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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FortiGate

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AFortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.N/A

    SecureLink Enterprise Access

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ASecureLink is a platform for remote support in regulated industries. Enterprise software vendors use SecureLink to deliver remote support and services. Hospitals, banks, casinos and other regulated entities use SecureLink to authenticate, control and audit remote access for their vendors, business associates and other 3rd parties.N/A

    Zscaler Internet Access

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AZscaler Internet Access™ (ZIA) is a secure web gateway (SWG), delivering cloud native cyberthreat protection and zero trust access to the internet and SaaS apps.N/A
    Pricing
    FortiGateSecureLink Enterprise AccessZscaler Internet Access
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FortiGateSecureLink Enterprise AccessZscaler Internet Access
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFortiGate pricing starts at $250 for home office use, up to $300,000 for large enterprise appliances. Must contact sales team for pricing.——
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    Community Pulse
    FortiGateSecureLink Enterprise AccessZscaler Internet Access
    Considered Multiple Products
    Fortinet
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    SecureLink
    No answer on this topic
    Zscaler
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    As I said, ZIA is the best SASE alternative among the options, since we have to deploy and manage them in-house.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    It will take us into full Zero Trust with out deploying another client, is efficient.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zscaler Internet Access
    Fortinet's hosted solution is not really supported in my opinion. Opening a ticket for hosted firewall is a pain and even during the POC phase we had to work with engineers who really didn't understand our use case and we were not really happy with the way they presented the …
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    Key User Insights
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    245 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    284 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    44 Answers
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    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    207 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    227 Answers
    Features
    FortiGateSecureLink Enterprise AccessZscaler Internet Access
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Fortinet FortiGate and SecureLink Enterprise Access and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.7
    53 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SecureLink Enterprise Access
    -
    Ratings
    Zscaler Internet Access
    -
    Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.951 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.351 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.852 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.953 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.750 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console7.752 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.353 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN9.152 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability9.348 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.251 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server8.539 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of Fortinet FortiGate and SecureLink Enterprise Access and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    -
    Ratings
    SecureLink Enterprise Access
    -
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    Zscaler Internet Access
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Multi-Factor Authentication00 Ratings00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Fortinet FortiGate and SecureLink Enterprise Access and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    -
    Ratings
    SecureLink Enterprise Access
    -
    Ratings
    Zscaler Internet Access
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Fortinet FortiGate and SecureLink Enterprise Access and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    -
    Ratings
    SecureLink Enterprise Access
    -
    Ratings
    Zscaler Internet Access
    8.5
    216 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Network Analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7217 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3214 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5191 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2205 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8203 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5199 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.5192 Ratings
    Zero Trust Security
    Comparison of Zero Trust Security features of Fortinet FortiGate and SecureLink Enterprise Access and Zscaler Internet Access
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    -
    Ratings
    SecureLink Enterprise Access
    -
    Ratings
    Zscaler Internet Access
    8.9
    262 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Continuous Verification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7245 Ratings
    Secure Web Gateways00 Ratings00 Ratings9.0236 Ratings
    Network Flow Control00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1217 Ratings
    Network Traffic Analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8219 Ratings
    Segmentation Leveraging00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6194 Ratings
    Admin Access Control00 Ratings00 Ratings9.1230 Ratings
    Network Data Encryption00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8207 Ratings
