Meraki vs FortiGate 80F

[ronaldpa2]

Looking for apples to apples to FortiGate 80F?  Can meraki perform everything the FortiGate 80F does ?

[alemabrahao]

Take a look at this.

https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/network-firewalls/compare/product/fortigate-next-generation-f...

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Security-SD-WAN/MX-vs-Fortigate/td-p/42724

[alemabrahao]

https://meraki.cisco.com/product-collateral/mx-family-datasheet/?file

https://www.fortinet.com/resources/data-sheets/fortigate-fortiwifi-80f-series

[ronaldpa2]

Thanks looking for a more details regarding features like this .

Full SSL Decryption / Inspection	✅ Full SSL Decryption (MITM)
Antivirus / Malware Protection	✅ Deep inspection with FortiGuard
Application Control	✅ Granular (thousands of apps)
Web Filtering	✅ Category + reputation + URL
Intrusion Prevention (IPS)	✅ Highly configurable
Endpoint Protection (AV/EDR)	✅ FortiClient + FortiEDR
Sandboxing	✅ FortiSandbox integration
Cloud Management	⚠️ Available (FortiManager Cloud)

[Mloraditch]

I've included links to relevant documentation. If these are all important features to you, you should definitely talk to an AM. There are possible solutions bundling other Cisco products with Meraki or going to Firepower

Full SSL Decryption / Inspection	No
Antivirus / Malware Protection	https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Content_Filtering_and_Threat_Protection/Advanced_Malware_Protect...)
Application Control	Basic: https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Cross-Platform_Content/Creating_a_Layer_7_Fi...
Web Filtering	https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Content_Filtering_and_Threat_Protection/Content_Filtering Meraki has integration with Umbrella which extends this but at an additional cost
Intrusion Prevention (IPS)	https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Content_Filtering_and_Threat_Protection/Threat_Protection
Endpoint Protection (AV/EDR)	No (Cisco has solutions for this)
Sandboxing	Not Built in
Cloud Management	Yes All Meraki is Cloud

[Mloraditch · Accepted solution]

The simple answer is no from an overall feature standpoint. The Fortigate is a more traditional firewall and has many more exposed features for policies, vpns, etc. It depends on your use cases. I suggest talking to your Cisco Rep/partner. There is info available under NDA for some competitive scenarios and the sales engineers are more fully informed in general on these sorts of situations.

Some of us may be able to answer basic questions but this is best suited to someone whom you can give details about your existing environment and future needs.

[ronaldpa2]

Yup I reached out as well but nothing better than real world engineers working it to give you the best answers. Thanks.

[MilesMeraki]

Fortigate is a Firewall, Meraki MX is a SDWAN with some firewall functionality.

Fortigates have a really bad time being central managed and require FortiManager to perform this functionality which is a pain in the ass to setup with Forigates, Meraki MXs it's all done via Merkai Dashboard and setup from the get go with no addtional license or software required.

Fortigate wins in the DC for firewalling. Meraki for SDWAN overlay 🙂