We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and KerioControl 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."It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The product offers very good security."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"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."
"We find the product to be stable and reliable in terms of performance."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"When comparing this solution to others this one has better reporting, user management, and is easy to use."
"I like intrusion detection and prevention and bandwidth management. The routing part is also awesome. It is a good firewall. We never had a major breach from outside. We've never been impacted by ransomware, and our systems have never been infiltrated."
"The most valuable features of Kerio Control are the IPS and traffic rules. The traffic rules are very user-friendly and the IPS is working well. Additionally, the anti-virus is effective with quick options, such as filtering."
"Kerio Control is easy to use and provides the ability to deliver customized solutions."
"It prevents people from visiting undesirable sites and ensures that they use the internet for their designated jobs."
"The solution provides feasibility regarding cyber privacy."
"The interface control manager where we can allocate LAN connections to certain VLANs is the most valuable feature. The other feature that's important for us is because obviously everything is remote with MyKerio, as long as the boat has an internet connection, we can log onto the Kerio and get statistics, as well as provide support."
"The firewall appliance itself is the most valuable feature."
"Kerio is a lot clearer to set up to do particular things, whereas when I do it on a Cisco or a FortiGate I have to go fight with it per week sometimes to do something I can do in 20 minutes on Kerio."
"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."
"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."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Backup can be improved."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"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."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"The interface is complicated. It's difficult to locate all the necessary menus and functions."
"They should add wireless features."
"When we did our last update, we had some trouble with the initial syncing process to get our messaging to go through. But we were also moving a store and a lot was changing during that process. I don't think it was on Kerio's end. It just coincided with the update. Once we got our third-party IT guy involved it was resolved very quickly."
"The one thing that did put me off of the solution was that, after they were taken over by GFI, the licensing and a few other items have gotten very complicated."
"The upgrades make the network slower."
"The solution should offer more dashboards."
"Support responses need improvement."
"Their support is getting better but still needs improvement."
"I would like for there to be a difference between international and national links."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while KerioControl is ranked 29th in Firewalls with 54 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while KerioControl is rated 8.0. 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 KerioControl writes "With VPN, any of our guys can log in to the system and effectively be on board; helps with our customers all over the world". 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 KerioControl is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. KerioControl report.
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