We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Juniper vSRX 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 scalable."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The VPN is great."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"The simplicity of the solution is its most valuable asset. It's very user-friendly."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"There are a few valuable features that offer very good quality on the solution. Especially NetScreen. We used to use NetScreen for the the product line. It was a very mature solution, very robust, easy to configure, easy to manage, etc. It made it easy to do everything."
"The dashboard, customization, API, and pricing are good."
"It's basic functionality is probably the most valuable feature."
"This solution works well. Their switches and firewall are good."
"The solution has good features."
"The authentication part is seamless and easy for people."
"We like the solution’s protocol and its dashboard system."
"The technical support has been good."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"The solution is very expensive."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"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."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"We feel the product's technical support could be better, as this relates to the solution itself, to the installation of the product, and to having a proper understanding of the case."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"The solution needs to add an antivirus profile and anti-spyware profile, not just policies and VPN."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"The security features need to be improved."
"The initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
"Management could be better. They can improve the management. I think all our customers can't accept firewalls that have standalone management. So, they prefer Fortinet or Palo Alto. But overall, inspection and other features are working fine."
"I would like to see an activity sensor for malicious content or sensor for viruses and malware."
"The solution could improve its technical support."
"he stability could be improved."
"I've talked to people that say Juniper now, as a device, can be a solution for a data center, but in the past, I have not seen this as being possible."
"Fortinet is more user friendly than Juniper. In terms of remote access, I actually prefer using Fortinet. It's much easier to configure."
"The GUI interface needs improvement."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the GUI because it isn't very good."
"The GUI really needs a lot of work, and it has got worse with successive version updates."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Juniper vSRX is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 30 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Juniper vSRX 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 Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". 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 Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Zscaler Cloud Firewall. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Juniper vSRX report.
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