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| Product | Cisco Secure Firewall by Cisco View product | FortiGate by Fortinet View product | Prisma Access View product |
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| Overview | |||
| What it is | Cisco Secure Firewall from Cisco focuses on perimeter threat defense. Key capabilities: URL filtering. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives. | FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors. | Prisma Access: globally distributed cloud fabric, Zero Trust Network Access and Cloud Secure Web Gateway. Built for hybrid workforce security. Compare SASE alternatives. |
| Product type | Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) & Threat Defense | Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform | Cloud-Delivered Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail | Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers | Cross-industry, Enterprise, Financial Services, Retail, Technology, Healthcare |
| Pricing | |||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: no | Free trial: no | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | |||
| Deployment options | CloudOn-Premise | Cloud | SaaSCloud |
| Deployment details | Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud-native; Hardware appliances (Firewall 1000/3100/4200 series); Virtual FTDv (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI); Containerized CNF | Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service | Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered Anycast SASE nodes in 100+ global locations |
| Data residency | On-premises data retention / Cloud control region-specific hosting | Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region | Multi-region hyperscale cloud fabric with regional compliance guarantees |
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| Platform & access | |||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: yes |
| Supported platforms | On-premises hardwareAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXiKVM | Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more | Cloudremote laptopsmobile devicesbranch SD-WAN gateways |
| Compliance | FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (NDcPP), USGv6, SOC 2, ISO 27001 | Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate |
| Integrations & coverage | |||
| Integrations | Cisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRCisco TalosSplunkMicrosoft Sentinel | FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more | Strata Cloud ManagerOktaMicrosoft Entra IDPing IdentityAWSAzureServiceNow |
| Industries | Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnergyManufacturing+1 more | EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more | Cross-industryEnterpriseFinancial ServicesRetailTechnologyHealthcare |
| Regions | Global | GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region | Global |
| Vendor | |||
| Company | Cisco | Fortinet | Palo Alto Networks |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Sunnyvale, California, USA | Santa Clara, California, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 10,000+ | 15,000+ |
| Founded | 1984 | 2000 | 2005 |
Overview
What it is
Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall from Cisco focuses on perimeter threat defense. Key capabilities: URL filtering. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.FortiGate
FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors.Prisma Access
Prisma Access: globally distributed cloud fabric, Zero Trust Network Access and Cloud Secure Web Gateway. Built for hybrid workforce security. Compare SASE alternatives.Product type
Cisco Secure Firewall
Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) & Threat DefenseFortiGate
Next-generation firewall and secure networking platformPrisma Access
Cloud-Delivered Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)Best for
Cisco Secure Firewall
Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, RetailFortiGate
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providersPrisma Access
Cross-industry, Enterprise, Financial Services, Retail, Technology, HealthcarePricing
Pricing model
Cisco Secure Firewall
Contact VendorFortiGate
Contact VendorPrisma Access
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco Secure Firewall
Free trial: noFortiGate
Free trial: noPrisma Access
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco Secure Firewall
CloudOn-Premise
FortiGate
Cloud
Prisma Access
SaaSCloud
Deployment details
Cisco Secure Firewall
Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud-native; Hardware appliances (Firewall 1000/3100/4200 series); Virtual FTDv (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI); Containerized CNFFortiGate
Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-ServicePrisma Access
Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered Anycast SASE nodes in 100+ global locationsData residency
Cisco Secure Firewall
On-premises data retention / Cloud control region-specific hostingFortiGate
Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/regionPrisma Access
Multi-region hyperscale cloud fabric with regional compliance guaranteesKey features
What it offers
Cisco Secure Firewall
- Snort 3 deep packet inspection
- Application visibility and control
- Hardware-accelerated crypto
- Encrypted traffic analytics
- Advanced malware defense
- URL filtering
- Dynamic network segmentation
- Perimeter threat defense
FortiGate
- Firewall
- IPS
- Application control
- Antivirus
- SSL inspection
- VPN
- SD-WAN
- Web filtering
Prisma Access
- Globally distributed cloud fabric
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA 2.0)
- Cloud Secure Web Gateway
- Cloud CASB
- Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS)
- Autonomous DEM
- Single-pass inspection engine
- Hybrid workforce security
Platform & access
API access
Cisco Secure Firewall
API access: yesFortiGate
API access: yesPrisma Access
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco Secure Firewall
SSO: yesFortiGate
SSO: yesPrisma Access
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco Secure Firewall
RBAC: yesFortiGate
RBAC: yesPrisma Access
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco Secure Firewall
Multi-tenant: yesFortiGate
Multi-tenant: yesPrisma Access
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco Secure Firewall
Mobile app: noFortiGate
Mobile app: noPrisma Access
Mobile app: yesSupported platforms
Cisco Secure Firewall
On-premises hardwareAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXiKVM
FortiGate
Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more
Prisma Access
Cloudremote laptopsmobile devicesbranch SD-WAN gateways
Compliance
Cisco Secure Firewall
FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (NDcPP), USGv6, SOC 2, ISO 27001
FortiGate
Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Prisma Access
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRCisco TalosSplunkMicrosoft Sentinel
FortiGate
FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more
Prisma Access
Strata Cloud ManagerOktaMicrosoft Entra IDPing IdentityAWSAzureServiceNow
Industries
Cisco Secure Firewall
Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnergyManufacturing+1 more
FortiGate
EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Prisma Access
Cross-industryEnterpriseFinancial ServicesRetailTechnologyHealthcare
Regions
Cisco Secure Firewall
Global
FortiGate
GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Prisma Access
Global
Vendor
Company
Cisco Secure Firewall
CiscoFortiGate
FortinetPrisma Access
Palo Alto NetworksHeadquarters
Cisco Secure Firewall
San Jose, California, USAFortiGate
Sunnyvale, California, USAPrisma Access
Santa Clara, California, USACompany size
Cisco Secure Firewall
80,000+FortiGate
10,000+Prisma Access
15,000+Founded
Cisco Secure Firewall
1984FortiGate
2000Prisma Access
2005