Fortinet FortiGate your choice for security
April 01, 2025

Fortinet FortiGate your choice for security

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Fortinet FortiGate

We have use Fortinet FortiGate fw for a long time. We use it on a daily basis for protecting our environment (server farm). We rely on Fortinet FortiGate hardware as it was give a good cost to performance ratio. From protecting our internet facing environment, B2B connection Fortinet FortiGate always give what we are expecting. Also the firmware upgrade is fast when there's a new CVE publish.

Pros

  • Fast performance
  • Easy log reading for troubleshooting
  • Stable firmware upgrade

Cons

  • Can it come with black color hardware :D
  • Sometimes the firmware has glitches
  • Cannot use default VLAN (1) as it was use for Forti OS
  • Good price performance
  • Good firmware update
  • Easy to use GUI
I give it an 8, base on my experience using it on daily basis. Easy to use GUI, Good inspection tools, Easy to read log and good firmware release update. So if i given a question would i recommend Fortinet FortiGate to everyone from security point of view, I will recommend it.

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Fortinet FortiGate go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Fortinet FortiGate again?

Yes

If you want fast deployment, Fortinet FortiGate is the one to choose, because the import config feature work seamlessly. The GUI had a plethora design to look at but yet it simple to undestand. Also you can manage fortiwifi from inside the Fortinet FortiGate even with the lowest hardware version. Basically Fortinet FortiGate can deliver a well balance between ease of use and performance.

FortiGate Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
8
Visualization Tools
8
Content Inspection
9
Policy-based Controls
9
Active Directory and LDAP
7
Firewall Management Console
8
Reporting and Logging
8
VPN
8
High Availability
8
Stateful Inspection
8
Proxy Server
7

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