We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Meraki MX 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 VPN is the most valuable feature."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"I found the initial setup process to be very simple and straightforward."
"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 most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"It has the most advanced security features, for example, layer 3 and layer 7 firewall capabilities and the end team and IPS protection. It also has IPS, and it has very good functioning of cloning services. You don't actually have to touch the device. If you have multiple companies in different countries, you don't really require this device to be touched. You can get it delivered directly to any office of a country, and then you can simply put your configuration over the cloud. It's very simplified and easy to manage. It gives a very good granular visibility about your network. Earlier, a lot of things were lacking in the network. We were unable to identify where the problem was, but after implementing Meraki MX, we are able to dig down and identify where is the problem. We can easily and quickly identify the sources and the root causes of the issues."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"Managed centrally over the web: You can manages all your Meraki devices in a single account."
"It is easy to manage, which is one of the most important things for us. It is also flexible, stable, and scalable."
"Traffic Shaping: The device lets you decide how you want to use your internet services. Due to the fact that Meraki can accept dual WAN, you can decide the way you balance the data traffic."
"Simple to manage."
"It has very good features; it's easy to use, configure, set up, and deploy."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"They need to improve their alerts."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"The solution needs to add an antivirus profile and anti-spyware profile, not just policies and VPN."
"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."
"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."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
"It would be nice if the different services, including the SIEM SOC and endpoint detection and response (EDR) were integrated into one, so that I don't have to go to different vendors for different services."
"It is very expensive."
"What I would like to see in the next version is to have more interfaces for WAN links."
"You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch."
"We do not have account managers in our region for the solution. Some governments don't use the product since it is attached to the internet."
"The problem is that the two licenses do not currently integrate. We have to create separate companies and do an interconnection."
"As far as what needs to be improved — nothing really comes to mind. It does what we need it to do."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 39 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Meraki MX report.
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