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# FortiGate-VM NGFW vs Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**FortiGate-VM NGFW** [

4.5/5(299)

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**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall** [

4.3/5(92)

](https://www.g2.com/products/palo-alto-networks-vm-series-virtual-firewall/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
Free Trial

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**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
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Time to Implement

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
2 monthsFaster

Based on 32 responses

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**
3 months

Based on 6 responses

Return on Investment

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
14 months

Based on 32 responses

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**
13 months1 month sooner

Based on 6 responses

Perceived Cost

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
$$$$$

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
11%

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**
11%

Pros & Cons

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
[
Ease of Use (12)
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Features (10)
](https://www.g2.com/products/fortigate-vm-ngfw/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1090198&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Difficult Learning Curve (4)
](https://www.g2.com/products/fortigate-vm-ngfw/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2123206&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (4)
](https://www.g2.com/products/fortigate-vm-ngfw/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1091199&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**
[
Features (18)
](https://www.g2.com/products/palo-alto-networks-vm-series-virtual-firewall/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2008021&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Threat Protection (18)
](https://www.g2.com/products/palo-alto-networks-vm-series-virtual-firewall/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2008023&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (26)
](https://www.g2.com/products/palo-alto-networks-vm-series-virtual-firewall/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2008010&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Difficult Learning Curve (11)
](https://www.g2.com/products/palo-alto-networks-vm-series-virtual-firewall/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2031698&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Integrations

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**
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Amazon EC2

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AWS Cloud WAN

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AWS Graviton

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AWS Lambda

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**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**
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FortiSIEM

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Nutanix Database Service (NDB)

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Palo Alto Networks Panorama

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Ratings

Meets Requirements

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

9.0

9.0226

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**

8.8

8.885

Ease of Use

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

8.9

8.9232

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**

8.3

8.386

Ease of Setup

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

8.7

8.7198

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**

8.2

8.282

Ease of Admin

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

9.0

9.0180

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**

8.5

8.563

Quality of Support

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

8.6

8.6224

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**

8.3

8.382

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

8.9

8.9176

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**

8.6

8.663

Product Direction (% positive)

**FortiGate-VM NGFW**

9.5

9.5222

**Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall**

9.4

9.482

Features

Firewall Software[Hide 62 FeaturesShow 62 Features](javascript:void(0);)

9.0

160

8.7

70

Administration

Policy Management

9.2(won by 0.4)

120

8.8

69

Logging and Reporting

8.8

114

8.9(won by 0.1)

68

Application Gateway

9.2(won by 0.6)

93

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.6

67

Concurrent Sessions

9.3(won by 0.6)

98

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.7

66

Access Management

10.0(won by default)

5

Not enough data

Uptime Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Web Traffic Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Incident Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Remote Monitoring & Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Firewall Software

Autonomous Task Execution

6.3

5

8.3(won by 2.0)

12

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Adaptive Learning

Not enough data

8.9(won by default)

11

AI/Machine Learning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Functionality

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

9.3(won by 0.5)

118

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.8

64

Antivirus

9.1(won by 0.3)

98

8.8

65

URL Filtering

9.4(won by 0.4)

110

9.0

64

Availability

9.6(won by 0.6)

104

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

9.0

65

IP Filtering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Content Filtering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Load Balancing

9.2(won by 0.5)

95

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

8.7

65

Continuous Analysis

9.0(won by 0.3)

99

8.7

65

Intrusion Prevention

9.2(won by 0.3)

116

8.9

68

Intrusion Detection

9.3(won by 0.4)

101

8.9

65

Intrusion Detection System

Not enough data

Not enough data

Intrusion Prevention System

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

AI Text Summarization

8.2(won by 0.3)

20

7.9

17

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Artificial Intelligence - Firewall

AI Firewall

8.1

6

8.8(won by 0.7)

14

 (There is a greater than 0.5 difference between this product's rating and its competitors)

Additional Functionality

Spam Blocker

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Escalation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Role-Based Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Network Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Visual Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Reports

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting & Statistics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Spam

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Tracking

Not enough data

Not enough data

Hardware Integration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Summary Reports

