We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Trellix Intrusion Prevention System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The product offers very good security."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"It's very easy to configure."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The feature that we like the most about Forcepoint is that we know the technology and have confidence in it. We can have several functionalities to simplify operations and management. We can combine functionalities like log ownership to review the number of devices in the infrastructure."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"There's a good dashboard you can drill down into. It helps you easily locate intrusions and the source of attacks."
"McAfee NSP is much more stable than Cisco."
"Great monitoring feature."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is a good product for dealing with DDoS attacks and for the inspection of network traffic."
"Overall the solution is very good. It offers great protection and gives us a good overview of what is on the network."
"The most valuable features in Trellix for me are the automated signature updates. It is a great and convenient feature."
"The threat intelligence updates are very accurate."
"It has a lot of functions, such as firewall. We are administrators, and we create some rules to protect our network. We also monitor the traffic in and out and have disk encryption on-premises. When we detect malware, we scan for the virus on the PC. We can then delete or block the malware."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"Lacks training for new features."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"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."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"We feel the product's technical support could be better, as this relates to the solution itself, to the installation of the product, and to having a proper understanding of the case."
"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."
"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."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"The solution needs to add an antivirus profile and anti-spyware profile, not just policies and VPN."
"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."
"The solution needs to improve the graphical interface. And they had a limitation in some of the sensor modems as well."
"Some of the documentation is not as straightforward as it could be."
"There are limited resources for configuration guidance."
"The platform’s GUI could be the latest."
"The area of concern where the tool needs improvement is how the product prompts users at a network level that helps prevent any wireless network attacks through alerts and notifications."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The management console needs to be less complex and easier to navigate."
"The management component could be simplified."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Trellix Intrusion Prevention System is ranked 15th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 14 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Trellix Intrusion Prevention System 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 Trellix Intrusion Prevention System writes "Protects from attacks in real-time and provides accurate threat intelligence updates". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Trellix Intrusion Prevention System is most compared with Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS and Fortinet FortiGate IPS.
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