Fortinet FortiGate Review!
April 30, 2021

Fortinet FortiGate Review!

Andrew Meyer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Fortinet FortiGate

I am using the FortiNet FortiGate 60D Firewall as my main internet connection. Implementing this gave me faster networking throughput than I had with my previous device and easier security policy enforcement. The ability to create L2L VPN tunnels with this device made it a lot faster to configure/program.
  • Configuration
  • management
  • flexibility
  • publishing API
  • automation support for legacy devices
  • cleaner web ui.
  • VPN tunnels
  • ease of use
  • migratable configuration
  • New learning curve
  • Lower TCO
  • Easy to deploy
Fortinet code configuration is a little bit cleaner, it has sub-modules for different components. One of the nice things about Juniper and pitfalls is that you drop out to the FreeBSD command line if there are any issues. Fortinet and Cisco do not have that capability. Ciscos still has some limitations on the hardware and software side.

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

Fortinet devices are well suited for all applications. They meet security standards and HIPAA compliance. I have not found any issues where using their devices is truly a make or break set up.

FortiGate Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
9
Visualization Tools
9
Content Inspection
9
Policy-based Controls
9
Active Directory and LDAP
10
Firewall Management Console
10
Reporting and Logging
10
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10
Proxy Server
10