company
Fortinet
Palo Alto
cisco
IPS Throughput
۶Gbps
Threat Protection
۴Gbps
NGFW
۵Gbps
Interfaces
Multiple GE RJ45, GE SFP and 10 GE SFP+ slots
IPv4 Firewall Throughput
۵۲ / ۵۲ / ۳۳ Gbps
IPv6 Firewall Throughput
۵۲ / ۵۲ / ۳۳ Gbps
Firewall Latency (64 byte, UDP)
۳ μs
Firewall Throughput (Packet per Second)
۴۹.۵Mpps
Concurrent Sessions (TCP)
۱۱ Million
New Sessions/Second (TCP)
۲۸۰,۰۰۰
Firewall Policies
۱۰۰,۰۰۰
IPsec VPN Throughput (512 byte)
۲۵Gbps
SSL-VPN Throughput
۳.۶ Gbps
Concurrent SSL-VPN Users
۱۰,۰۰۰
Firewall throughput (App-ID enabled)
۵Gbps
Threat prevention throughput
۲Gbps
IPSec VPN throughput
۲Gbps
Max sessions
۱,۰۰۰,۰۰۰
New sessions per second
۱۲۰,۰۰۰
Virtual systems (base/max2)
۱۰/۲۰
Throughput: FW + AVC (1024B)
۴۵Gbps
Throughput: FW + AVC + IPS (1024B)
۳۹Gbps
Maximum concurrent sessions, with AVC
۳۰million
Maximum new connections per second, with AVC
۲۶۳K
TLS (Hardware Decryption)
۷.۵Gbps
Throughput: NGIPS (1024B)
۵۲Gbps
IPSec VPN Throughput (1024B TCP w/Fastpath)
۱۴Gbps
Multi-Instance Capable
Yes
Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
Standard, supporting more than 4000 applications, as well as geolocations, users, and websites
AVC: OpenAppID support for custom, open source, application detectors
Standard
Cisco Security Intelligence
Standard, with IP, URL, and DNS threat intelligence
Cisco Firepower NGIPS
Available; can passively detect endpoints and infrastructure for threat correlation and Indicators of Compromise (IoC) intelligence
Cisco AMP for Networks
Available; enables detection, blocking, tracking, analysis, and containment of targeted and persistent malware, addressing the attack ontinuum both during and after attacks. Integrated threat correlation with Cisco AMP for Endpoints is also optionally available
Cisco AMP Threat Grid sandboxing
Available
URL Filtering: number of categories
More than 80
URL Filtering: number of URLs categorized
More than 280 million
Third-party and open- source ecosystem
Open API for integrations with third-party products; Snort® and OpenAppID community resources for new and specific threats
High availability and clustering
Active/standby. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series allows clustering of up to 6 chassis
Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies
Firepower 4100 Series platforms include Trust Anchor Technologies for supply chain and software image assurance.
Stateful inspection firewall throughput
۷۵Gbps
Stateful inspection firewall throughput (multiprotocol)
۵۰Gbps
Concurrent firewall connections
۳۵million
Firewall latency (UDP 64B microseconds)
۳.۵
New connections per second
۸۰۰,۰۰۰
IPsec VPN throughput (450B UDP L2L test)
۱۵Gbps
Maximum VPN Peers
۲۰,۰۰۰
Security contexts (included; maximum)
۱۰; ۲۵۰
High availability
Active/active and active/standby
Clustering
Up to 16 appliances
Scalability
VPN Load Balancing, Firewall Clustering
Centralized management
Centralized configuration, logging, monitoring, and reporting are performed by Cisco Security Manager
or alternatively in the cloud with Cisco Defense Orchestrator
Adaptive Security Device Manager
Web-based, local management for small-scale deployments
Storage
۴۰۰GB