We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate 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."Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"We like the scalability of Forcepoint because with the Forcepoint NGFW solution, we can scale anything. The solution has central management, so we can manage all the branches and devices centrally in one controller."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"The GUI is good."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"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."
"Its management center should be easier to use. The management interface of Forcepoint is unique and a little bit different from some of the firewall solutions on which people might have worked before. Sometimes, the customers say that it is not very friendly, and we help them with how to use this management interface. It just takes a little bit of time, and after some time, it gets easy to manage or use. It is quite similar to Palo Alto, Fortinet, and legacy Juniper solutions. Their support should be faster. We have received complaints that they are not responding fast, which is not good for the vendor and us."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"The reports are very basic."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The captive portal could be improved."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiGate 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 Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense, whereas Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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