Cisco Firepower 4100 Series vs Forcepoint NGFW

Likelihood to Recommend

When we are asked by local partners which security equipment we use we always recommend our Cisco security products. The Firepower firewall is no exception and we can easily recommend this to others who need a fast, secure, and well built system that integrates well with all your existing hardware and software.

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Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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If you are looking for a smaller network/security team, the ease and low complexity create an easy to manage environment. One engineer can easily manage 100 nodes/locations. If you are just starting to get security conscious and predict regular adjustments to policy, routing, and access, this is a very good system for making easy to understand and low impact changes on a regular basis without operations interruption.

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Nick Erwin

Network Admin

Pacific Coast Companies Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Forcepoint NGFW

Identification Technologies

Visualization Tools

Content Inspection

Policy-based Controls

Active Directory and LDAP

Firewall Management Console

Reporting and Logging

VPN

High Availability

Stateful Inspection

Proxy Server

Pros

Lots of expansion modules available for add-ons.
SFP ports are fast and plentiful.
Well designed hardware blends in with our other modern Cisco equipment.

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Easy to manage and make changes on - ACL's are done with ease.
Easy USB initial configuration - The easy initial setup of a new location and firewall saves massive time. Settings are automatically pushed to new nodes upon contact with the controller.
Low Complexity - This system does not have a lot of complexity requiring extra hours, training, or personnel to manage.

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Nick Erwin

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Pacific Coast Companies Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Initial install and configuration can be complex.
May need to learn the new interface if coming from ASA.
Buggy web interface can at time cause issues.

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Poor Reporting - It exists but even when calling in to support for assistance, they have no idea how to tackle customizing reports or searching for specific data.

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Nick Erwin

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Pacific Coast Companies Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Usability

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Forcepoint NGFW 10.0

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The Graphical User Interface is very easy to read, understand and work with. The usability of this product is very high.

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Nick Erwin

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Pacific Coast Companies Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

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Forcepoint NGFW 6.0

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Support has varied over the history of the company. Terro is a name that comes up often with the best of service from this company.

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Nick Erwin

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Pacific Coast Companies Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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There are similar hardware and license costs between the two products. The Forcepoint NGFW product is by far easier to use and manage.

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Nick Erwin

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Pacific Coast Companies Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive impact would be our increased security network wide.
Another positive would be the increased processing power, saving us time and [from] needing more equipment.
A negative impact would be the increased need for having to learn a new interface.

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Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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Efficiency/Productivity increase. The company moved from Cisco firewall and routing hardware to Forcepoint NGFW. It now takes fewer people and fewer hours to manage the new product. This has allowed the company to put the man-hours to use on other projects and tasks.
Long term viability. This has been a concern in the past when the company started as Stonegate, merged to become Stonesoft then got purchased by McAfee, then McAfee got purchased by Intel. However, with Forcepoint the product seems to have found a stable home.
Low complexity. The Web GUI based system for management has reduced the cost of personnel and training required. There is no longer a need for the company to have higher trained and higher salary cost employees to manage the system. Mid-level admins at lower salaries are capable of managing the GUI based system with ease.

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Nick Erwin

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Pacific Coast Companies Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Editions & Modules

Edition

Firepower 4100	50,000-250,000¹

per appliance

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Forcepoint NGFW Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Forcepoint NGFW

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Forcepoint NGFW

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Forcepoint NGFW