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Fortinet FortiGate vs. Smoothwall UTM

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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

    Smoothwall UTM

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASmoothwall UTM is a firewall security suite for educational environments. It includes the standard firewall services, as well as load balancing, and has hardware and software deployment options.N/A
    Pricing
    FortiGateSmoothwall UTM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FortiGateSmoothwall UTM
    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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    FortiGateSmoothwall UTM
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    Fortinet
    Chose FortiGate
    One of the biggest advantages over competitors that Fortinet FortiGate leverages well is its remote virtual private networks options. Licensing is included with Fortinet FortiGate units at no extra cost. We find that the telemetry is easier to compile and most importantly …
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    Key User Insights
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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
    FortiGateSmoothwall UTM
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Fortinet FortiGate and Smoothwall UTM
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Smoothwall UTM
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.638 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.538 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.439 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.040 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.039 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console8.640 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.440 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    VPN8.640 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    High Availability9.535 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.538 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Proxy Server10.028 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FortiGateSmoothwall UTM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 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)