We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"It provides decent protection for the LAN, especially in run mode."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"The VPN is great."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"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 central security management center and the content management center are very good."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"You can scale the product."
"It is a stable product."
"We are currently using the URL filtering feature, which is the most popular."
"Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention is the market leader as far as security gateways and endpoint protection. Additionally, the threat database that is used is one of the best."
"The user interface is a bit more professional than some free products."
"Everything has been okay with the solution. We are using all of the features."
"One of the most valuable features is the anti-malware protection."
"I find the malware protection very handy."
"They've become quite expensive."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"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."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"Configuration is not easy because it has an old-fashioned interface. The configuration interface is highly complex, and it's been the same for years. They have to change the interface."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"In larger companies with extensive infrastructure, retrieving logs for a longer period of time can sometimes take a bit longer than desired."
"They need to increase the local support here. There are also some bugs or fixes on which they need to work. They very well know about these bugs. In terms of licensing, I would like them to either increase the number of features in a single license or make licensing more flexible."
"The initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
"The application’s pricing and dashboard need improvement. It could be user-friendly."
"Mission learning techniques should continue to expand and detect unknown threats on the fly."
"Sometimes when you want to group a set of ports, and communicate with Palo Alto, you cannot group TCP and UDP ports together. This needs to be adjusted."
"The price of licenses should be lowered to make it less costly to scale our solution."
"Palo Alto's maintenance needs to be improved."
"I think they can use some improvement on FID."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Palo Alto Networks Threat Prevention could improve the commercial offing. Other solutions, such as Fortinet provide better commercial features."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 7th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention writes "A good amount of granularity and advanced URL filtering capabilities". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Darktrace, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Arista NDR, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System and Darktrace.
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