We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and SonicWall NSa 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."We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The solution can scale well."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"Forcepoint is a complete package because it has network and systems applications. Other firewalls are only for the network."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"It is a scalable 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."
"We like the scalability of Forcepoint because with the Forcepoint NGFW solution, we can scale anything. The solution has central management, so we can manage all the branches and devices centrally in one controller."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The features I found most valuable are email security and web filtering."
"This product is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"The prices are similar to other vendors and the support is good."
"Valuable features include a web filter, DHCP, and monitoring capabilities."
"We have utilized all the features. The most valuable are the URL filtering by category, DMZ zoning, load balancing and site-to-site VPN."
"SonicWall has all the usual functions, like LAN configurations, security features, word filters, etc., but it also has the CFS agent, which isn't available in any other firewall. Reporting port support is also there."
"SonicWall NS has a lot of valuable features. One of the best SonicWall NSa features is the ability to collect mini routers and get only one user connection."
"Content Filtering and sandboxing are valuable features."
"Application management can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"They need to improve their alerts."
"Forcepoint is a little difficult to configure compared to its competitors."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"They should have a local vendor who can provide support. Most of the support is overseas, so the time zones can be a problem."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"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."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"One issue with the solution is that no authorization or authentication features exist."
"The reporting feature could be better because most of the companies want to have the analytics included, which is something that you have to buy separately."
"One area for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the GUI. It isn't easy to understand. The support for SonicWall NSa is mediocre, which is another area for improvement."
"We have security as a service, and they make recommendations about adding to the denylist and other things. That part could be more accessible and more user-friendly. I'd like to see SonicWall add a user-friendly interface where our internal team can drag and drop everything."
"The only thing that we would want would be single-pane management, which it has, but the GMS is not very good. It's purely the management of multiple devices for multiple customers, that's the only thing that it's lacking."
"SonicWall NSa has occasional bugs, particularly during upgrades, and that's an area for improvement."
"Potential improvement around the associated VPN cost"
"It's very hard to manage this box. You really need a lot of skills to operate the SonicWall. There is training and the like, but it's just hard to manage. Even if you have the knowledge, there are too many options. The menus are not very clear, where you should find the information."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 77 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while SonicWall NSa 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 SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". 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 SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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