We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"Their GPS possibilities and the security that it has, especially the SD-WAN functionality, is very good."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"If you have multiple offices, all inter-connected via the internet, you want a single management console through which you can manage all you firewalls. In that case Barracuda could be a good option."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"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 blocking, based on the signal provided, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The usability for the administrator's experience needs improvement. My system administrator has some questions about its overall connectivity and flexibility."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"It would be better if they had a trace and trap feature. It's hard for me to say anything bad about Barracuda. This is because we had a firewall go down in the town of Kirkland Lake, and it was a blown-out port, and they had an instant replacement."
"Its interface could be better."
"The price could be better."
"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."
"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."
"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."
"The interface is complicated. It's difficult to locate all the necessary menus and functions."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 12th in WAN Edge with 35 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 13th in WAN Edge with 39 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Good URL filtering with helpful technical support and good scalability". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas 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. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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