We performed a comparison between Cisco SD-WAN and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I have found the solution's main features are its ability to be customized, network traffic classification, and has a wide range of features that can be set."
"SD-WAN is very stable - once it's deployed, you can just forget about it, it runs by itself."
"Customizing SD-WAN is very easy because you can define two colors. You can define two different operators. You can deploy a partial mesh, a full mesh, or hub-and-spoke totally differently. If you want to do this on a DMVPN solution, that's really hard."
"The most valuable features of Cisco SD-WAN are reliability and scalability."
"Huge companies use SD-WAN. It is largely scalable."
"The cloud environment, including cloud security integration, is very valuable because of the many API integrations with the SD-WAN."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco SD-WAN is its compatibility and integration with the rest of the infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of central management."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"The blocking, based on the signal provided, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"It is a stable solution, and there are no issues so far."
"I like the Firewall and the IPS."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"The cost is too high for certain countries, for example, those in Africa. The solution needs to be more cost-effective."
"It is the best solution that I ever had, but there might be something better than this in the future."
"An area for improvement lies in enhancing the integration with the security functions of the SD-WAN."
"If you don't have an in-house design team or outsource to a third party with expertise, the setup will be difficult."
"One of the major areas that Cisco can improve on with their SD-WAN offering is their security features. When compared with Fortinet, who have what they call their 'security pillars' (e.g. firewall and security features built-in to their SD-WAN solutions), Cisco generally comes up short. With Cisco, if you need a security component, you have to pay more to get it done. So if they could add more security features that come part and parcel with their existing solutions, then I think Cisco could be very aggressive in the market."
"We don't have any issues with this solution other than the price."
"The security features could be improved."
"The technical support is a bit slow."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"It's a complicated firewall. Until you come to know the firewall inducers, most people don't like the firewall because the components for the firewall are a little bit complex. User-friendliness is a little bit tough. It needs to be user-friendly when creating policies, and pushing policies. Committing takes more time compared to Palo Alto."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"They need to improve their alerts."
"The initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
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Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 13th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 39 reviews. Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Good URL filtering with helpful technical support and good scalability". Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall and Trellix Intrusion Prevention System. See our Cisco SD-WAN vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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