Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs Sophos UTM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiGate
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Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
306
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (2nd), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (2nd), WAN Edge (1st)
Forcepoint Next Generation ...
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (25th), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (10th), WAN Edge (11th)
Sophos UTM
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
110
Ranking in other categories
Unified Threat Management (UTM) (3rd)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Firewalls category, the market share of Fortinet FortiGate is 22.9% and it increased by 13.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is 0.3% and it decreased by 19.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of Sophos UTM is 2.4% and it decreased by 15.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Firewalls
Unique Categories:
Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions
21.5%
WAN Edge
24.4%
Unified Threat Management (UTM)
24.7%
 

Featured Reviews

AA
May 16, 2018
Good performance, protects network perimeters against attacks
To protect network perimeters Security. The main options feature protection and security against attacks. Reliability and performance, those are key factors. I have only one request and that is to have Fortinet as a market download in Azure.  Less than one year. So far, so good. I'm an…
KA
Feb 3, 2020
Enhances security, facilitates file sharing, and has good SD-WAN capabilities
Our primary uses for Forcepoint are internet access, filtering, and intruder detection. We also use it for file sharing The most valuable feature is SD-WAN. There is no support available in Fiji, and it would make it easier to have local support and somebody that we can speak with. The pricing…
it_user410073 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 10, 2017
The email alert on event triggers is a valuable feature. The ability to disconnect the VPN connection needs to improve.
The most valuable features are: Ease of configuration of the firewall rules and routing. The email alert on event triggers. Internal storage for logging, as you do not have to get another server to store the logs The ability to disconnect the VPN connection needs to improve. Currently, in…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"The solution is stable."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"The most valuable feature is controlling the traffic and the logging. They have real-time logins for traffic logs. Troubleshooting was very easy for me."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"It is not an easy task to protect your web servers from the big bad internet. The Web Server Protection in this solution does it elegantly and, if configured correctly, even hides the server's base system from prying eyes."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the firewall application and application control."
"Good basic firewall functions with advanced firewall scanning."
"This is a very stable product."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to administer."
"​Configuration could not be made any easier."
"Sophos UTM's best feature is synchronized security."
 

Cons

"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"A VPN client feature is missing in our region, which we hope Forcepoint will address in future updates."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"Configuration is not easy because it has an old-fashioned interface. The configuration interface is highly complex, and it's been the same for years. They have to change the interface."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"There can be a delay when it comes to reaching out to technical support."
"VPN needs IKEv2, but it’s in the roadmap. Also, all new, cool features will only come to the new Sophos XG Firewall."
"The reporting system needs to allow for customizations because many reports do not include details that we expect."
"I would like to see Sophos UTM add support for all the new threat-detection technologies and the ability to respond to novel security threats that come along every day."
"I think that additional metrics features are needed to be able to monitor other areas or to monitor as much as you can, at a fine-grain resolution."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"During initial configuration, I encountered a few issues."
"The only time we face a problem or issues is when we place a ticket. We have found that response is very slow."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the price of Fortinet FortiGate is very reasonable."
"Its price is affordable and lesser than Cisco. Cisco is expensive. In terms of licensing, there is only one issue. If a customer's license has expired a month ago and they do the renewal after one month, Fortinet renews the license from the start of the previous month. The activation of the product is done from the previous month, not from the date of renewal. The customers usually shout and complain that because they are paying today, the renewal should start from today. The support contract renewals or licensing should be renewed from the date of renewal, but Fortinet starts from the day it had expired. It is a loss for customers. They might have had some problems because of which they did not take the license one month before. Fortinet should work on this. Cisco doesn't do this. Cisco always starts from the day they apply for the license."
"It is more expensive than Sophos. Fortinet is overall more expensive than Sophos. The small range of Fortinet, such as 60F and 80F, is more expensive than the small range of Sophos. Sophos is cheaper. In addition, if you jump from 80F Series to 100F Series, the price doubles."
"The license is yearly. We pay for the top end. It's called 360."
"We find the most valuable aspect of this solution is the price. It is affordable, and cheaper than other firewalls."
"The license is too expensive to renew. The license renewal process is also complex."
"If the customer is looking for SD-WAN, it comes free with FortiGate."
"I think that the pricing is fair."
"There is a license required to use this solution and we can purchase it for one, two, three, or five years."
"Forcepoint is very expensive but it's really secure."
"We have found the price could be reduced. It is a little expensive."
"We would love to take other solution from Forcepoint, but unfortunately the price is too high. That's why we are not considering using Forcepoing for our proxy and DLB. They have a very good DLB, but the matter in the end is the cost."
"It is an affordable product. We purchase its yearly license."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is reasonable, it is priced the same as other firewalls."
"Next Generation Firewall is moderately priced."
"There is a need to make payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The product is not expensive."
"There was an up-front charge of around $70,000, to purchase the hub and license. Beyond the initial cost, licenses are charged for annually, but they are good value for the service we receive."
"I rate the product's price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"This product is free for home users. The more expensive products have better performance."
"Sometimes more is less, meaning if you want more than three features, take the FullGuard licence."
"It will cost approximately $67 US per device. We have 300 devices in our organization."
"It's reasonably priced."
"You cannot really say that the solution is expensive, given the protection it gives."
"We originally purchased the solution through the AWS Marketplace. I started my proof of concept doing pay-as-you-go, then moved to a VAR for a 'Bring Your Own Licence' (BYOL) licensing model. The BYOL license still requires you to accept the terms of the AWS Marketplace to deploy."
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Comparison Review

