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Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricForcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

by Forcepoint

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls

by Palo Alto Networks

Overall rating4.44.5
Review count35171
Ease of use8.38.6
Ease of setup8.18.4
Quality of support8.18.5
Meets requirements8.39.1
NPS65.62565.868263
Small Business31.4%18.3%
Mid-Market40.0%45.0%
Enterprise28.6%36.7%
Total page views310864
Total LLM citations1,3877,427

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

Connecting and protecting distributed enterprises and government agencies is more important than ever before. Defending your people and critical assets starts at the new edge. Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall combines true enterprise-class SD-WAN, advanced intrusion prevention, and seamless integration with cloud-based SASE security to keep your people and data safe—all at global scale.

Pros

  • Control
  • Performance Speed
  • Threat Protection

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls

Our next-generation firewall classifies all traffic, including encrypted traffic, based on application, application function, user and content. You can create comprehensive, precise security policies, resulting in safe enablement of applications. This lets only authorized users run sanctioned applications, greatly reducing the surgace area of cyber attacks across the organization.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • Threat Protection
  • Firewall Efficiency
  • Protection
  • Threat Detection