    Network Topology Mapping00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FortiGateSecureLink Enterprise AccessZscaler Internet Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (79 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (295 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (279 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (27 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (10 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FortiGateSecureLink Enterprise AccessZscaler Internet Access
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortinet
    Fortinet FortiGate addressed an immediate security issue we had a few years ago. The device gave us a much clearer picture of the activities on our network and also more importantly, increased our awareness of threats from the internet as a whole. Fortinet FortiGate helps us to mitigate these threats with regular signature updates from Fortiguard labs, identifying certain characteristics which, once recognised by Fortinet FortiGate, can be harnessed to deploy powerful 'playbooks'.
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    It does exactly what it needs to. The only times I've had serious issues with rolling out to a vendor is when they have a "contractual agreement" to only use their solution. Almost every vendor that I've worked with and shown this product to has been skeptical for the first 5 minutes and fully converted to liking the ease of use of the product by 10 minutes
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    Zscaler
    I feel the product is very good to set up basic standards and go beyond that in many aspects. However, due to being sometimes too simple, it limits the ability to do some other complex changes. Having the ability to do both would be ideal for some, if not all, of the products within Zscaler Internet Access. A simple setup to have it stand-up, and more advanced settings for those more experienced.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Fortinet
    • 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 - As we all have WFH force (to some extend or all employee) during Covid-19, it is impossible to plan BCP without having a SSL VPN. In Fortigate, the SSL VPN configuration is very easy with the help of wizard. 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.
    • Explicit Proxy - This is also a great feature to shape and re-route the traffic, configuring the Proxy on the Firewall itself. We are using this feature in Pilot for now, and planned to rollout in few weeks looking at the success rate of the POC.
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    SecureLink
    • Easy to setup on a client PC or server for access
    • Organizes client connections by gatekeeper so it is easy to find what you need
    • File transfer option is great for uploading files to client servers
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    Zscaler
    • Provides a secure VPN connection point for endpoint connectivity.
    • Provides the VPN connectivity in a fast and reliable connection state.
    • Very dependable, once connected the connection stays up and there's no fuss.
    • Very good at letting you know when you are not authenticated.
    • Very easy to authenticate and regain access when your session times out.
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    Cons
    Fortinet
    • Documentation is missing a great deal of detail and assumes the customer and just guess and fill in the blanks themselves
    • Fortinet has lots and lots of video guides on topics that only a small percentage of customers would ever need
    • The documentation and video guides do not get updated so most is only relevant to older software versions
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    • Java based. Always an issue. I know they are working on this and it will be Javaless if we need it. I know that Java can cause issues across the board and I understand the need of it, but it does not make it any better when there are Java issues.
    • Stronger integration with the Active Directory. Currently its only read-only, which is good and bad.
    • I would love to see an App. I know they are working on this as well.
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    Zscaler
    • ZS CLI support to turn off ZIA and ZDX service specifically on mac.
    • Better visibility into failed posture devices, including a timeline and the reason the posture failed (This is about the Zscaler mobile portal: Enrolled devices --> Failed posture devices).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Fortinet
    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.
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    We are happy using securelink to access our client environments
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    Zscaler
    While Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) delivers critical value in cloud security and RBI compliance, I rate renewal likelihood 7/10 due to evolving needs versus platform limitations. Below is my rationale:
    Key Gaps:
    1. Advanced Threat Costs:
    ZIA’s add-ons (e.g., Advanced DLP, Sandboxing) incur 35%+ cost premiums – straining budgets as transaction volumes (UPI/iMobile) grow 50% YoY.
    2. API Banking Scalability:
    ZIA’s API rate limits throttle real-time policy sync during UPI peaks (10K+ TPS), forcing workarounds for finacle integrations.
    3. RBI Future-Proofing:
    Limited native support for upcoming digital rupee (CBDC) security rules requires custom development, increasing compliance overhead.
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    Usability
    Fortinet
    The firewall runs very well, firmware updates are fairly quick but you must follow the upgrade path. Neglecting this step will cause a lot of pain. If you decide to go with Fortinet FortiGate switches and/or access points, they can be managed within the firewall which is great. We're also using the FortiAnalyzer which easily plugs into the firewall for any reporting you may require.
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    Getting started was pretty straightforward. We can tell the product is way more robust than we are using it. It started as a replacement for previous DNS-blocking content filtering, but we're exploring how this will add value with an upcoming DLP redesign and with traffic optimization at some of our remote sites with severe bandwidth limits.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Fortinet
