G2 Vendor Directory

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls vs. FortiGate IPS

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

MetricPalo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls

by Palo Alto Networks

FortiGate IPS

by Fortinet

Overall rating4.54.7
Review count17115
Ease of use8.69.5
Ease of setup8.49.4
Quality of support8.59.0
Meets requirements9.19.4
NPS65.86826384.615385
Small Business18.3%13.3%
Mid-Market45.0%46.7%
Enterprise36.7%40.0%
Total page views864198
Total LLM citations7,427230

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls

Our next-generation firewall classifies all traffic, including encrypted traffic, based on application, application function, user and content. You can create comprehensive, precise security policies, resulting in safe enablement of applications. This lets only authorized users run sanctioned applications, greatly reducing the surgace area of cyber attacks across the organization.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • Threat Protection
  • Firewall Efficiency
  • Protection
  • Threat Detection

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