We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are zero-disk provisioning and link load balancing on an application basis."
"The user experience is pretty good."
"The orchestration on the VPN connection between remote locations is a fantastic feature. I used it some time ago."
"It's a scalable solution."
"The scalability is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are manageability, scalability, and simplicity."
"When considering the most valuable features of Cisco SD-WAN, the decoupling of self-monitoring stands out significantly."
"The solution is great at aggregating the traffic and then sending it in one direction."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"It is a stable solution, and there are no issues so far."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The solution could be more secure. Security is always a priority for us."
"The price could be better. From a technical side, and everything's working smoothly. Cisco SD-WAN could be cheaper."
"Cisco could do more to offer bundling of the SD-WAN and other solutions."
"I would like to see features related to security compliance, including a view of compliance with standards. With this, I should be able to do an audit of my network with SDWAN."
"Cisco SD-WAN doesn't have automation capabilities, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and isn't IOT-based."
"The solution should not be so bound to ISPs."
"The inexpensive Viptela hardware may be replaced with overpriced Cisco routers. This would be a tragic mistake for Cisco as the lightweight commodity platform built by Viptela is the reason to own this solution."
"The solution could be a bit cheaper."
"The endpoint protection capabilities of the product are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
"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."
"The solution needs to build upon its network functionality. It needs to be a bit smarter."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"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."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
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Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 13th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 40 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Good URL filtering with helpful technical support and good scalability". Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall and Trellix Intrusion Prevention System. See our Cisco SD-WAN vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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