FortiGate vs MikroTik Routers and Switches

• Simple but complete GUI allows for easy management.
• Intuitive CLI allows experienced CLI users from other platforms to come up to speed quickly.
• Unit comes out of the box with a feature rich logging capability, FortiAnalyzer brings it to the next level and is very easy to install.
• Licensing is easy to understand, The device is a single line item and support has 2 options 8x5 and 24x7.

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• When you are creating a firewall filter rule on a router, the amount of options you have is incredible. For example, most other firewalls or routers will not give you the option to select a connection state, a packet size, specify the packet content etc.
• You can use the routers in transparent mode, when your router is placed in front of a customer firewall or customer router, allowing only the allocated public IP address to communicate with the Internet and allowing you to allocate a certain bandwidth or speed.
• The lowest end model routers have the same operating system, features as the more expensive ones making simple for us to test configuration on cheap equipment before commit to buy the more expensive one. The licensing model is very simple as well and easy to understand.
• The cheapest routers also come with one SFP port, which is great as it is allowing us to connect fiber straight into it. No extra PoE injectors and converter are needed, reducing the number of points of failure.

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• Non-disruptive upgrades on standalone boxes. Not sure if the technology would allow it but it would be great to have.
• Subscription signatures auto-deployment could affect production traffic. In some circumstances letting Fortigate accept subscription signatures may cause the device to drop traffic

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• Not every aspect of functionality is well described and that would be a point for improvement.
• There could be a tool for firewall testing.
• Open VPN should be more intuitive.

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• The sales team recommended the wrong product for us initially. It was unable to keep up with the traffic load at our location, even with everything disabled. They resolved the issue by finding the appropriate device for us and giving us a steep discount due to the previous issues.
• Since switching to the appropriate hardware we have had an increased in availability. No longer experiencing outages or slowdowns due to insufficient equipment,

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• We have managed to implement our own network infrastructure to service a small business center at a very low price, and our investment has been returned in less than 6 months.

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