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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

You can manage all forti appliance via web gui interface. It is very user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Troubleshooting is not easy as I expected. There is a console interface for low level troubleshooting but it is not generic command line interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Fortinet Firewalls:

If you are looking a firewall appliance which have a lot of security features, easy install and configuration Fortinet firewall products are best for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

IPS, URL filtering and other security features solve our customers security related problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fortinet Firewalls Overview

What is Fortinet Firewalls?

High threat protection performance with automated visibility to stop attacks

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Product Description

High threat protection performance with automated visibility to stop attacks


Seller Details
Seller
Fortinet
Year Founded
2000
HQ Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Twitter
@Fortinet
152,053 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
14,397 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: FTNT
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$2,594
Description

Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey.


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Recent Fortinet Firewalls Reviews

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Rick J.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Can't Beat Fortigate"
Fortinet has an excellent reputation as a leader in network/security. We upgraded from another leader in the industry, and these are much better a...
Clyde F.
CF
Clyde F.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.0 out of 5
"Fortinet Experience"
Ease of use but yet very good cli to troubleshoot issue which helps learn traffic flow
Ümit G.
ÜG
Ümit G.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Easy manage and Install"
You can manage all forti appliance via web gui interface. It is very user friendly.

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Clyde F.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Ease of use but yet very good cli to troubleshoot issue which helps learn traffic flow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Not much I didn't like about the device overall Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Urlacher filtering and vpn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maximo L.
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Easy to understand and config , basic networking is need it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

So far everything is excellent , no issues so far after 7 years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

mitigate zero day attacks , ramson ware attacks , network penetrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

the excellent user interface

the ease of use of the different menus it presents,

the ease of configuring the different elements

the excellent support offered by the manufacturer.

the amount of documentation concerning the product.

the ease of implementing the tool in the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

the policy search engine does not keep the desired element, once displayed it is lost and returns to the initial order of the policies, so you have to enter the name of the element or object again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

it was decided to implement a firewall from this manufacturer because it offered a better package of options compared to the previous manufacturer's equipment. In terms of price and performance as well as better technical support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MS
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

It's cheaper. They claim to cover many security holes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Poor customer service. Zero support for Windows Surface and Zero Support for Windows on ARM. VPN constantly dropping out. Huge number of tickets raised by the user base since we migrated from Global Protect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Replaces Global Protect from Paolo Alto networks as it was cheaper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Monitor Traffic, Virus Attack prevention, prevention attack (bad actors) it is very helping business

Powerfull IPS Services

Powerfull UTM (Unified Threat Protection)

Provides up-to-date Signature database Attack

Reliable SDWAN Services

Friendly Web UI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Require some feature notification to application mobile.

Ten-Gigabit interface port needed in lower models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

prevention of bad actors and solved problem from communication botnet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manickam D.
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Flexibility for two or more incorporated firewalls.

Easier thread isolation.

Product your data and file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Installing and Updating is very diffcults.

Sometime network is disturbed firwall is disconnected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Monitors Network Traffic. All of the benefits of firewall security start with the ability to monitor network traffic. ...

Stops Virus Attacks. ...

Prevents Hacking. ...

Stops Spyware. ...

Promotes Privacy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IR
Global Sr. Systems Administrator
Automotive
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

The easy to deploy and provisioning the solution, the integrate sensors for apps, url, domains, sdwan, ipsec wizards.

The quick support from Fortigate and the entire staff team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

The price, according to my CFO, but it´s irrelevant against the whole threats that you can block.

In my experience, the data that you can loss is more expensive that the cost for the appliance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Links downs, it resolves with SDWAN, blocking geographics zones, blocking apps tha consume a lot of bandwith and private tunnels with other plants around the globe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Devansh J.
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Technical Associate
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Easy to use, easy in every system firewall give good protection Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

To much latency need to do some working on it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Protect the pc from viruses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RJ
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Fortinet has an excellent reputation as a leader in network/security. We upgraded from another leader in the industry, and these are much better and more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Setting up the VPN was a bit tricky for me, but I finally got it working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

Network security and through put. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sunil s.
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Cyber Security Specialist
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

I like the gui of this firewall which is very user friendly and easy to use and main advantage of this firewall is we can inspect the packet level inspection upto layer7 earlier I was using asa fw and now I have.migrated to fortinet fw. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Frankly speaking I didn't notices any feature which I will dislike this is the best FW I have in my work on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Fortinet Firewalls solving and how is that benefiting you?

It will help in inspection till layer 7 which provide more security feature in inspection Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.