We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate 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."Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"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."
"When comparing this solution to others this one has better reporting, user management, and is easy to use."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The VPN is great."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"The initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"The security features need to be improved."
"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 sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"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."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 13th in WAN Edge with 39 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in WAN Edge with 306 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4. 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 Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". 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 Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate report.
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