FortiGate vs Snort

FortiGate

5.7 #24 in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software

About FortiGate

Snort

6.7 #11 in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software

About Snort
FortiGateSnort
Free planNoYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from—$2.50/mo
Open sourceNoNo
Platforms—Linux, self-hosted
Free planNoYes
Deployment modelhybridsoftware
Network scope—network
Inline blocking—Yes
Encrypted traffic inspection—Yes
Threat intelligence—Yes
Supported platforms—linux

Both are listed in Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software. On Everything Xiaomi, Snort scores higher on our published basis.