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What are Network Firewalls?

Gartner defines the network firewall market as the market for firewalls that use bidirectional stateful traffic inspection (for both egress and ingress)
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Customers' Choice 2023

FortiGate: Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Competitors and Alternatives
4.6 2558 Ratings by Fortinet
Fortinet vs Cisco
5 Star 58% "FortiGate NGFW firewall is best in Industries which delivers high Fortinet vs Palo Alto Networks
4 Star 37% performance" Fortinet vs Check Point
3 Star 4% Software Technologies
FortiGate NGFW firewall functionality is amazing, It's the best NGFW
2 Star 1%
firewall which delivering the best security ... See All Alternatives
1 Star 0%

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Competitors and Alternatives

4.5 1602 Ratings Check Point Software
Check Point Quantum
Technologies vs Fortinet
5 Star 52% by Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software
4 Star 41% "Near perfect next generation firewall for any type of usage" Technologies vs Cisco
3 Star 5% Check Point Software
2 Star 1% Best in class next generation firewall for all type of usage for SMB
Technologies vs Palo Alto
1 Star 0% and enterprise. Very low problem rate and if there is an ...
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4.6 1083 Ratings PA-Series Competitors and Alternatives

by Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks vs Cisco
5 Star 62%
Palo Alto Networks vs Fortinet
4 Star 34% "Excellent permiter defense, easy to administer, powerful features"
Palo Alto Networks vs Check
3 Star 4%
Excellent, a great device with so many features, and new stuff added Point Software Technologies
2 Star 0%
1 Star 0% to further improve it with updates. Using 2x ... See All Alternatives
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4.4 1003 Ratings Cisco Secure Firewall Competitors and Alternatives

by Cisco
Cisco vs Palo Alto Networks
5 Star 49%
Cisco vs Fortinet
4 Star 43% "Secure Firewall is a comprehensive solution for Network Firewall needs"
3 Star 7%
Cisco vs Check Point Software
2 Star 1% It has been fantastic to work with Secure Firewall! The UI makes it Technologies
1 Star 0% very easy to configure and manage the firewall, ... See All Alternatives
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Customers' Choice 2023

Sophos Firewall
4.7 843 Ratings Competitors and Alternatives
by Sophos
Sophos vs Fortinet
5 Star 66%
"One Solution, Security made simple" Sophos vs Cisco
4 Star 30%
Sophos vs SonicWall
3 Star 4% The XGS series with V18.5 are have made significant and tremendous
2 Star 0% advancement in terms of functionality ... See All Alternatives
1 Star 0%
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4.5 460 Ratings Cisco Meraki MX appliances

Competitors and Alternatives
by Cisco
5 Star 56% Cisco vs Fortinet
4 Star 37% "Review of Cisco Meraki MX" Cisco vs SonicWall
3 Star 5% Cisco vs Juniper
2 Star 1% It is a popular choice for business of all sizes. It is a reliable product
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1 Star 1% and very easy to manage

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4.6 264 Ratings SonicWall NSa Series

Competitors and Alternatives
by SonicWall
5 Star 52% SonicWall vs Cisco
4 Star 39% "Easy to implement, Easy to use, Intuitive" SonicWall vs Fortinet
3 Star 6% SonicWall vs Sophos
2 Star 2% I think that Sonicwall is doing a good job bringing the most complex
1 Star 1% configurations you can do to a firewall ... See All Alternatives

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4.4 252 Ratings Firebox

Competitors and Alternatives
by WatchGuard
5 Star 66% WatchGuard vs Fortinet
4 Star 26% "Watchguard is a great zero trust firewall and VPN" WatchGuard vs Cisco
3 Star 6% WatchGuard vs SonicWall
2 Star 2% Watchguard unified platform has really streamlined our security IT
1 Star 0% team by reducing the complexity needed to ... See All Alternatives
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4.6 244 Ratings

SRX Series Competitors and Alternatives
by Juniper
5 Star 60% Juniper vs Cisco
4 Star 34% Juniper vs Fortinet
"SRX FW - Professional "
3 Star 5% Juniper vs Palo Alto Networks
2 Star 1%
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1 Star 0%
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4.5 230 Ratings Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Competitors and Alternatives
by Barracuda
5 Star 68% Barracuda vs Cisco
4 Star 24% "Barracuda in a large environment" Barracuda vs Fortinet
3 Star 6% Barracuda vs SonicWall
2 Star 1% Engineering is fast and the product works good for us. We had some
1 Star 0% topics regarding the sizing but the support is ... See All Alternatives

