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Emotional Footprint Awards 2023

Next Generation Firewall


SoftwareReviews names Fortinet Fortigate NGFW, Palo Alto Network Security NGFW, Sophos Firewall, and Cisco Secure Firewall as Next Generation Firewall Emotional Footprint Award Winners.


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Next Generation Firewall

Emotional Footprint Awards

SoftwareReviews Emotional Footprint Awards evaluate and rank products based on emotional response ratings from IT and business professionals. Using our Emotional Footprint methodology, we aggregate emotional footprint scores across 26 dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.

Emotional Footprint Awards are proudly founded in 100% user review data and are free of traditional “magical” components such as market presence and analyst opinion, which are opaque in nature and may be influenced by vendor pressure, financial or otherwise.

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Measuring Emotional Footprint

Emotional Footprint is scored using our “Net Emotional Footprint” Index. This index tracks responses across 26 dimensions of emotional footprint that span 5 categories: Purchasing, Service Experience, Product Impact, Vendor Strategy, and Conflict Resolution. Then, the following calculation is done across this index:

% of Positive Reviews - % of Negative Reviews

For clarity, the total percentage of positive, neutral, and negative ratings is shown for each vendor as well.

Emotional Footprint Leaders


Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Network Security NGFW

We offer a full line of next-generation security appliances that range from the PA-200, designed for enterprise remote offices, to the PA-7050, which is a modular chassis designed for high-speed data centers. Our platform architecture is based on our single pass software engine and uses function-specific processing for networking, security, threat prevention, and management to deliver predictable performance.

9.1

CX Score

CX
Score

+94

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

91

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

1% Negative 95% Positive
Badge Winner
76Reviews

Fortinet

Fortinet Fortigate NGFW

FortiGate enterprise firewalls reduce complexity and improve overall security posture by providing full visibility into users, devices, applications and threats on the network, with the ability to apply advanced threat protection anywhere in the network.

9.1

CX Score

CX
Score

+91

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

89

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

2% Negative 93% Positive
Badge Winner
94Reviews

Sophos

Sophos Firewall

Sophos Firewall’s Xstream architecture protects your network from the latest threats while accelerating your important SaaS, SD-WAN, and cloud application traffic.

8.7

CX Score

CX
Score

+89

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

85

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

2% Negative 91% Positive
Badge Winner
80Reviews

Cisco Systems

Cisco Secure Firewall

The Cisco UTMs are all-in-one solution that offer flexible Internet redundancy, comprehensive security, and very easy-to-use configuration flows.

8.4

CX Score

CX
Score

+86

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

85

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

3% Negative 89% Positive
Badge Winner
202Reviews

Other Evaluated Vendors


Arista Networks

Arista NG Firewall

Arista Networks’ NG Firewall (previously Untangle) enables you to quickly and easily create the network policies that deliver the perfect balance between security and productivity. NG Firewall combines Unified Threat Management (UTM)—to address all of the key network threats—with policy management tools that enable you to define access and control by individuals, groups or company-wide.

8.1

CX Score

CX
Score

+97

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

88

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

0% Negative 97% Positive
36Reviews

SonicWall

SonicWall Network Security Manager

SonicWall firewalls are your first line of defense against Internet security threats. Give ransomware the boot with the powerful sandbox technology of Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). Dive deep into your packets without sacrificing speed thanks to SonicWall's patented Reassembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI). The TZ Series represents some of the best small business firewalls of 2018, while the NSA Series is the perfect fit for enterprises, distributed environments, & data-heavy offices.

8.0

CX Score

CX
Score

+83

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

85

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

4% Negative 87% Positive
73Reviews

Barracuda Networks

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Barracuda's Cloud Generation Firewalls redefine the role of the Firewall from a perimeter security solution to a distributed network optimization solution that scales across any number of locations and applications, connects on-premises and cloud infrastructures, and helps organizations transform their business.

7.5

CX Score

CX
Score

+85

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

84

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

3% Negative 88% Positive
52Reviews

CATO Networks

Cato SASE Cloud

Cato SASE cloud is a global converged cloud-native service that securely and optimally connects all branches, datacenters, people, and clouds. Cato can be gradually deployed to replace or augment legacy network services and security point solutions.

7.4

CX Score

CX
Score

+83

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

82

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

3% Negative 86% Positive
23Reviews

Forcepoint LLC

Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall

Forcepoint Next-Generation Firewall can be deployed via eight different appliance series to suit any size organization and their unique needs. Each model comes with centralized management, industry-leading integrated security and the dependability needed in modern network security.

7.3

CX Score

CX
Score

+81

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

79

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

7% Negative 88% Positive
30Reviews

WatchGuard Technologies

WatchGuard Network Security

WatchGuard offers the most comprehensive portfolio of security services, from traditional intrusion prevention, gateway antivirus, application control, spam prevention, and URL filtering, to more advanced services for protecting against evolving malware, ransomware, and data breaches. Each security service is delivered as an integrated solution within an easy-to-manage and cost-effective Firebox appliance.

7.2

CX Score

CX
Score

+83

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

81

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

5% Negative 88% Positive
48Reviews

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Check Point Quantum

Check Point provides customers of all sizes with the latest data and network security protection in an integrated next generation firewall platform, reducing complexity and lowering the total cost of ownership.Your network is under constant threat. To secure it, you need the most advanced firewall protection. Check Point Next Generation Firewall identifies and controls applications by user and scans content to stop threats before they happen.

6.6

CX Score

CX
Score

+72

Net Emotional Footprint

Net Emotional
Footprint

78

Value Index

VALUE INDEX

5% Negative 77% Positive
41Reviews

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