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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) vs. Fortinet FortiGate

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco ACI

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is network virtualization technology.N/A

    FortiGate

    Score8.2 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
    Pricing
    Cisco ACIFortiGate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco ACIFortiGate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—FortiGate 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
    Cisco ACIFortiGate
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco ACI
    We have only Cisco ACI.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco ACI
    Compared to NSX, Cisco ACI has a lot to offer out-of-the-box without the need to use extra tools or products that need to be installed.
    Incentivized
    Fortinet
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cisco ACIFortiGate
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
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    Ratings
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.638 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.538 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings9.439 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.538 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco ACIFortiGate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (83 ratings)
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)