Old question asked over and over... I know. I am looking for some new 2014 responses.
We are struggling making a decision between WatchGuard and Fortinet. We currently are a WatchGuard shop but thinking about departing given some recent "problems". I am desperate for anybody that has real world experience with both!
WatchGuard:
We have used WatchGuard for years and the ease is the best. The system manager is so simple. VLAN's, VPN's, policies whatever.. very simple to deploy and configure.
They have had several firmware problems over the past year.
They have had several third party (IPS, Websense) problems that have crippled client sites.
They use third party everything it seems.
Fortinet:
They seem faster (lower latency) and more realistic with their throughput numbers. I have read that all their UTM services are done in-house as opposed to WatchGuard.
While they seem faster and better once configured they seem much harder to deploy.