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267 Ratings
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Based on 267 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
Firewall

Arista 7000 series
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

9.0
FortiGate
90%
Fortinet FortiGate ranks higher in 11/11 features
Fortinet FortiGate ranks higher in 11/11 features
Identification Technologies

N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
33 Ratings
Visualization Tools

N/A
0 Ratings

8.9
89%
33 Ratings
Content Inspection

N/A
0 Ratings

8.3
83%
34 Ratings
Policy-based Controls

N/A
0 Ratings

8.9
89%
35 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP

N/A
0 Ratings

9.3
93%
34 Ratings
Firewall Management Console

N/A
0 Ratings

9.4
94%
35 Ratings
Reporting and Logging

N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
35 Ratings
VPN

N/A
0 Ratings

9.5
95%
35 Ratings
High Availability

N/A
0 Ratings

9.2
92%
30 Ratings
Stateful Inspection

N/A
0 Ratings

9.2
92%
33 Ratings
Proxy Server

N/A
0 Ratings

8.8
88%
25 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Arista 7000 series is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

10.0
Arista 7000 series
100%
1 Rating

9.0
FortiGate
90%
61 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

Arista 7000 series
N/A
0 Ratings

9.9
FortiGate
99%
4 Ratings
Usability

Arista 7000 series
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
6 Ratings
Availability

Arista 7000 series
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
4 Ratings
Performance

Arista 7000 series
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
2 Ratings
Support Rating

Arista 7000 series
N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
FortiGate
87%
49 Ratings
In-Person Training

Arista 7000 series
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating

Arista 7000 series
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
FortiGate
80%
8 Ratings
Product Scalability

Arista 7000 series
N/A
0 Ratings

9.8
FortiGate
98%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Arista 7000 series
Core and data center applications are the strengths of Arista products. The distribution layer is also a good fit. For the access layer, it would be more of a niche product.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesFortiGate
For FortiGate Firewall, the basic functionality and requirement is met easily as Fortigate is among market leaders in NGFW. There are some extra points that inclined us to use Fortigate as our main Firewall. [Fortinet]Fortigate has a very well refined and functional SD-WAN solution when it comes to load balancing for normal Internet Traffic. 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 - 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. Though, I think Fortigate is one of the best options for small and mid-sized organizations, there are some areas for improvement. First, the CLI interface is very hard to adapt as the commands and directory hierarchy is very different for common syntax and standards.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesPros
Arista 7000 series
- The 7304's along side our core network design has provided 100% uptime during the 5 years of deployment.
- The multi-chassis LAG has provided near 100% connectivity to the distribution and access switches.
- Very low maintenance attention is needed.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesFortiGate
- 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
Network Administrator
CalSpas - Lloyd's Material SupplyRecreational Facilities & Services, 501-1000 employees
Cons
Arista 7000 series
- The 7304's lack a graceful non-intrusive upgrade method even though they are dual supervisor.
- I would like to see more integration with Aruba's ClearPass and Airwave products.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesFortiGate
- 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.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 51-200 employeesPricing Details
Arista 7000 series
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—FortiGate
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Arista 7000 series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 9.9
Based on 4 answers
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.
Manager, IT Operations
Cidel Bank & Trust IncFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Usability
Arista 7000 series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 10.0
Based on 6 answers
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.
IS Director
City of Hot SpringsGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees
Reliability and Availability
Arista 7000 series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 10.0
Based on 4 answers
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
Manager, IT Operations
Cidel Bank & Trust IncFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Performance
Arista 7000 series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Good performance and really good integration. We have integration with Microsoft AD.
Supervisor IT Operations
Laureate International UniversitiesEducation Management, 10,001+ employees
Support Rating
Arista 7000 series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 8.7
Based on 49 answers
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.
Senior Security Supervisor
N11.comRetail, 201-500 employees
In-Person Training
Arista 7000 series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 10.0
Based on 1 answer
I received it a couple years afters use it and it was just to confirm my knowledge about the tool.
Supervisor IT Operations
Laureate International UniversitiesEducation Management, 10,001+ employees
Implementation Rating
Arista 7000 series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 8.0
Based on 8 answers
Make sure that you have the most current version of FortiOS. Make sure all Fortigates are on the same version
Systems Architect
Browns Hill Engineering and ControlsMechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees
Alternatives Considered
Arista 7000 series
I have used the Catalyst 6500 series in the past. From my point of view, the Arista surpasses the Catalyst on just about every front. Originally we were planning on implementing the Nexus 7000/7700 series switches for our core. Though a little more feature rich, it did not provide features we needed that the Arista did. The Nexus also was a confusing and complex platform to work with. Also, the Nexus was a significantly more expensive solution. Although very happy with the Arista switches we may evaluate the Aruba HPE 8400 chassis-based switches along with Arista switches in the future.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesFortiGate
[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.
Shift Supervisor
MattsenKumar LLCInformation Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees
Scalability
Arista 7000 series
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
FortiGate
FortiGate 9.8
Based on 2 answers
My environments are pretty small (less than 100 users per location) so no issues here.
Manager, IT Operations
Cidel Bank & Trust IncFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Arista 7000 series
- The Arista 7000 series met or exceed our data center switching and routing needs.
- It provided a more cost effective alternative to other products we were considering.
- Implementation was quick and easy due to the simple standards-based configuration.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesFortiGate
- Fortigates have an interesting bundle model for support and subscription services that make it an attractive option to deploy Firewall, IDS, Ant-virus, anti-SPAM in a single device. The cost of the bundle is pretty much what you pay for the device, not requiring huge expenditures on it's time to renew the hardware.
Information Technology Manager
Corporation of the Township of EsquimaltGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees