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

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

MetricPalo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewall

by Palo Alto Networks

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

by Forcepoint

Overall rating4.34.4
Review count9235
Ease of use8.58.3
Ease of setup8.48.1
Quality of support8.58.1
Meets requirements9.08.3
NPS51.08695765.625
Small Business26.4%31.4%
Mid-Market29.7%40.0%
Enterprise44.0%28.6%
Total page views339310
Total LLM citations1,2151,387

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

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