We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Trellix Intrusion Prevention System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"When our customer needs some optimization, along with performance and security. If they want everything in one package, I recommend Forcepoint because they have everything."
"Forcepoint's stability is satisfactory, for the most part."
"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 VPN is great."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"Technical support has been quite helpful in the past."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"The product is worth the investment."
"Great monitoring feature."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable features are the customization of the signature and the unlimited amount of signatures in IPS."
"The feature I found most valuable is the network threat analyzer in the security platform. It also integrates with GTI, or Global Threat Intelligence. Otherwise, I just use the basic features."
"Overall the solution is very good. It offers great protection and gives us a good overview of what is on the network."
"The threat intelligence updates are very accurate."
"The most valuable features in Trellix for me are the automated signature updates. It is a great and convenient feature."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"The security features need to be improved."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"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."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"The initial setup of the Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall has areas that are difficult."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"The interface is complicated. It's difficult to locate all the necessary menus and functions."
"The solution needs to improve the graphical interface. And they had a limitation in some of the sensor modems as well."
"The pricing could be improved."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The solution could improve some aspects of detection."
"The management component could be simplified."
"The Network Security Managers could be more stable, agile, and work faster. When it comes to instability, there is room for improvement."
"The technical support must be improved."
"We would like to have a simpler version. Some settings and functions on the McAfee console are complex and complicated. I want the management console to be simpler."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Trellix Intrusion Prevention System is ranked 14th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 14 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Trellix Intrusion Prevention System is rated 8.4. 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 Trellix Intrusion Prevention System writes "Protects from attacks in real-time and provides accurate threat intelligence updates". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Trellix Intrusion Prevention System is most compared with Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Cisco NGIPS, Check Point IPS and Fortinet FortiGate IPS.
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