We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall 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."Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"Good load balancing feature."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"We use the solution for application and server deployment."
"The solution should be capable of self-scaling, which is one of the features we like about it."
"Among the most valuable features are the DDoS protection that protects your virtual machines, the threat intelligence, and traffic filtering."
"Azure's cost-effectiveness is its major advantage."
"The firewall policy control, URL content control, and antivirus are all the most valuable aspects. Threat prevention is as well quite good."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"All its features are good. That's why we recommend it."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"The central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"When comparing this solution to others this one has better reporting, user management, and is easy to use."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"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."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly."
"The tool needs to improve the onboarding and transition process for on-prem users."
"Right now, with Azure Firewall, we cannot have a normal inbound traffic flow. For inbound, Microsoft suggests using application gateways, so the options are very limited. I cannot use this firewall as an intermediate firewall because of the limitations, and I cannot point routing to another firewall. So if I want to use back-to-back firewall architecture in my environment, I cannot use Azure Firewall for that type of configuration either."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"Azure Firewall should have a free trial version for new users so that they can evaluate it before deploying it."
"Azure has new versions including a premium firewall. But I would like to see them not put the premium features on Azure Firewall Premium alone because it is quite expensive."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"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."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"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."
"A VPN client feature is missing in our region, which we hope Forcepoint will address in future updates."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT. See our Azure Firewall vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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