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 FortiGate | Score8.2 out of 10 | N/A | FortiNet 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 |
 pfSense | Score9.9 out of 10 | N/A | pfSense is a firewall and load management product available through the open source pfSense Community Edition, as well as a the licensed edition, pfSense Plus (formerly known as pfSense Enterprise). The solution provides combined firewall, VPN, and router functionality, and can be deployed through the cloud (AWS or Azure), or on-premises with a Netgate appliance. It as scalable capacities, with functionality for SMBs. As a firewall, pfSense offers Stateful packet inspection, concurrent… | $179 per appliance |
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| Considered Both Products | Chose FortiGate Juniper, Cisco ASA, pfSense, WatchGuard, are strong competitor for Fortinet FortiGate units, sometimes the IT budget and requirements have specific sights over features that are in several cases quite different from the most seen on the market, also FortiGate units gives you a … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose FortiGate I
stick with this program because of many reasons like it is extremely robust and
scalable, as well as simple to set up. Protecting an organization's data is one Invited by TrustRadius (TR) on Vendor's Behalf A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info Chose FortiGate The UI is great, the features are great, it is reliable, Fortigate awesome for the price. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info | Chose pfSense It's an open source solution can support from 50 to 700 user without sweating and with the half of the standard bundle investment that will take to deploy a FortiGate UTM, or a Cisco ASA, also a Sophos UTM that are quite remarkable units but to pFSense saves you money and will … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose pfSense PFSense is not a fully featured and supported enterprise-grade solution; however, it does offer a lot of similar functionality at a fraction of the cost for more minor requirements. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.9 | - |
| Usability | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| Availability | 10.0 | - |
| Performance | 10.0 | - |
| Support Rating | 8.6 | - |
| In-Person Training | 10.0 | - |
| Implementation Rating | 8.0 | - |
| Configurability | 9.0 | - |
| Ease of integration | 7.0 | - |
| Product Scalability | 9.8 | - |
| Vendor post-sale | 10.0 | - |
| Vendor pre-sale | 9.0 | - |
