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Feature Set Ratings
Firewall
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

9.1
FortiGate
91%
Fortinet FortiGate ranks higher in 11/11 features
Fortinet FortiGate ranks higher in 11/11 features
Identification Technologies
N/A
0 Ratings

9.1
91%
34 Ratings
Visualization Tools
N/A
0 Ratings

8.9
89%
33 Ratings
Content Inspection
N/A
0 Ratings

8.5
85%
35 Ratings
Policy-based Controls
N/A
0 Ratings

9.0
90%
36 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP
N/A
0 Ratings

9.2
92%
34 Ratings
Firewall Management Console
N/A
0 Ratings

9.4
94%
36 Ratings
Reporting and Logging
N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
87%
36 Ratings
VPN
N/A
0 Ratings

9.6
96%
36 Ratings
High Availability
N/A
0 Ratings

9.3
93%
31 Ratings
Stateful Inspection
N/A
0 Ratings

9.2
92%
33 Ratings
Proxy Server
N/A
0 Ratings

8.9
89%
26 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Fortinet FortiGate is rated higher in 2 areas: Support Rating, Product Scalability
- Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and Fortinet FortiGate are tied in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
91%
12 Ratings

9.1
FortiGate
91%
62 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
N/A
0 Ratings

9.9
FortiGate
99%
4 Ratings
Usability
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
6 Ratings
Availability
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
4 Ratings
Performance
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
2 Ratings
Support Rating
8.1
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
81%
4 Ratings

8.8
FortiGate
88%
49 Ratings
In-Person Training
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
N/A
0 Ratings

10.0
FortiGate
100%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
N/A
0 Ratings

8.0
FortiGate
80%
8 Ratings
Product Scalability
9.7
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
97%
10 Ratings

9.8
FortiGate
98%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN can be adapted to any type of scenario. Everything depends on the needs of the business and the complexity in terms of routing and treatment of links, but nevertheless, where it is best adapted is for the retail and hospitality sector. Where I would not recommend it is for service provider scenarios or where it is required to have [...] more granular control of the quality of the service.

Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
- The natting function works really well. Even if you are behind a router with NAT, it still translates the traffic.
- Security is a big benefit as you can define that only certain elements go across the VPN (SD-WAN).
Technical Operations Manager
Turrito Networks (Pty) LtdInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
FortiGate
- 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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
- Customized, esoteric configurations were very hard to get connected and configured.
- We had hoped to configure all sites filtering in one place, but each site has to be configured separately. this is prohibitive with a large number of sites.
- Network visibility does not work as well as I would like.
- The MX appliances do not work well with voice VLAN when using the appliances as a small office router/switch.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Mental Health Care Company, 201-500 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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN 8.1
Based on 4 answers
Fast and efficient. The only issue currently is that the support is only overseas support and not in South Africa, which causes delays in resolution for some cases. Escalating issues is quite simple and the opening of new cases from the dashboard is easy. I have never had a support issue that could not be resolved.
Technical Operations Manager
Turrito Networks (Pty) LtdInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
FortiGate
FortiGate 8.8
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN is a way better option due to the fact that there is only one point of management and the way how you can integrate the entire network. A very important focus point is the security of the network from the beginning to the end. The visibility of the traffic and the way you can trace any failure and report it
Regional Account Manager - Hospitality
Connext (by Migesa)Telecommunications, 201-500 employees
FortiGate
[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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN 9.7
Based on 10 answers
Because [Cisco] Meraki SD-WAN has fulfilled the required functionality with the easy deployment of the configuration of new sites and growth, in addition to one of the integrations that Meraki has in general as a platform and the centralized management of everything through a single Dashboard. [...] The best thing is that [Cisco] Meraki SD-WAN is included from the enterprise licensing of the MX.
Ingeniero Preventa
MigesaTelecommunications, 51-200 employees
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
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
- All positive impacts. Easy to deploy, easy to manage. Z3 defects are rare.
- ROI in 18 months.
- All our hubs use Z3 embedded Wi-Fi.
Directeur - Exploitation des technologies de l'information
Biron Health GroupHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
FortiGate
- 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