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Fortinet FortiGate vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    MikroTik CRS Series

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMikroTik offers a series of Cloud Router Switches (or their CRS series), their flagship products.N/A
    Pricing
    FortiGateMikroTik CRS Series
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FortiGateMikroTik CRS Series
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFortiGate 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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    FortiGateMikroTik CRS Series
    Considered Both Products
    Fortinet
    Chose FortiGate
    The solution was selected by our parent company, but the idea of changing platforms is still daunting. Fortigate offers an ability to convert your ASA, Checkpoint, JunOS, etc. configs to Fortigate for a small cost. This product works like a champ and eliminated the reasons why …
    Incentivized
    MikroTik
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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
    FortiGateMikroTik CRS Series
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Fortinet FortiGate and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    MikroTik Cloud Router Switch
    -
    Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console8.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN8.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability9.535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server10.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FortiGateMikroTik CRS Series
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)