✔ Pros:Excellent SD-WAN orchestration and cloud integration; Seamless integration with Palo Alto Networks security stack (firewalls, threat prevention); Reliable branch office routing with redundancy and failover capabilities
✘ Cons:Premium pricing typical of enterprise Palo Alto solutions; Requires Panorama or Prisma SD-WAN management subscriptions (additional cost); Steep learning curve for smaller organizations unfamiliar with Palo Alto ecosystem
Est. Price:
$8,000 - $12,000
Compare Against
Fortinet FortiGate 120G
★ 3.3 Value Score
Technical Specifications
Firewall Throughput: 4 Gbps
Threat Prevention Throughput: 1.5 Gbps
IPsec VPN Throughput: 1 Gbps
Max Sessions: 64000
New Sessions/sec: 6000
Interfaces: 9x GE (8x data + 1x mgmt)
Form Factor: 1U Rackmount
Curation Review
✔ Pros:Excellent mid-market value with balanced throughput for SMB deployments; Multiple GE ports enable flexible network segmentation and redundancy; Comprehensive FortiOS feature set including application control, IPS/IDS, sandboxing, and regular security updates; Strong SSL VPN support for remote access; Proven reliability with mature firmware
✘ Cons:Throughput insufficient for high-performance data center or core network deployments; Aging platform (released ~2013) with newer FortiGate models offering better performance per watt; Limited horizontal scalability compared to FortiGate 200/300 series; Power consumption (~450W) higher relative to throughput class; Threat Prevention throughput bottleneck reduces effective inspection capacity at line rate