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4.4 230 Ratings Azure Firewall Competitors and Alternatives

by Microsoft
Microsoft vs Cisco
5 Star 44%
Microsoft vs Amazon Web
4 Star 48% "AZURE FIREWALL is indeed the best option for securing your network!"
3 Star 7%
Services (AWS)
2 Star 0% I've had a fantastic experience using Azure Firewall. Because it Microsoft vs Fortinet
1 Star 0% secures our company's application and data ... See All Alternatives
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Customers' Choice 2023

5 206 Ratings
Unified Security Gateway (USG) Competitors and Alternatives
by Huawei
Huawei vs Cisco
5 Star 88%
Huawei vs Fortinet
4 Star 10% "The everything all in one management portal makes it all worth it."
Huawei vs Juniper
3 Star 2%
2 Star 0% The constant updates and user interface for USG is unbeatable. See All Alternatives
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4.5 188 Ratings VM Series Competitors and Alternatives
by Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks vs Cisco
5 Star 55%
4 Star 41%
Palo Alto Networks vs Fortinet
"VM-Series firewall deployment in AWS"
3 Star 3%
Palo Alto Networks vs Check
2 Star 1% The VM-series firewall is a versatile firewall especially when used in Point Software Technologies
1 Star 0% AWS to achieve a similar level of security ... See All Alternatives
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4.6 187 Ratings SonicWall TZ Series

Competitors and Alternatives
by SonicWall
5 Star 63% SonicWall vs Cisco
4 Star 33% "I am very happy with the end to end service and support with SonicWALL" SonicWall vs Fortinet
3 Star 4% SonicWall vs Sophos
2 Star 0% I have worked with SonicWALL and the team for many years, I find
1 Star 0% the products to be easily deployable and scalable to ... See All Alternatives

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Forcepoint Next-Gen Firewall

4.4 155 Ratings Competitors and Alternatives
by Forcepoint
Forcepoint vs Fortinet
5 Star 53%
4 Star 40% "Protect your organization network from malware attacks and optimise internet Forcepoint vs Palo Alto
3 Star 6%
utilisation " Networks
2 Star 1%
Forcepoint vs Cisco
Forcepoint NextGen firewall is one of the best firewall solution to
1 Star 0% See All Alternatives
protect your organization network from external ...

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Customers' Choice 2023

Sophos SG UTM (Legacy)
4.5 144 Ratings Competitors and Alternatives
by Sophos
Sophos vs Fortinet
5 Star 39%
"Very Good firewall at a Good price" Sophos vs Cisco
4 Star 53%
Sophos vs SonicWall
3 Star 7% It is a great product, with advanced capabilities, and very affordable
2 Star 1% price. Very intuitive interface, and good ... See All Alternatives
1 Star 1%
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Customers' Choice 2023

4.7 129 Ratings
Hillstone E-Series Next-Generation Firewalls Competitors and Alternatives
5 Star 80% by Hillstone Networks Hillstone Networks vs Fortinet
4 Star 18% "Hillstone Firewall I recommend it" Hillstone Networks vs Cisco
3 Star 2% Hillstone Networks vs Huawei
2 Star 0% it seems to me to be a very versatile team due to all the benefits and
capabilities that the teams have. they have been ... See All Alternatives
1 Star 0%

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Customers' Choice 2023

HiSecEngine USG Series Firewalls
5 105 Ratings Competitors and Alternatives
by Huawei
Huawei vs H3C
5 Star 96%
"Huawei's USG Series network equipament it works very well" Huawei vs Cisco
4 Star 4%
Huawei vs Fortinet
3 Star 0% My company received the necessary follow-up to beginning the
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equipment
1 Star 0%
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4.4 94 Ratings F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Competitors and Alternatives
by F5
5 Star 48% F5 vs Cisco
4 Star 46% "The benefits of the f5" F5 vs Fortinet
3 Star 6% F5 vs Palo Alto Networks
2 Star 0% provides high process performance of the services required to be
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4.8 93 Ratings GajSheild Data Security Firewall

Competitors and Alternatives
by GajShield Infotech
5 Star 82% GajShield Infotech vs Cisco
4 Star 15% "Most promisisng network solution for manufacturing verticals" GajShield Infotech vs Fortinet
3 Star 2% GajShield Infotech vs SonicWall
2 Star 1% Our main concern was to secure overall network infrastructure
1 Star 0% including dataleaks ,spamming and email ... See All Alternatives

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