FortiOS vs. PAN-OS

FortiOS

3 Reviews and Ratings

PAN-OS

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
FortiOS	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Fortinet’s operating system, FortiOS, is the foundation of the Fortinet Security Fabric, an OS designed to consolidate many technologies and use cases into a simplified, single policy and management framework.	N/A
PAN-OS	N/A	N/A	PAN‑OS® is the software that runs all Palo Alto Networks® next-generation firewalls. Leveraging the key technologies that are built into PAN‑OS natively—App‑ID, Content‑ID, Device-ID, and User‑ID—creates visibility and control of applications in use across users and devices.	N/A

Pricing

FortiOS

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Pricing Offerings
FortiOS	PAN-OS
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
	FortiOS	PAN-OS
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Enterprises	Cisco NX-OS Score9.3 out of 10	Cisco NX-OS Score9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
	FortiOS	PAN-OS
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	FortiOS	PAN-OS
Likelihood to Recommend	Fortinet FortiOS is a great platform for deploying multiple FortiNet products and solutions in your environment that are operated under a single management console such as FortiManager. Automation and Orchestration become a reality with its simple API and FortiOS's ability to work with 3rd party API capabilities. FortiOS makes it simple to operate Fortinet's next-generation firewall features such as intrusion detection, SD-WAN, and Identity then consolidates them under a common management interface. Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review	Palo Alto Networks No answers on this topic
Pros	Fortinet Automation Orchestration Common security fabric Easy to use API Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review	Palo Alto Networks No answers on this topic
Cons	Fortinet Upgrades are difficult to stage Upgrade path is complex Too many releases Latest release is usually not stable across all platforms Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review	Palo Alto Networks No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Fortinet FortiOS was easy to learn and came with our Firewall purchase, therefore it was the logical choice. It became evident early on that the FortiOS and security fabric would make our migration quicker and easier from our current legacy platforms. Utilizing tools such as FortiConverter allowed for virtually error-free migrations. Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review	Palo Alto Networks No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Fortinet Fast learning curve made adoption quick User interface was easy to learn Migration from legacy platforms was smooth, with little downtime or mistakes Features and capabilities were easily mastered because of its intuitive UI Incentivized Shahab Razak Senior Network Architect Read full review	Palo Alto Networks No answers on this topic
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