We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The sandboxing tools offer great prevention for cloud feeds."
"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly, has interesting features, URL filtering, and threat prevention."
"The user interface is a bit more professional than some free products."
"For those who want a next-gen firewall that's easy to configure and easy to operate, I think you should go for Palo Alto."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity, transparency, and overall ease of management."
"It is a stable product."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It's quite easy. Deployment took one to two weeks."
"With the IP address flag, I was able to see that I was being hacked. The moment there was an interaction between somebody on my network and that IP, the solution was able to flag it, and we were able to protect ourselves."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
"Its interface is complex when compared with a firewall like FortiGate. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall needs a management console, whereas FortiGate doesn't need any console. When you have a few devices, a console is not really necessary. It's good to have a private console only when you have a lot of devices."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"It's a complicated firewall. Until you come to know the firewall inducers, most people don't like the firewall because the components for the firewall are a little bit complex. User-friendliness is a little bit tough. It needs to be user-friendly when creating policies, and pushing policies. Committing takes more time compared to Palo Alto."
"The security features need to be improved."
"A VPN client feature is missing in our region, which we hope Forcepoint will address in future updates."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"I think they can use some improvement on FID."
"Mission learning techniques should continue to expand and detect unknown threats on the fly."
"The price of licenses should be lowered to make it less costly to scale our solution."
"The technology firewall anomaly network could stand improvement."
"The solution needs to improve its local technical support services. There is no premium support offered in our market."
"It's not so easy to set up a test environment, because it's not so easy to get the test license. The vendor only gives you 90 days for a test license; it's a tough license to get."
"Palo Alto's maintenance needs to be improved."
"Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention could improve the commercial offing. Other solutions, such as Fortinet provide better commercial features."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 7th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.8. 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 Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention writes "A good amount of granularity and advanced URL filtering capabilities". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Darktrace, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Arista NDR, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System and Darktrace.
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