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Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway vs. Fortinet FortiGate

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forcepoint SWG

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Forcepoint ONE Secure Web Gateway (SWG) is one of the three foundational gateways of the Forcepoint ONE all-in-one cloud platform. Forcepoint ONE SWG monitors and controlsany interaction with any website, including blocking access to websites based on category and risk score, blocking download of malware, blocking upload of sensitive data to personal filesharing accounts, detecting shadow IT, and optionally providingRemote Browser Isolation (RBI) with Content Disarm andReconstruction (CDR).N/A

    FortiGate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AFortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.N/A
    Pricing
    Forcepoint SWGFortiGate
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Forcepoint SWGFortiGate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—FortiGate pricing starts at $250 for home office use, up to $300,000 for large enterprise appliances. Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Forcepoint SWGFortiGate
    Considered Both Products
    Forcepoint
    Chose Forcepoint SWG
    FortiGate offers more granularity over the cloud, but the hybrid seems to be just what we need. We will be moving forward with the hybrid deployment over FortiGate. We would like to thank the POC engineers for helping us make this decision. We look forward to a fruitful …
    Incentivized
    Chose Forcepoint SWG
    It downloads database updates more frequently therefore always on the lookout for threats. Easy to use policy assignment. More robust reporting and able to keep records for many years. It doesn't have deep analysis of links on a page.
    The web interface wasn't user friendly and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Forcepoint SWG
    Web filtering is more robust and we opted to use Forcepoint over our built-in FortiNet Appliances.
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    Fortinet
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Forcepoint SWGFortiGate
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
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    Ratings
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.638 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.538 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings9.439 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.538 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Forcepoint SWGFortiGate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (75 ratings)
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)