We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Forcepoint Next Generation 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."A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"With the outstanding capabilities of Check Point, we managed to have stable site-to-site VPNs with all our partners and with every other vendor's devices."
"It is giving us a greater reach for greater prevention and is proactively protecting our employees."
"The rules are very easy to deploy and can be optimized pretty quickly."
"The way in which it manages the nodes within a cluster architecture is excellent, offering fault tolerance which is, in my experience, practically imperceptible when one of the nodes fails."
"What gives me the most value is undoubtedly the security that the anti-bot and anti-virus blades provide."
"Check Point is very administrator-friendly and the SmartDashboard is easy to use."
"The features that I have found most valuable are its flexibility and user interface. This is already a well-established product in the market for quite a long time, more than 20 years. They've got a huge customer base."
"One of the valuable characteristics of Check Point NGFW is that it presents very centralized management."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"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 initial setup is very easy."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"The UI could be improved."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The one thing I have been continually asking for is a more robust certification process including self-paced study material similar to Cisco's Security certification track."
"Check Point solutions have always been more complex to deploy than their competitors."
"Check Point is a bit difficult to use and manage so it would be nice to see some improvement in those areas."
"The predefined reports are limited and should provide more information. Check Point should provide a greater number of defined reports and produce reports for each division of the organization."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the application control and the visibility. I'd like granularity where you can have all the levels of policies that are defined, including the intel threat. It depends on what kind of intel threat the company has."
"The antivirus Check Point offers could be better when compared to competitors' firewalls. Updates should be more frequent."
"It would be great if the access management, the user management features, were improved in terms of the number of users that can be connected, and how users can access the various resources with the help of firewall authentication."
"Check Point can improve a little better in their technical services, especially in the Indian market."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"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."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"The solution needs to build upon its network functionality. It needs to be a bit smarter."
"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."
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Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 279 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Sophos XGS, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Darktrace. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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