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."Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The blocking, based on the signal provided, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"When comparing this solution to others this one has better reporting, user management, and is easy to use."
"Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"My only complaint about FortiGate is a lack of QinQ VLAN tunneling. I haven't found this feature in any Fortinet product. You can do this on all Cisco routers, including the smaller models. However, QinQ isn't available on the biggest, most expensive Fortinet units. They still don't have that. I think now we're on software version 6.0, and they still haven't found a solution for QinQ. It isn't a dealbreaker, but that's my main complaint."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"The interface is complicated. It's difficult to locate all the necessary menus and functions."
"The security features need to be improved."
"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."
"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 company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"The solution needs to build upon its network functionality. It needs to be a bit smarter."
"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."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"The only thing that I would like to see improved is the Insight or the NetFlow analysis part. It would be good to have the possibility to dig down on the Insight platform. Right now, we can easily do only a few analyses. If this page becomes more powerful, it surely will be a well-adopted platform."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"The solution could be more secure."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
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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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