We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"It is a stable solution, and there are no issues so far."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"It can expand easily."
"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 most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"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."
"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."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 13th in WAN Edge with 39 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in WAN Edge with 306 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Good URL filtering with helpful technical support and good scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". 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 Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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