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We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Prisma SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"It is a scalable solution.""The most valuable feature is the console management.""Forcepoint is a good, stable solution.""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 support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats.""When comparing this solution to others this one has better reporting, user management, and is easy to use.""The most valuable feature is SD-WAN.""The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."

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"I like the link monitoring and analytics. These are the features that set Prisma apart from other products. Prisma works well with large, complex networks. One of my clients is a top bank in the United States, and Prisma has performed well for that customer.""If the MPLS goes down, there is a really smooth transition for a branch site to take traffic over the Internet. It will advertise the routes of that site in a jiffy.""Prisma supports all of the applications we're currently using.""It is flexible to use the internet connection via local breakouts without going to data centers.""The gateway is available on the cloud which allows you access from anywhere and still connects to your home gateway.""I like that the integration with Palo Alto is easy.""Prisma SD-WAN is intuitive. We have a better idea of the different tools we can use and jump between the menus quickly.""From the main controller, we can administer the customer's devices, QoS, network, and traffic. We can monitor it and we can change and create policies as well as upgrade the software. We can totally control a customer's network from one site, the Prisma SD-WAN portal."

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Cons
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly.""Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available.""This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting.""They need to improve their alerts.""Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved.""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.""My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework.""Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."

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"Customer support is our biggest pain point. The quality of support has gone down a little since we initially deployed this product. I don't know if this is due to turnover at Palo Alto or a lack of training. It is now taking one or two days to get an initial response that says, "Hey, we've looked into this, can you pull this data for us?" In the past, we'd immediately get a response.""I would also like to see improvement in the product training for customers. Palo Alto has not initiated very much training but they have to do so because this is a new product. If you have experience in a legacy environment, and you are moving to Prisma SD-WAN, you don't have a training framework. That is one of the disadvantages.""The tool needs to work on price and complexity.""There are two parallel things that we want Palo Alto to work on. First, customers want a unified appliance that does the work of all firewalls in addition to SD-WAN. Second, the cloud presence should be completely automated. If I purchase the SASE architecture, I shouldn't worry about deployments in Prisma Access or on Prisma SD-WAN. It should be deployed in one go.""We are incorporating their zone-based firewalls. Prisma SD-WAN has limited documentation on how it manipulates traffic, e.g., how it is interacting with TCP and UDP. We recently had some traffic that was black holing. We literally had to do packet captures to see that the new zone-based firewall, which runs on top of Prisma SD-WAN, was causing issues.""Prisma could be a little cheaper.""The only con is the pricing because it's more premium.""Event correlation and analysis capabilities do not help minimize the number of alarms from a single event. That is the problem. We are getting a lot of incidents, and there is some issue with the correlation. That is still a drawback."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The big advantage of this solution is that we can select the right model for our requirements, which is not too expensive."
  • "I believe the licensing fee is for one year, three years, and five years, or something like that. If you wants to increase the support level from a simpler level to platinum, I think that there's a cost. There are differences between every kind of support, but I don't know the numbers."
  • "We would love to take other solution from Forcepoint, but unfortunately the price is too high. That's why we are not considering using Forcepoing for our proxy and DLB. They have a very good DLB, but the matter in the end is the cost."
  • "Forcepoint is very expensive but it's really secure."
  • "It is expensive."
  • "The training that they offer to their end-customers. It's quite expensive, I believe it costs roughly $11,000"
  • "Everything in Forcepoint comes with an individual license, which is kind of a problem. In our last meeting, they said that it may change at the beginning of 2021, and they will try to merge some licenses together. Customers will get more features than what they got previously. We will wait and see."
  • "We have found the price could be reduced. It is a little expensive."
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  • "This solution stood out because it cost considerably less than the other SD-WAN solutions out there from Cisco."
  • "If you're already invested in a Palo Alto product, it would be logical to use this solution. If not, there might be some other solutions that are more viable in terms of pricing."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time.
    Top Answer:Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall could change its interface, allowing standard or direct connect modes to be configured. While group design and configuration generally function well, there are… more »
    Top Answer:The product's initial setup phase is straightforward.
    Top Answer:The price is steep, but I don't know what we would've paid for the VMware solution. Meraki is a little cheaper, but Cisco is costly because of the hardware and all the licensing that goes with it. We… more »
    Top Answer:There are some small issues in Prisma SD-WAN's area related to bypass pair or couple ports related to redundancy. Sometimes, during the product's initial setup phase, bypass pair or couple ports don't… more »
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    Also Known As
    Forcepoint NGFW, Stonesoft Next Generation Firewall, McAfee Network Security Platform, Intel Security Network Security Platform
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    Overview

    Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a versatile and comprehensive solution for perimeter security, offering features such as SD-WAN, IPS, VPN, and cloud or on-premises subscription keys. It is preferred by many clients over Cisco and is used for obligation redundancy, VPN access, and as the main point of security in infrastructure. 

    The product is praised for its simplicity, flexibility, complete feature set, scalability, and central management capabilities. Other valuable features include IPS, firewall, sandbox, application control, filtering, security management center, connectivity, and integration capabilities.

    Simplify management, enable app-defined SD-WAN policies and deliver a secure, cloud-delivered branch today with the Industry’s first next-generation SD-WAN.

    Sample Customers
    California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
    Open Networking User Group, Columbia Sportswear Company, Coca Cola
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Comms Service Provider24%
    University12%
    Integrator12%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Construction Company14%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Pharma/Biotech Company14%
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    Educational Organization23%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business55%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise26%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise59%
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    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise80%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise53%
    Buyer's Guide
    Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Prisma SD-WAN
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Prisma SD-WAN and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 12th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 37 reviews while Prisma SD-WAN is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 11 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Prisma SD-WAN is rated 8.6. 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 Prisma SD-WAN writes "A stable tool that offers a good uptime and ensures a return on investment". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos XG, whereas Prisma SD-WAN is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco SD-WAN, Meraki SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate and Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Prisma SD-WAN report.

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