We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and OPNsense 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 performance is good."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"It is a safe product."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"It is a scalable solution."
"We find the product to be stable and reliable in terms of performance."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"It's open source."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"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."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"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."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"They need to increase the local support here. There are also some bugs or fixes on which they need to work. They very well know about these bugs. In terms of licensing, I would like them to either increase the number of features in a single license or make licensing more flexible."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"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."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"The security features need to be improved."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"The reporting part could be better."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while OPNsense 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 OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. OPNsense report.
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