Best for Deployment and Ease of Use: Fortinet Fortinet offers virtual firewalls too for hybrid cloud use cases. The very high-end 520 Gbps FortiGate 7121F can cost $1 million or more with support and enterprise protection. Midrange prices can go a lot higher than that, depending on the model and SKU CDW sells the 600F with three years of support and threat protection for $46,000.
Midrange/campus devices start at $3,600 for the 100F (and can be found for less). The FortiGate entry-level/branch F series appliances start at around $600. Palo Alto also offers virtual, container and cloud firewalls, plus other features like AIOps and SD-WAN. There are many options in between, like the 1400, 34 series, plus the ruggedized PA-220R. The Palo Alto PA hardwall firewall series starts around $1,000 for the PA-410, while the high-end PA-7000 series firewalls start at around $200,000 (and can cost much more with support and subscriptions). With the caveat that both vendors’ firewalls are priced above the low end of the market, we give the edge to Fortinet, which also offers a clearer pricing structure. Here’s how Fortinet and Palo Alto NGFWs compare at a glance: Pricingīoth vendors score well, but edge to Palo Altoįortinet’s simpler lineup has the edge for appliance use cases They may cost more than other firewall offerings, but good network security pays for itself in the cost savings of avoided breaches.
Palo Alto can serve those markets too, but also has an edge in cloud, container and FWaaS use cases, plus a comprehensive security product portfolio.
Fortinet is particularly good for appliance-based distributed enterprise and branch office needs.Before we get into the details, here’s a high-level analysis of the use cases each vendor serves best:
Nonetheless, there are some differences between the two, and we’ll address those here. Fortinet and Palo Alto also receive some of the highest ratings from users, so buyers of either company’s products can have confidence that they’re getting some of the best security possible. Security buyers in the market for next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) often compare the two, and with good reason, as both made our list of the top NGFWs and boast strong, independently verified security.įortinet and Palo Alto are both leaders in Gartner’s recent network firewall Magic Quadrant - the only other leader is Check Point - and firewalls from both have scored high in independent testing from Cyber Ratings. Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks are two of the top cybersecurity companies and compete in a number of security markets, among them EDR and firewalls.
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