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Cisco Meraki SD-WAN vs. Fortinet FortiGate

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACisco Meraki SD-WAN is a cloud-managed solution that simplifies and secures wide area networking across branch, campus, and remote locations. Built on Meraki’s dashboard, it delivers centralized visibility, automation, and traffic optimization without the complexity of traditional WAN deployments. The solution improves application performance by dynamically routing traffic based on real-time conditions, integrating advanced security, and providing seamless multicloud connectivity. With support…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 Meraki SD-WANFortiGate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Meraki SD-WANFortiGate
    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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    Cisco Meraki SD-WANFortiGate
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    Meraki SD-WAN is significantly easier to implement compare to FortiGate SD-WAN
    FortiGate SD-WAN has more security and routing features
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    For certain environments, Meraki SD-WAN fits the purpose and easier than other solutions to deploy and support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    I like the ease of use of Cisco Meraki SD-WAN better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    Simple management
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    Meraki's AutoVPN is simpler and easier to manage compared to Fortinet's overlay VPN.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    The feature set is comparable. It comes down to pricing and customer selection.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    With the other solutions, you have to bulk up on pricing to get the central management that is bundled with Cisco Meraki already. The FortiGates are an excellent product but not for use in smaller companies as the price is not comparable with the Cisco devices. SonicWall does …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    They fit different scenarios, while Meraki is really easy to use and to deploy It lacks some feature that in some scenarios you really require specific features like nat combined with vpn or fine tuning with BGP or third party site to site integrations.That increases the …
    Incentivized
    Fortinet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cisco Meraki SD-WANFortiGate
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Meraki SD-WAN and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
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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 Meraki SD-WANFortiGate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (75 ratings)
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.4
    (73 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)