We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is stable and scalable. In addition, their support is great. When you ask them for something, they provide support, and if required, they also involve the R&D team to help you to resolve the issues in your configuration."
"It is a scalable solution."
"I like the Firewall and the IPS."
"The VPN is great."
"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 people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The solution can scale well."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"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."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"They need to increase the local support here. There are also some bugs or fixes on which they need to work. They very well know about these bugs. In terms of licensing, I would like them to either increase the number of features in a single license or make licensing more flexible."
"They should have a GUI on the product itself, not a separate management tool to be used on the management server or on a server to be used to manage the file. It should be all in one device. The device should be controlled through its own GUI. They also have to improve the learning center and the documents as the documents don't really help."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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