    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
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Fortinet
    Good performance and really good integration. We have integration with Microsoft AD.
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    There are often performance issues reported
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Fortinet
    The Support team at Fortinet is excellent. They can not only help you configure the device for what you are trying to do, they offer suggestions on improving rules, and troubleshooting issues. Their response time is fast, ensuring you are up and running immediately with no questions asked. We had a hard drive failure in one of our Fortinet Fortigate appliances. The tech answered immediately, and started rebuilding the drive after some preliminary investigations. After rebuilding, there were still errors and issues, so they dispatched a brand new Fortinet Fortigate appliance. The tech then backed up the configurations for when the new device came in, which showed up in a few hours. A restore of the configuration took less than a minute, and there were no more errors or issues.
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    SecureLink
    The employees at Securelink have always been responsive and seem to be invested in the success of my company. They truly understand what their product means to us so if there is a problem, they are always willing to help. In the rare event that something is found on their end, they will be proactive and reach out to someone to help and get something on calendar for a fix
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    Zscaler
    Zscaler's ZIA support is quick and knowledgable. They respond within 1-2 hours of you submitting your ticket. They are very thorough and are typically ready to jump on a live troubleshooting session. Our ZIA platform and how we use is it unique so at times tickets can be open for weeks but we alway get quality support compared to other unrelated product support in our enterprise
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    In-Person Training
    Fortinet
    I received it a couple years afters use it and it was just to confirm my knowledge about the tool.
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    SecureLink
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Fortinet
    Make sure that you have the most current version of FortiOS. Make sure all Fortigates are on the same version
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    SecureLink
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    good the engineer give excellent support and eplanation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortinet
    [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.
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    Securelink seems to work better than LogMein for a large enterprise group. Our company has over 10,000 different connections and securelink manages them well.
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    Zscaler
    The overall user community and scope of supportability outweighed the others on our short list. Netskope was a close second, but the risk, though small, was greater than that of bringing Zscaler aboard. We were looking for a mature, well-supported, highly functional, and fine-grained solution that met all our user and information security requirements.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Fortinet
    No changes needed to terms and conditions.
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Fortinet
    My environments are pretty small (less than 100 users per location) so no issues here.
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    SecureLink
    No answers on this topic
    Zscaler
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Fortinet
    • The pricing given to us for our firewall was well within what we were already spending for other vendors solutions and had the added value of eliminating a separate expense for a dedicated web filtering appliance.
    • We have also adopted Fortinet's security fabric approach and thus changed vendors for our switch and AP devices. These devices have come at reduced prices as compared to another previous vendor we were using, particularly in relation to ongoing annual maintenance costs.
    Incentivized
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    SecureLink
    • I've found that Securelink allows me to get a vendor access to an application for support purposes much faster than a provisioned VPN account and the red tape around this. I can set up a vendor to access an application suite in a half hour and it will be more secure than regular provisioning.
    • The ROI is yet to be seen on this, but it certainly makes Compliance, Internal Audit, and Legal very happy, which helps everybody.
    • Internally, there is much more push back and it has been problematic. For a tech, to have to log in to a server and navigate to a system is considered cumbersome, when before all they had to do was open up Putty or RDP to a server to get in. The only way to combat this is to force them to use Securelink by removing rights. Near impossible for the domain admins.
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    Zscaler
    • I would say it has a very good ROI, as whenever someone can't access something, they submit a ticket to our network engineer, and within minutes, the site is safely added to ZIA with best-practice configurations. After seeing a little of the UI from the Zenith event, it seems very user-friendly to control these policies.
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    ScreenShots

    Zscaler Internet Access Screenshots

    Screenshot of an overview of Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA), a cloud native security service edge (SSE) solution that builds on a decade of secure web gateway leadership. Offered as a scalable SaaS platform through Zscaler's security cloud, it replaces legacy network security solutions, preventing advanced attacks and data loss with a comprehensive zero trust approach. ZIA is integrated into the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ to provide superior defense-in-depth, secure connectivity, end user experience, and administrative visibility and control.