We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Sophos UTM 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 technical support in our region is excellent."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"It is stable and scalable. In addition, their support is great. When you ask them for something, they provide support, and if required, they also involve the R&D team to help you to resolve the issues in your configuration."
"The central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"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."
"When comparing this solution to others this one has better reporting, user management, and is easy to use."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"It improved bandwidth utilization and provided link load balancing features for internet and intranet lease lines."
"The intrusion prevention is great, and I like dual virus scanning on the network layer because we scan it through Avira and Sophos. Web filtering is also a fantastic option for clients who want to really lock down internet access."
"It allows our developers to be able to securely log into servers to deploy and manage software."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The implementation with the AWS environment was good."
"The cost of the solution is very reasonable."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the efficiency and mail filtering module."
"The most valuable features of the solution are application filtering and web filtering."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"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."
"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 initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"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."
"They need to improve their alerts."
"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."
"The five-factor authentication needs improvement."
"There can be a delay when it comes to reaching out to technical support."
"The technical support only communicates via email. I would prefer to communicate directly with someone."
"During initial configuration, I encountered a few issues."
"I would like to see the SD-WAN feature improved."
"We need to speed up the support."
"The UI can be cumbersome and, sometimes, features are not where you think they should be."
"I would like to see Sophos UTM add support for all the new threat-detection technologies and the ability to respond to novel security threats that come along every day."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 39 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Sophos UTM 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 Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Sophos UTM report.
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