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 features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The VPN is great."
"The central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"The customer care center of Fortinet is good. For all the requests that we have done, they work as fast as possible, so this is a good point for Fortinet."
"The initial setup was quite straightforward."
"It's almost perfect. It's very stable. We don't have many hardware issues."
"We work in the archiving domain where a secure environment is very important. We have some special requirements regarding the security of infrastructure."
"The user interface is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"I find the simplicity to be most valuable."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy it on live physical hardware. Specifically, when providing firewall services for clients, we can leverage such hardware appliances to support multiple customers on the same hardware."
"The product is easy to implement."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Lacks training for new features."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"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 initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"A VPN client feature is missing in our region, which we hope Forcepoint will address in future updates."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"They need to improve their alerts."
"The endpoint protection capabilities of the product are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"They could provide more integration options with different platforms."
"Some issues with connecting to the VPN from home after firmware updates."
"Compatibility and integration with other products or vendors such as Cisco SD-WAN products need improvement."
"There should be more options to use lower-end models in a high availability configuration."
"The reporting is not as good as it is with other firewalls and it should be improved."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Support could be improved a little."
"The solution's web-filtering configuration could be better."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 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, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Cisco Secure Firewall, 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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