We performed a comparison between Azure 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."This is an easy solution to deploy."
"The solution is scalable."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The most valuable feature is threat intelligence. It is based on filtering and can identify multiple threats."
"I can easily configure it."
"Great security and connectivity."
"All its features are good. That's why we recommend it."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"The solution can autoscale."
"I like its order management feature. It doesn't have the kind of threat intelligence that Palo Alto has, but the order management makes it much simpler to know the difference."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"I have found that Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is easy to use, highly secure, and the main VPN tunnel is created automatically which is a benefit."
"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."
"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."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"Currently, it only supports IP addresses, so you have to be specific about the IPs that are in your environment."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"The product could be made more customizable."
"It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls."
"There are a number of things that need to be simplified, but it's mostly costs. It needs to be simplified because it's pretty expensive."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"Azure has new versions including a premium firewall. But I would like to see them not put the premium features on Azure Firewall Premium alone because it is quite expensive."
"The solution needs to build upon its network functionality. It needs to be a bit smarter."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"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."
"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."
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"The security features need to be improved."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"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."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Sangfor NGAF. See our Azure Firewall vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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