We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Steelhead 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."We like the scalability of Forcepoint because with the Forcepoint NGFW solution, we can scale anything. The solution has central management, so we can manage all the branches and devices centrally in one controller."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The blocking, based on the signal provided, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Scalable data referencing is a great feature."
"The most valuable feature of Steelhead is its optimization capabilities."
"TCP optimization... caches a particular TCP connection and the next time a user uses that connection he will reach the destination easily."
"I find the most valuable to be the compression and exchange replication."
"Steelhead is stable, and it can even help you avoid service interruption in the event of a power outage. If your hardware fails, technical support will replace your device quickly."
"It is very easy to install the solution."
"The connectivity to speed is the valuable feature."
"SteelHead works from the application. I use it to optimize traffic from Amazon. It is mainly used for customers who need to increase the traffic to 33K. For other users, it has been more of an operation."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"The interface is complicated. It's difficult to locate all the necessary menus and functions."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"If I want to allow access to Facebook, yet not allow the user to access videos, then I am not able to do it with this product."
"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."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"The solution needs to build upon its network functionality. It needs to be a bit smarter."
"I would like to see improvement in the solution’s configuration and protocol aspects. We have got some configurations that are not set. I would also like to simplify the call detection of some protocols."
"They should include a network switch in a future release."
"If we load a primary firewall, the secondary firewall usually handles all the active connections, but in Riverbed, this isn't the case. We lose all the active connections at the moment of failure."
"Application response time and network performance could be improved."
"Steelhead's handling of encrypted traffic could be improved because it requires some complex configuration to optimize encrypted traffic, especially when working with Microsoft protocols for mail servers and VPN services"
"The application response time of the solution can be improved."
"The solution needs to have alert notifications."
"The product should offer more integration capabilities."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 13th in WAN Edge with 40 reviews while Steelhead is ranked 15th in WAN Edge with 22 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Steelhead is rated 8.2. 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 Steelhead writes "Exceptionally stable and reliable but costly". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos XG, whereas Steelhead is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, WAAS, Citrix SD-WAN and Noction IRP. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Steelhead report.
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