than 100 users per location) so no issues here.
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    Palo Alto Networks
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    Return on Investment
    Fortinet
    • The pricing given to us for our firewall was well within what we were already spending for other vendors solutions and had the added value of eliminating a separate expense for a dedicated web filtering appliance.
    • We have also adopted Fortinet's security fabric approach and thus changed vendors for our switch and AP devices. These devices have come at reduced prices as compared to another previous vendor we were using, particularly in relation to ongoing annual maintenance costs.
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    Palo Alto Networks
    • We've had one or two malware files that were blocked by Wildfire. We use it occasionally to check unusual or unexpected files. Hard to monetize ROI, because we don't know what the impact would have been if the file made it through.
    • We pay significantly for the Wildfire licenses, but given the potential impact to our business, we feel it is worthwhile. Figure costs are somewhere around $1,500 per year per firewall for a mid-range model. Can be higher or lower for different sized firewalls. Onsite appliance was somewhere between $50-100K, which was too much for us, so we use the cloud model.
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