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Fortinet FortiGate vs. WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

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    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

    WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AWatchGuard XTM is a firewall option, from WatchGuard Technologies.N/A
    Pricing
    FortiGateWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    FortiGateWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    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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    FortiGateWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    Considered Both Products
    Fortinet
    Chose FortiGate
    The Fortinet products have been chosen because of our previous experience with them. The FortiClient is always used with our roaming users together theRedHAt authentications services and the IPS and Web Filtering addons are used, together the WAF, to strengthen our network …
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    Great subscription services and easy branch office VPN configuration. Also a big plus for 2FA via Forti Token integration.
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    Compared to the products we have used in the past the FortiGate has been easier to configure, easier to upgrade, and as easy to visualize problems from the logging. The web filter integration allowed us to eliminate the Barracuda. This was something we tried and failed to …
    Incentivized
    WatchGuard Technologies
    Chose WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    The price-performance ratio was much better than the other brands. It is easy to use, manage and with a lot of compatibility It offers the same functionality as other competitive solutions at a more accessible price, additionally its databases such as antivirus, antispam, and …
    Incentivized
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    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
    FortiGateWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Fortinet FortiGate and WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    Feature
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.638 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.538 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.439 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.040 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.039 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console8.640 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.440 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    VPN8.640 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    High Availability9.535 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.538 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Proxy Server10.028 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FortiGateWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 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)