We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and IBM Security Network IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"It is a stable solution, and there are no issues so far."
"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 most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature is its simplicity."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"We feel the product's technical support could be better, as this relates to the solution itself, to the installation of the product, and to having a proper understanding of the case."
"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."
"They need to increase the local support here. There are also some bugs or fixes on which they need to work. They very well know about these bugs. In terms of licensing, I would like them to either increase the number of features in a single license or make licensing more flexible."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"In the future, I would like to see a hybrid option so that we can work both on-premises and in the cloud."
"I'd like to see more integration with other tools and technologies."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 39 reviews while IBM Security Network IPS is ranked 24th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 4 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while IBM Security Network IPS is rated 7.2. 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 IBM Security Network IPS writes "User-friendly and has a good blocking feature but is quite expensive". 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 IBM Security Network IPS is most compared with Darktrace, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention and Cisco Secure Network Analytics.
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