We performed a comparison between Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Darktrace, Vectra AI, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)."Solid intrusion detection and prevention that scales easily in very large environments."
"It simplifies the configuration process by offering pre-defined base configurations, including security and connectivity settings."
"It has a huge rate of protection. It's has a low level of positives and a huge rate of threat protection. It's easy to deploy and easy to implement. It has an incredible price rate compared to similar solutions."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the filtering."
"The solution is stable."
"Cisco technical support is unbeatable. It offers a premium service every time."
"The most valuable feature is the visibility that we have across the virtual environment."
"In general, the features are all great. However, if I need to take hardware for ASA, because they need to upgrade to Firepower, we want to create rules. For that, most of the time we go to the command line. Right now Firepower is working really hard on the grid. You can apply all those rules to the grid. Even if you want to monitor the logs, for example, the activity will tell you which particular user has been blocked because of that rule. Firepower's monitoring interface is very good, because you can see each and every piece. ASA also had it, but there you needed to type the command and be under the server to see all that stuff. In Firepower you have the possibility to go directly to the firewall. The way the monitoring is displayed is also very nice. The feature I appreciate most in Firepower is actually the grid. The grid has worked very well."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"With the next release, I would like to see some PBR, so that you can do the configuration with the features."
"The customization of the rules can be simplified."
"I would like to have analytics included in the suite."
"We are unhappy with technical support for this solution, and it is not as professional as what we typically expect from Cisco."
"The solution's approach to managing traffic blocking is confusing and impractical."
"If the price is brought down then everybody will be happy."
"I did not experience any pain points that required improvement. Maybe a couple of false-positives, but that's about it."
"The implementation could be a bit easier."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"They should provide more details on potential cyber threats."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"They need to improve their alerts."
"The endpoint protection capabilities of the product are an area of concern where improvements are required."
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Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is ranked 12th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 18 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews. Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is rated 7.6, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Sourcefire SNORT writes "An IPS solution for security and protection but lacks stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention and Cisco Secure Network Analytics, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls.
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