What is Fortinet Fortigate NGFW?
FortiGate enterprise firewalls reduce complexity and improve overall security posture by providing full visibility into users, devices, applications and threats on the network, with the ability to apply advanced threat protection anywhere in the network.
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93 Likeliness to Recommend
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97 Plan to Renew
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87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Security Protects
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
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Fortinet Fortigate NGFW Reviews
Suraj M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Food and Beverage
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jan 2025
Enriched features, but relatively expensive.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?
FortiGate provide more advanced features as compared to other similar product also training modules and forums are easily available for each features and modules.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
FortiGate community which helps from any technical difficulty while making changes or implement, you can ask in forums and you will get reply asap.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Vendor support, as sometimes you will not get the expected results from them and the wait time is too much (sometimes).
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you want user friendly UI and to ease the administration and management just go for it, but the cost could be little higher from other similar products
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
KHIM L.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2024
Fantastic product but a bit costly
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?
Fortinet FortiGate NGFW differentiates itself with its high-performance hardware acceleration, integrated security fabric for unified threat management, and AI-powered threat intelligence. It provides a cost-effective solution with scalable security, strong SD-WAN capabilities
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Fortinet FortiGate NGFW is its security fabric integration, which unifies and automates threat intelligence across the entire network.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I dislike most about Fortinet FortiGate NGFW is its complexity in configuration and management, especially for organizations without dedicated security expertise.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you're considering Fortinet FortiGate NGFW, I recommend ensuring that your team has the necessary expertise for the setup and ongoing management, as the platform can be complex to configure initially.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
- Caring
Anjola O.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Oct 2024
Fortinet Fortigate is one of the best out there.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Fortinet Fortigate NGFW from other similar products?
Its full suite of security options, as well as its integration with Zero Trust Network Access.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The ease of administration & implementation, and its IPSec VPN integration, configuration, and policies.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Not enough training materials.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
For absolute application control, web filtering, Intrusion detection and prevention; Fortigate NGFW is the best bet.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
