We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Netgate pfSense 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."The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The solution is scalable."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"I like the Firewall and the IPS."
"The firewall sensor is highly effective, and it's easy to deploy. You can deploy pfSense with limited hardware resources. It's not necessary to have an appliance with much RAM to make it work. It's cost-effective and performs well."
"The main features of this solution are customization and ease to use."
"The initial setup was straightforward, therefore I wanted to continue using the product."
"Firewall system for small, medium, and large data networks. It allows you to provide security to your environment: DMZ networks, LAN, WAN, etc."
"The solution is very robust."
"The tools' most valuable feature is load balancing."
"The documentation is very good."
"Its features rival many of the high cost solutions out there."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The security features need to be improved."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"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 endpoint protection capabilities of the product are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"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."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"The initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
"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."
"I believe improving integration with various antivirus vendors could be beneficial."
"The GUI could use improvements, though it is manageable."
"The solution could be more user-friendly, and the graphical interface needs some work so that someone without an IT background can use the application. I would like the ability to manage the on-premise appliance from the cloud. When I'm not in the office, it would be great to connect to the pfSense server and administer the network remotely."
"Perhaps the documentation is not clear and because it is supported in the community there is no basic documentation."
"There's a bit of a learning curve during the initial implementation."
"Web interface could be enhanced and more user friendly."
"If a user doesn't have a large amount of experience in Linux systems, they will have problems using this solution. Users need to be highly skilled in troubleshooting competency. Users who do not have such skills will find the product difficult to use."
"One concern I have with Netgate pfSense is related to packet filtering. Specifically, issues can arise with certain functionalities like GP, and, at times, there may be bugs."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. 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 Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Darktrace, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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