We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and OPNsense 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."A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"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."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"We find the product to be stable and reliable in terms of performance."
"Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"It has an open license. It works very well, and there is an update every month."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"The technical support is very good."
"I have found the solution has some great features overall, such as guest access capabilities, dashboards, and ease of use. There is plenty of documentation and support and it has the plugins that I needed."
"The solution has high availability."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"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."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"The endpoint protection capabilities of the product are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Management could be better. They can improve the management. I think all our customers can't accept firewalls that have standalone management. So, they prefer Fortinet or Palo Alto. But overall, inspection and other features are working fine."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"If I want to allow access to Facebook, yet not allow the user to access videos, then I am not able to do it with this product."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"There should be more technical documentation."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while OPNsense 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 OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. OPNsense report.
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