We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall 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."Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"We have multiple secure internal networks linked with our plants. We are from a oil company, so we have multiple plant areas which need to have restricted network access. Therefore, we are using it for restricting access to the plant area."
"Technical support services are excellent."
"The most important features are the intrusion prevention engine and the application visibility and control. The Snort feature in Firepower is also valuable."
"The IP filter configuration for specific political and Static NAT has been most valuable."
"This solution has good security, and it's a good product. You can trust Cisco, and there's support as well, which is really good."
"The firepower sensors have been great; they do a good job of dropping unwanted traffic."
"The most valuable feature that Cisco Firepower NGFW provides for us is the Intrusion policy."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is controlling the traffic and the logging. They have real-time logins for traffic logs. Troubleshooting was very easy for me."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"For what we use it for, it ends up being the perfect product for us, but it would help if they could expand it into some of the other areas and other use cases working with speeding up and the reliability of the pushes from the policy manager."
"One feature I would like to see, that Firepower doesn't have, is email security. Perhaps in the future, Cisco will integrate Cisco Umbrella with Firepower. I don't see why we should have to pay for two separate products when both could be integrated in one box."
"Cisco still has a lot of work to do. You can convert an ASA over to a Firepower, but the competitors, like Palo Alto and Juniper, are coming in. And believe it or not, they are a little bit more intuitive. Cisco has a little bit more work to do. They're playing catch up."
"UTM features would be nice or some NextGen features."
"I would like it to be easier to work with and have a better user interface. It is not straightforward. You need to know the Cisco command-line interface."
"The software was very buggy, to the point it had to be removed."
"The solution could offer better control that would allow the ability to restrictions certain features from a website."
"it is not very user-friendly for the administration."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"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."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"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."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
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Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Darktrace. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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