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Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall

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

MetricForcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

by Forcepoint

Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall

by Palo Alto Networks

Overall rating4.44.3
Review count3592
Ease of use8.38.5
Ease of setup8.18.4
Quality of support8.18.5
Meets requirements8.39.0
NPS65.62551.086957
Small Business31.4%26.4%
Mid-Market40.0%29.7%
Enterprise28.6%44.0%
Total page views310339
Total LLM citations1,3871,215

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 VM-Series Virtual Firewall

Palo Alto Networks' VM-Series Virtual Firewall is the industry’s leading cloud security software, delivering the world’s most effective network security to any cloud or virtualized environment. It is a virtualized form factor of Palo Alto Networks' next-generation firewalls, built to protect your applications from zero-day threats, providing consistent security and easy deployment across all clouds and virtualized environments, including technologies from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, Cisco, KVM, Nutanix, OpenStack, and more.

Pros

  • Threat Protection
  • Features
  • Security
  • Protection
  • Deployment Ease
  • Ease of Use