We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"It performs very well."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"When comparing this solution to others this one has better reporting, user management, and is easy to use."
"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."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"The central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Setup is straightforward with the same reliability and scalability as the firewall series."
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"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"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."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"The security features need to be improved."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"Lack of tools to help educate end users"
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is ranked 28th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS). Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is rated 9.0. 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 Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System writes "Complements any firewall". 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 Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is most compared with Darktrace and Arista NDR.
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