We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall 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."From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform."
"The most valuable feature is threat intelligence. It is based on filtering and can identify multiple threats."
"The solution should be capable of self-scaling, which is one of the features we like about it."
"It is easy for me to protect certain ports or even the IP addresses, as well as do whitelisting, blacklisting, and the FQDN when we want virtual machines connected and to protect certain websites."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"One of the best features is that it natively integrates with Azure Services and tools. When you have a third-party offering, that is not the case. But Azure Firewall provides a comprehensive and seamless security solution for your Azure resources."
"Among the most valuable features are the DDoS protection that protects your virtual machines, the threat intelligence, and traffic filtering."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"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."
"I have found that Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is easy to use, highly secure, and the main VPN tunnel is created automatically which is a benefit."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"FortiGate is really good. We have been using it for quite some time. Initially, when we started off, we had around 70 plus devices of FortiGate, but then Check Point and Palo Alto took over the place. From the product perspective, there are no issues, but from the account perspective, we have had issues. Fortinet's presence in our company is very less. I don't see any Fortinet account managers talking to us, and that presence has diluted in the last two and a half or three years. We have close to 1,500 firewalls. Out of these, 60% of firewalls are from Palo Alto, and a few firewalls are from Check Point. FortiGate firewalls are very less now. It is not because of the product; it is because of the relationship. I don't think they had a good relationship with us, and there was some kind of disconnect for a very long time. The relationship between their accounts team and my leadership team seems to be the reason for phasing out FortiGate."
"They can improve the pricing of Azure Firewall."
"Azure Firewall should have a free trial version for new users so that they can evaluate it before deploying it."
"Azure has new versions including a premium firewall. But I would like to see them not put the premium features on Azure Firewall Premium alone because it is quite expensive."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"There are a number of things that need to be simplified, but it's mostly costs. It needs to be simplified because it's pretty expensive."
"There is room for further integration of AI into the system."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"The security features need to 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."
"Its management center should be easier to use. The management interface of Forcepoint is unique and a little bit different from some of the firewall solutions on which people might have worked before. Sometimes, the customers say that it is not very friendly, and we help them with how to use this management interface. It just takes a little bit of time, and after some time, it gets easy to manage or use. It is quite similar to Palo Alto, Fortinet, and legacy Juniper solutions. Their support should be faster. We have received complaints that they are not responding fast, which is not good for the vendor and us."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"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."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 39 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Good URL filtering with helpful technical support and good scalability". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Meraki MX. See our Azure Firewall vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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