We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"We like the scalability of Forcepoint because with the Forcepoint NGFW solution, we can scale anything. The solution has central management, so we can manage all the branches and devices centrally in one controller."
"The feature that we like the most about Forcepoint is that we know the technology and have confidence in it. We can have several functionalities to simplify operations and management. We can combine functionalities like log ownership to review the number of devices in the infrastructure."
"The VPN is great."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"Setup is straightforward with the same reliability and scalability as the firewall series."
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"They've become quite expensive."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"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."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"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."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"Lack of tools to help educate end users"
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is ranked 28th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS). Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is rated 9.0. 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 Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System writes "Complements any firewall". 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 Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is most compared with Darktrace.
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