We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and WatchGuard Firebox 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 very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"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."
"What I found most valuable in WatchGuard Firebox is that it's a functional platform that works, and each of its features works well. The solution also has good reporting and dashboard capabilities. I also find the overall performance of WatchGuard Firebox great."
"I have found the DNS Watch feature for intrusion and prevention response and APT Locker most valuable to me."
"Two of the functionalities we use most are the traffic monitoring and the full panel dashboard. Those are two things that are very useful for us... In addition, it provides us with layered security. It allows us to determine what types of access, to which networks, we want to allow or deny."
"I like intrusion detection the most."
"The most valuable feature of WatchGuard Firebox is its ease of use."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The policy monitoring and allowing different traffic flows are the most useful features for us; regulating which traffic comes in and out."
"This product offers great protection using the default settings."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"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."
"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."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"The endpoint protection capabilities of the product are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"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."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"The usability could be better, but it is definitely manageable. If we have to go to a backup internet connection, that could be a little bit easier."
"Some of the configuration options are somewhat confusing."
"I would like to see the devices made more flexible by adding modules to increase the ports that we can use."
"What could use some significant improvement in WatchGuard Firebox would be its interface and policy management. An additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of WatchGuard Firebox is the ability to modify an existing policy instead of having to recreate a policy when changes are necessary. At the moment, there's no possibility to modify the policy. You have to delete the policy and recreate it."
"I would like to see more training become available for us."
"The only downside is that it is missing an API, that you can use to easily collect information from it."
"This is a great product and offers great protection but they don't hear the customers' needs. They don't make improvements as per the customers' requests."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while WatchGuard Firebox 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". 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 WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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