We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and McAfee StoneGate [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"The most valuable feature is the console management."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The blocking, based on the signal provided, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"If I want to allow access to Facebook, yet not allow the user to access videos, then I am not able to do it with this product."
"Its interface is complex when compared with a firewall like FortiGate. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall needs a management console, whereas FortiGate doesn't need any console. When you have a few devices, a console is not really necessary. It's good to have a private console only when you have a lot of devices."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"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."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0. 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 McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". 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 McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with .
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