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FortiGate IPS vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricFortiGate IPS

by Fortinet

Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall

by Palo Alto Networks

Overall rating4.74.3
Review count1592
Ease of use9.58.5
Ease of setup9.48.4
Quality of support9.08.5
Meets requirements9.49.0
NPS84.61538551.086957
Small Business13.3%26.4%
Mid-Market46.7%29.7%
Enterprise40.0%44.0%
Total page views198339
Total LLM citations2301,215

FortiGate IPS

Whether part of a firewall solution or a separate standalone appliance, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) technology is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous part of network security defenses.

Pros

    Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall

    Palo Alto Networks' VM-Series Virtual Firewall is the industry’s leading cloud security software, delivering the world’s most effective network security to any cloud or virtualized environment. It is a virtualized form factor of Palo Alto Networks' next-generation firewalls, built to protect your applications from zero-day threats, providing consistent security and easy deployment across all clouds and virtualized environments, including technologies from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Cisco, KVM, Nutanix, OpenStack, and more.

    Pros

    • Threat Protection
    • Features
    • Security
    • Protection
    • Deployment Ease
    • Ease of Use