We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Untangle NG Firewall 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 initial setup is straightforward."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"I have found that Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is easy to use, highly secure, and the main VPN tunnel is created automatically which is a benefit."
"The feature that we like the most about Forcepoint is that we know the technology and have confidence in it. We can have several functionalities to simplify operations and management. We can combine functionalities like log ownership to review the number of devices in the infrastructure."
"I like the Firewall and the IPS."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"They have a command center that makes it easy to log into and see all of your appliances nationwide."
"The interface is very good."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"FortiGate is really good. We have been using it for quite some time. Initially, when we started off, we had around 70 plus devices of FortiGate, but then Check Point and Palo Alto took over the place. From the product perspective, there are no issues, but from the account perspective, we have had issues. Fortinet's presence in our company is very less. I don't see any Fortinet account managers talking to us, and that presence has diluted in the last two and a half or three years. We have close to 1,500 firewalls. Out of these, 60% of firewalls are from Palo Alto, and a few firewalls are from Check Point. FortiGate firewalls are very less now. It is not because of the product; it is because of the relationship. I don't think they had a good relationship with us, and there was some kind of disconnect for a very long time. The relationship between their accounts team and my leadership team seems to be the reason for phasing out FortiGate."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"It's a complicated firewall. Until you come to know the firewall inducers, most people don't like the firewall because the components for the firewall are a little bit complex. User-friendliness is a little bit tough. It needs to be user-friendly when creating policies, and pushing policies. Committing takes more time compared to Palo Alto."
"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."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the logs. Like with Cisco, I can do almost everything and know almost anything about what's running. Untangle works very much out of the box. It's very user-friendly, but it's not engineer-friendly. So, it's good for a home user. For something fairly easy, but at the same time, with good technology to have at home, because at home, I'm not a millionaire or anything like that. So it's not like I'm worried to get hacked. I didn't want something like a Cisco firewall; it would be a bit overkill to have at home. So that's why I went for Untangle. But it lacks a few features. It's just a tick-box kind of thing. So they have apps and turn on and off the apps. The VPN's configuration is all very ticked. They have a few custom configurations, but it's not that much."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"The common center facility that Untangle provides should be available on-premises. There are great corporations here in Mexico that like the Untangle solution, but they don't like the fact that the monitoring and access to the appliance are in the cloud. They request for the common center facility to be available and installed on-premises."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Untangle NG Firewall 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". 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 Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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