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 ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"It can expand easily."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"I like the Firewall and the IPS."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"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 like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"The functionality provided is very good."
"FortiGate integrates well."
"We work in the archiving domain where a secure environment is very important. We have some special requirements regarding the security of infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the WAN optimization."
"We like FortiGate-VM's IPS features and its ability to create multiple virtual firewalls."
"The user interface is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"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."
"I did like the ability to back up the configuration into the cloud, as opposed to having to store the configurations or just downloading them, the backups, to local devices."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"The support system could be improved."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"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."
"Configuration is not easy because it has an old-fashioned interface. The configuration interface is highly complex, and it's been the same for years. They have to change the interface."
"We have encountered certain issues with the bandwidth in respect of the security layer."
"The scalability feature of the solution has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I have had a data issue with physical devices that could improve."
"The interface needs to be updated and simplified."
"Customization needs improvement."
"There should be integration with an active directory — with Microsoft."
"It is a very good product, and it is good at standing by itself. It can maybe have a little bit of integration with other products, but it is not that important for most use cases."
"It should have the SD-WAN feature. This would increase the number of features that are available in the box."
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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, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense, 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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