We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and SonicWall TZ 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."This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"It is a stable solution, and there are no issues so far."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy."
"The most valuable feature is controlling the traffic and the logging. They have real-time logins for traffic logs. Troubleshooting was very easy for me."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The VPN is great."
"Good VPN connection."
"The scalability of SonicWall TZ is good and easy to add users."
"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."
"The general feature is the antivirus policy, followed by the ransomware protection, and these are the features I was looking at."
"Content filtering and application rules are the most valuable features. It is also easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is the protection available, and then ease of use and flexibility."
"The solution boasts good performance and is easy to use."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"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."
"The interface is complicated. It's difficult to locate all the necessary menus and functions."
"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."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"Its interface is complex when compared with a firewall like FortiGate. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall needs a management console, whereas FortiGate doesn't need any console. When you have a few devices, a console is not really necessary. It's good to have a private console only when you have a lot of devices."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"If the operation increases and the bandwidth consumption increases, it does not perform as per the expectations."
"GUI interface could be improved."
"The quality of tech support can vary."
"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."
"Sonic Analyzer could be improved. It's difficult to manage and not very intuitive."
"The reporting analytics could be improved, it is very unstable."
"I currently have two of the issues from SonicWall. One issue is that the IP is not the public IP. Sometimes it moves to an alternate source and I have to refresh the new IP then we can go on."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. 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 SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". 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 SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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