Item: Fortinet FortiGate
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Fortinet FortiGate to terminate to our AWS instances for monitoring thousands of customer devices. Using the Fortigate was the answer to the overlapping network issues we had with customers. It's working as designed

Pros and Cons

It's easy to stand up-the registering process is straight forward.
The flow of the GUI is second to none- easy to navigate.

One thing that I have noticed with other vendors like WatchGuard is the automatic creation of policies when configuring a VPN tunnel. That helps speed up the configuration to get that tunnel up faster.
I would also like to see a traffic monitor that shows all live traffic coming in and out. A great tool to use for troubleshooting, that's a feature on the WatchGuard that I like.

Return on Investment

Its been a positive ROI after deploying the Fortinet FortiGate in our monitoring solution.
The Fortinet FortiGate met all the business objectives without flaw.

Alternatives Considered

WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud and Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls

In my opinion, Fortinet Fortigates is an enterprise-level firewall. They are workhorses and perform without a stutter. The WG comes close but lacks many features that the Fortigate has by default, and I needed to implement it into our environment. MX firewalls are good but still fall short of being an enterprise-level solution.

Support Rating

I will give Fortinet FortiGate a 9, and there is no perfect solution out there. Everybody has an opinion on what is best. That's because it's what that person prefers to use. Some firewalls lack certain feature sets compared to others, but it all depends on the environment you need to deploy the solution. For what I needed, the Fortinet FortiGate hit all the points.

Key Insights

Do you think Fortinet FortiGate delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Fortinet FortiGate's feature set?

Yes

Did Fortinet FortiGate live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Fortinet FortiGate go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Fortinet FortiGate again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls, WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi Cloud

Likelihood to Recommend

Fortinet FortiGate fit in whatever environment you need to provide firewall/UTM functionality. Their range of hardware choices gives the end-user options to fit any scenario.

Fortigate-The Enterprise Solution

Overall Satisfaction with Fortinet FortiGate