We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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 most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The interface is very good."
"When our customer needs some optimization, along with performance and security. If they want everything in one package, I recommend Forcepoint because they have everything."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"It is stable and scalable. In addition, their support is great. When you ask them for something, they provide support, and if required, they also involve the R&D team to help you to resolve the issues in your configuration."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"It's a very simple solution to manage."
"The functionality provided is very good."
"The most valuable features are the IPS and Antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"The configuration, graphical interface and command line are easy to use."
"We use it to ensure that our network is properly protected from viruses and malware."
"The standard features, including the filtering, are quite good. All the basic features are pretty useful for us."
"The thing that I like the most is that they're very willing to work with us to resolve issues that they haven't taken care of before in their product."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"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."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"They should have a GUI on the product itself, not a separate management tool to be used on the management server or on a server to be used to manage the file. It should be all in one device. The device should be controlled through its own GUI. They also have to improve the learning center and the documents as the documents don't really help."
"We feel the product's technical support could be better, as this relates to the solution itself, to the installation of the product, and to having a proper understanding of the case."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"The solution needs to add an antivirus profile and anti-spyware profile, not just policies and VPN."
"The interface is complicated. It's difficult to locate all the necessary menus and functions."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"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."
"The graphical user interface should be enhanced."
"There should be integration with an active directory — with Microsoft."
"his is not a good solution for enterprises. It's better for smaller companies."
"The operating system isn't stable, so it goes to memory counters every night."
"Right now, we have two data centers that are a thousand kilometers apart. It would be nice to be able to string them together."
"VM should be more optimized."
"The users must buy FortiSIEM to get advanced analytics."
"We encountered scalability issues in IPSec Module. The tunnels freeze sometimes."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". 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-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate-VM report.
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