Top 10 FortiGate IPS Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to FortiGate IPS Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Snort
By Snort
4/5
(18)
Product Description
SNORT(r), The standard in IDS and IPS.
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Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls
By Palo Alto Networks
4.5/5
(160)
Product Description
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 surface area of cyber attacks across the organization.
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Reviewers say compared to FortiGate IPS, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls is:
More expensive
Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
By Forcepoint
4.4/5
(35)
Product Description
Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is a network security solution that combines advanced threat protection, deep packet inspection, and integrated security management to safeguard networks across distributed environments while ensuring high performance and reliability.
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Reviewers say compared to FortiGate IPS, Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is:
More expensive
Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)
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Check Point Quantum Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
By Check Point Software Technologies
4.4/5
(69)
Product Description
Check Point's Quantum Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is a comprehensive security solution designed to detect and prevent attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in systems and applications. Integrated within Check Point's Next Generation Firewall, it offers automatic updates to safeguard organizations against both longstanding and emerging threats. By combining signature-based detection, protocol validation, anomaly detection, and behavioral analysis, Quantum IPS delivers robust protection against a wide array of cyber threats. Key Features and Functionality: - Comprehensive Threat Detection: Identifies and mitigates specific known exploits, vulnerabilities (both known and unknown), protocol misuse, tunneling attempts indicating data leakage, and outbound malware communications. - Real-Time Protection Updates: Continuously updated with new defenses against emerging threats, including preemptive protections that address vulnerabilities before they are exploited. - Virtual Patching: Provides a proactive approach to security by offering robust IPS functionality that complements traditional patching strategies, ensuring networks remain secure between updates. - Efficient Deployment: Features predefined recommended profiles for immediate use, customizable signature activation rules tailored to network assets, and an optional detect-only mode for evaluation purposes. - 360° Visibility and Reporting: Seamlessly integrates with SmartEvent, enabling Security Operations Center (SOC) staff to prioritize and respond to critical events efficiently. Primary Value and User Benefits: Quantum IPS addresses the critical need for proactive and comprehensive network security by offering real-time threat prevention and automatic updates. Its integration with Check Point's security gateways ensures a unified security approach, reducing the total cost of ownership. The system's low false positive rate and efficient deployment options save valuable time for IT staff, while its robust protection mechanisms safeguard organizations against a wide spectrum of cyber threats, ensuring business continuity and data integrity.
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Reviewers say compared to FortiGate IPS, Check Point Quantum Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) is:
More expensive
Better at support
Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

Trend Micro TippingPoint
By Trend Micro
4.1/5
(26)
Product Description
Trend Micro TippingPoint integrates with the Deep Discovery Advanced Threat Protection Solution to detect and block targeted attacks and malware through preemptive threat prevention, threat insight and prioritization, and real-time enforcement and remediation.
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Reviewers say compared to FortiGate IPS, Trend Micro TippingPoint is:
More expensive
Easier to set up
Better at support
Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

ExtraHop
By ExtraHop Networks
4.6/5
(68)
Product Description
ExtraHop Reveal(x) provides cloud-native visibility, detection, and response for the hybrid enterprise.
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Reviewers say compared to FortiGate IPS, ExtraHop is:
More expensive
Better at support
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

Hybrid Cloud Security
By Trend Micro
4.5/5
(187)
Product Description
Hybrid Cloud Security solution, powered by XGen security, delivers a blend of cross-generational threat defense techniques that have been optimized to protect physical, virtual, and cloud workloads.
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Reviewers say compared to FortiGate IPS, Hybrid Cloud Security is:
More expensive
Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS)
By Cisco
4.1/5
(17)
Product Description
High performance. Resiliency. Security operations empowerment. NGIPS receives new policy rules and signatures every two hours, so your security is always up to date.
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Reviewers say compared to FortiGate IPS, Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS) is:
More expensive
Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

CrowdSec
By CrowdSec
4.7/5
(87)
Product Description
CrowdSec is a collaborative, free and open source security automation platform relying on both IP behavior analysis and IP reputation. CrowdSec identifies threats and shares IP addresses behind malevolent behaviors across its community, to allow everyone to block them preventively. Used in 90 countries across 6 continents, the solution builds a real-time IP reputation database that keeps growing every day and benefits all community members who have each other's backs while forming a global defense shield.
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Reviewers say compared to FortiGate IPS, CrowdSec is:
Better at support
Categories in common with FortiGate IPS:
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

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