it_user216600 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 3, 2016
Sophos UTM vs. Fortinet FortiGate
I have used both Sophos and Fortinet products in production and I have found the Sophos UTM appliances (hardware and virtual) to be a better fit most of the time -- with a few caveats which I will touch on below. In both instances, the transition from TMG will be mostly straightforward. The main…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
21%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Government
9%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is the better NGFW: Fortinet Fortigate or Cisco Firepower?
When you compare these firewalls you can identify them with different features, advantages, practices and usage a...
What is the biggest difference between Sophos XG and FortiGate?
From my experience regarding both the Sophos and FortiGate firewalls, I personally would rather use FortiGate. I know...
What are the biggest technical differences between Sophos UTM and Fortinet FortiGate?
As a solution, Sophos UTM offers a lot of functionality, it scales well, and the stability and performance are quite ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall?
There is a need to make payments towards the licensing charges attached to the product. The product is not expensive.
What needs improvement with Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall?
The endpoint protection capabilities of the product are an area of concern where improvements are required.
What Is The Biggest Difference Between Sophos UTM and Sophos XG?
The Sophos UTM is a UTM and Sophos XG is the NGFW. First, you must know about the difference between a UTM and NGFW. ...
What do you like most about Sophos UTM?
The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the endpoint protection feature.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos UTM?
You cannot really say that the solution is expensive, given the protection it gives.
 

Also Known As

FortiGate 60b, FortiGate 60c, FortiGate 80c, FortiGate 50b, FortiGate 200b, FortiGate 110c, FortiGate
Forcepoint NGFW, Stonesoft Next Generation Firewall, McAfee Network Security Platform, Intel Security Network Security Platform
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Sample Customers

1. Amazon Web Services 2. Microsoft 3. IBM 4. Cisco 5. Dell 6. HP 7. Oracle 8. Verizon 9. AT&T 10. T-Mobile 11. Sprint 12. Vodafone 13. Orange 14. BT Group 15. Telstra 16. Deutsche Telekom 17. Comcast 18. Time Warner Cable 19. CenturyLink 20. NTT Communications 21. Tata Communications 22. SoftBank 23. China Mobile 24. Singtel 25. Telus 26. Rogers Communications 27. Bell Canada 28. Telkom Indonesia 29. Telkom South Africa 30. Telmex 31. Telia Company 32. Telkom Kenya
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
One Housing Group
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