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Server Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Two-Factor Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Log Access

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi-Location

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Behavior Tracking

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Event Logs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Risk Alerts

Not enough data

Not enough data

Single Sign On

Not enough data

Not enough data

Dashboard Creation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Unified Threat Management (UTM)[Hide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features](javascript:void(0);)

9.3

150

Not enough data

Security - Unified Threat Management

Antivirus

9.3(won by default)

104

Not enough data

Whitelists

9.4(won by default)

109

Not enough data

Antispam Filtering

9.0(won by default)

97

Not enough data

Content Filtering

9.2(won by default)

103

Not enough data

Web Filtering

9.6(won by default)

110

Not enough data

Firewall

9.8(won by default)

120

Not enough data

Administration

Reports & Analytics

8.8(won by default)

101

Not enough data

Dashboard

9.4(won by default)

105

Not enough data

Data Center Security Solutions[Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features](javascript:void(0);)

9.4

99

Not enough data

Prevention

Intrusion Prevention

9.5(won by default)

68

Not enough data

Firewall

9.5(won by default)

77

Not enough data

Encryption

9.2(won by default)

60

Not enough data

Security hardening

9.3(won by default)

60

Not enough data

Cloud Data Protection

Feature Not Available

Not enough data

Detection

Intrusion Detection

9.3(won by default)

61

Not enough data

Security Monitoring

9.5(won by default)

60

Not enough data

Anti-Malware / Malware Detection

9.3(won by default)

58

Not enough data

Administration

Compliance

9.4(won by default)

56

Not enough data

Administration Console -

9.5(won by default)

63

Not enough data

API / integrations

9.0(won by default)

56

Not enough data

Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)[Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.8

37

Prevention

Intrusion Prevention

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

36

Firewall

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

37

Encryption

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

35

Security hardening

Not enough data

9.1(won by default)

36

Cloud Data Protection

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

32

Detection

Intrusion Detection

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

36

Security Monitoring

Not enough data

9.1(won by default)

35

Anti-Malware / Malware Detection

Not enough data

9.1(won by default)

36

Administration

Compliance

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

35

Administration Console -

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

36

API / integrations

Not enough data

8.6(won by default)

35

Generative AI

AI Text Summarization

Not enough data

7.7(won by default)

11

Agentic AI - Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

Autonomous Task Execution

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

5

Proactive Assistance

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

5

Show 2 feature categories with incomplete data

Network Security[Hide 40 FeaturesShow 40 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Penetration Testing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Trail

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Virus

Not enough data

Not enough data

Vulnerability Scanning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Remote Monitoring & Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

VPN

Not enough data

Not enough data

Behavior Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSL Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Patch Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Event Logs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anomaly/Malware Detection

Not enough data

Not enough data

DNS Leak Protection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Server Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Network Provisioning

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Email Alerts

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Intrusion Detection System

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Two-Factor Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Firewalls

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Anti Spam

Not enough data

Not enough data

Threat Response

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Risk Alerts

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Loss Prevention

Not enough data

Not enough data

Single Sign On

Not enough data

Not enough data

Intrusion Prevention System

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Login

Not enough data

Not enough data

Policy Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Security[Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance

Access Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

At-Risk Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

DLP Configuration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Sensitive Data Compliance

Not enough data

Not enough data

Administration

Database Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Deduplication 

Not enough data

Not enough data

Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

API / integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security 

Multi-Factor Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Transport

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Types

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Tools

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

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FortiGate-VM NGFW

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

25.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

53.8%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

20.9%

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Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

26.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

29.7%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

44.0%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

25.3%

26.4%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

53.8%

29.7%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

20.9%

44.0%

Reviewers' Industry

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FortiGate-VM NGFW

Information Technology and Services

23.2%

Computer & Network Security

12.6%

Telecommunications

9.1%

Financial Services

6.7%

Computer Software

6.3%

Other

42.1%

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Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall

Computer & Network Security

17.6%

Information Technology and Services

16.5%

Consulting

5.5%

Computer Software

5.5%

Insurance

4.4%

Other

50.5%

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