We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall 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 Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"All its features are good. That's why we recommend it."
"The SIEM that Azure Firewall provides us is very robust."
"In terms of the reporting, it's beautiful. It integrates with Azure monitoring and with Azure policies. That piece is a big help. You can set governing policies and you can use the application firewall, as well as the Azure Firewall, to enforce those policies."
"We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"The solution has many useful features. For example, the solution allows users to create virtual IP addresses."
"The solution can autoscale."
"Great security and connectivity."
"It is stable and scalable. In addition, their support is great. When you ask them for something, they provide support, and if required, they also involve the R&D team to help you to resolve the issues in your configuration."
"The central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"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."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly."
"An Azure firewall is not a real firewall."
"This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing."
"Azure should be able to work better as a balancer also, instead of just being a firewall. It should have a wider mandate."
"It would be much easier if the on-premises, firewall rules, had some kind of export-import possibility in place, which is not the case right now."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"Azure Firewall has limited visibility for IDPS, no TLS inspection, no app ID, no user ID, no content ID, no device ID. There is no antivirus or anti-spyware. Azure Firewall doesn't scan traffic for malware unless it triggers an IDPS signature. There is no sandbox or machine learning functionality, meaning we are not protected from Zero-day threats. There is no DNS security and limited web categories."
"It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls."
"They need to improve their alerts."
"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."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"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."
"They should have a GUI on the product itself, not a separate management tool to be used on the management server or on a server to be used to manage the file. It should be all in one device. The device should be controlled through its own GUI. They also have to improve the learning center and the documents as the documents don't really help."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT. See our Azure Firewall vs. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall report.
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