We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"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."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The blocking, based on the signal provided, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"It is very flexible to use."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
"The solution needs to build upon its network functionality. It needs to be a bit smarter."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"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."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"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."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 11th in WAN Edge with 40 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in WAN Edge with 306 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiGate 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 writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". 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 is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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