We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Fortinet FortiOS 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."The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"Forcepoint is a good, stable solution."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"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 technical support on offer has always been quite good."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"I find filtering traffic, filtering web traffic, session traffic, and managing the network as valuable features."
"It's very easy to use."
"The customer service and support team are excellent."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ability to block and make white and black lists. Additionally, the filtering of user access to websites is useful."
"FortiOS's best features are its function as an internet gateway and how easy it is to manage."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the granular control and their interoperability is good."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"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."
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"The solution needs to add an antivirus profile and anti-spyware profile, not just policies and VPN."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"Fortinet FortiOS need to manage its memory and CPU utilization better. It peaks at times, which sometimes can be challenging."
"The technical support is good. However, during the holidays they can get a little slow to respond."
"The implementation could be simplified."
"In the future I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards and a drop in the price."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve the GUI and remove the command line interface. All the functionality should be available from the GUI. Day-to-day management can be tough for IT administrators. Additionally, the reporting is not very good."
"The pricing of the product is too high."
"Right now, we have to contend with CLI. We'd like it to be easier. We need the features to be in a UI."
"The support could be improved, Fortinet's response time is very slow. Setting up the VPN could be made much easier, especially when deployed with Azure."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Fortinet FortiOS 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 FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". 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 FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiOS report.
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