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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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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.
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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.
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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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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

I use Fortinet firewalls when I was working ecommerce sector. Fortinet firewall provides us best performance under huge traffic. We don't have any performance issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

There is no negative feature fortinet fiewall is easy to use and manage products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Fortinet Firewalls provides us routing and access control capacity. we designed fortinet firewalls as gateway for all thing and we don't have any issue about performance, access control and routing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JA
Cyber Security Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Fortinet Firewall is highly integrative, protects against a whole bunch of intrusion attempts, stops malware, allows for web filtering, and, most importantly, can be deployed locally on a locally dedicated machine or as a virtual environment. When you install the FORTICLIENT alongside it, you get a more robust barrier that stops IP attacks and viruses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

I think that there is room for improvement in the log system. Also, the application could use some "simplification" on the installation side of it. Sometimes, the interface seems to just hang; no idea why; it just does. In any case, there is always room for improvement regarding security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Our servers are accessed remotely and/or locally by many clients/employees. Fortinet Firewall helps regulate all this while providing a high level of security. It is so powerful and allows us to seamlessly manage our three internet connections without even breaking a sweat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nick P.
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Lead Technician
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

I love Fortinet Firewall's effectiveness. These firewalls are excellent in terms of configuration and scalability - many, many services and options. Fortinet Firewall's tech support is ALWAYS very helpful. They are quick to provide remote assistance and to offer information and explanations. 100% recommend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Initial setup is a little intensive, but once you've done it a few times, it's a breeze. Regardless, tech support is literally only a phone call away and you always get a live person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

As an MSP providing complete I.T. support solutions ("all things tech" ie ISP, phones, workstations, networking, cameras, POS, A/V, etc.) we needed to be able to set up comprehensive gateways that also thwart the efforts of attackers. Fortinet Firewalls have resounded "Yes!" when we consider the options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David G.
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Information Technology Director
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

I am a big fan of the easy-to-manage interface and that I can manage all of my firewalls in the cloud. All of the features I need on a high-end firewall are present, and I feel secure with my network setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

We have several units at our different locations and we did have some trouble with one of our units having some DNS issues. We were eventually able to diagnose the issue and resolve it, but it was frustrating at the start. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The Fortinet firewalls are providing security for our network as well as providing a VPN tunnel between our locations. We are also able to use the VPN features for our users to have access to our network when they are working remotely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Curt P.
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Director of Technology
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

The Fortinet Firewall is easy to work with. The web interface flows nicely, and it does not take long to feel comfortable navigating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

When you have a firmware update to apply, it brings up a message upon login to apply the firmware, and if you are not paying attention, you could accidentally start the firmware update during business hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It does a great job keeping our network safe. It is the first line of defense, and it does a great job of keeping the bad stuff out. We have used Fortinet Firewalls for years and never had a breach or cybers security event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DK
Network Security Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

It prevent from ddos protection, provide deep level of security from various phishing site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Overall experience is good but there is lack of visibility in this solution when it comes to tracking of the attack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Improve supplier or partner relationships

Improve compliance & risk management

Drive innovation

Cost management

Reduce time to market

Improve business process agility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arnissa B.
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Director of Information Technology
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

Fortinet has given me insight into where your vulnerabilities are on your network. I use the threat monitoring tool, VPN client, as well as Security Fabric tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

During the setup process, there were key things that I missed. I worked with the vendor to get those issues resolved. I would say make sure you have a list of devices that go through your current firewall (IP Phones, printers, copiers, etc) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Fortinet Firewalls:

If you have Watchguard or SonicWall, think about switching over to Fortinet Fortigate. It is much easier to use and gives you a better visual of what devices are hitting your network. It also looks for and blocks bad actors from penetrating your network. I feel the visual charts on the platform helped us to see where we needed to improve our netowrk security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I know where our vulnerabilities are and have addressed them since using this Fortigate Firewall. This has also helped us come up with a better remote access solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sergio S.
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IT Support Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

The SD WAN capabilities is one of the best performance ever. Security policies & Firewall policies are easy to create. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

I don't know what i disklike about Fortinet Firewalls Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Web filtering & Network security is the most benefit for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prashant S.
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Senior Subject Matter Expert
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

It's has great gui interface but need to unlock some more options in cli. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

Cli options are not in sync with other vendors. We have to write really long command lines to get simple output. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It makes great firewall with simple configuration options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Fortinet Firewalls?

I handled different firewalls before and Fortinet Firewalls (FortiGate) is the easiest and cheapest compared to other leading firewalls. A leader in the Gartner's Magic Quadrant, it really delivers its purpose as an NGFW with built-in SDWAN feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Fortinet Firewalls?

The physical ports are not modular, which means the number of ports is fixed in every model. Some models only have copper ports that has no option to change for fiber ports. So I hope this can be addressed soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

FortiGate NGFW has a UTM subscription that basically includes all features that we need. URL Filtering, Application Control, IPS, Antivirus.. name it. It also has a built-in SDWAN feature that you won't need license anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.