We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The customization potential is quite impressive."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"It's very easy to configure."
"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."
"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 central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"When our customer needs some optimization, along with performance and security. If they want everything in one package, I recommend Forcepoint because they have everything."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"The feature that I like best is the dashboard."
"I am impressed with the tool's integration of Palo Alto products which serves as a platform for security."
"It integrates well with other solutions and provides good threat intelligence in terms of external threats."
"The most valuable feature is alerting."
"The logs play a crucial role as they contribute to blocking unwanted Internet traffic."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"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."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"The solution needs to add an antivirus profile and anti-spyware profile, not just policies and VPN."
"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 network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"It would be helpful to have better documentation for configuring and installing the solution."
"It would be better if they used the threat intelligence feeds directly from their side and changing the verdict instead of us requesting it."
"I would like the tool to see more integration with Cortex XDR. There is no real reason to keep them separate."
"It is a completely cloud-based product at present."
"I would like to have more technical documentation that contains greater detail on the types of threats that are occurring."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 39 reviews while Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus is ranked 9th in Threat Intelligence Platforms with 5 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus is rated 7.8. 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 Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus writes "Impressive performance and monitoring capabilities but lacks in documentation". 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 Palo Alto Networks AutoFocus is most compared with ThreatConnect Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP), Anomali ThreatStream, VirusTotal, LogRhythm SIEM and Cisco Threat Grid.
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