We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Netgate pfSense 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 GUI is good."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"The security on offer is very good."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The interface is straightforward and easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the VPN and the capture photo."
"Easy to deploy and easy to use."
"My technicians find the pfSense's web interface very useful. It is very easy to use. pfSense is very reliable and stable. We like the OpenVPN clients that can be deployed using pfSense very much."
"We've found the stability to be very good overall."
"The gain in performance and security from configuring the VPN connections was significant."
"I handle the scanning for the finance department. I recently encountered an issue with the PCL bills, our company bills. I resolved the matter, cleared the bill, and received calls regarding it using pfsense.The user interface is extremely user-friendly, which is why we use it across various plant sites. Our IT representatives at the plants find it easy to use and manage because of its straightforward interface."
"The "OpenVPN Client Export" package is really helpful in exporting the VPN client software on most popular devices: iOS/Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and a handful of SIP handsets."
"The UI could be improved."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"The solution needs to build upon its network functionality. It needs to be a bit smarter."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"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."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"User interface is a little clumsy."
"The integration could be improved."
"As an open-source solution, there are so many loopholes happening within the product. By design, no one is taking ownership of it, and that is worrisome to me."
"In terms of areas of improvement, the interface seemed like it had a lot. The GUI interface that I had gotten into was rather elaborate. I don't know if they could zero in on some markets and potentially for small, medium businesses specifically, give them a stripped-down version of the GUI for pfSense."
"Netgate pfSense needs to improve the configuration for a VPN."
"The stability could be improved."
"The GUI could use improvements, though it is manageable."
"I would like to see pfSense integrate WireGuard. Currently, pfSense uses OpenVPN, and there's nothing wrong with it, but WireGuard is a lot leaner and meaner."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. 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 Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Darktrace, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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