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Next-generation firewalls

Asked as “next-generation firewall”, and as “enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 46 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

Fortinet FortiGate

Clear leader

61% of first choices, clear leader.

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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

Fortinet FortiGate35%ContestedStanding →Mid-market

Fortinet FortiGate61%Clear leaderThis page Enterprise

Palo Alto Networks28%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

Fortinet FortiGate8%38endorsed leader

Fortinet26%19criticized challenger

Palo Alto Networks29%31criticized challenger

Check Point9%23accepted challenger

Sophos Firewall0%13accepted challenger

SonicWall50%16criticized challenger

Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

Cisco18%11accepted challenger

Cisco Secure Firewall11%18accepted challenger

Sophos10%10accepted challenger

WatchGuard Firebox10%10accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

Fortinet FortiGate vs Fortinet Fortinet FortiGate vs Palo Alto Networks Fortinet vs Palo Alto Networks

One product takes 61% of first choices here, so the chart would put nine markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Three products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category. Jump to the standing

02What they warned about

Seven of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small and GLM 4.7 FlashX changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

SonicWall

50%

8 of 16 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 2 hard negative

“Critical SSL-VPN vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-40766, CVE-2024-53704) with CVSS scores up to 9.3 ... Consider disabling SSL-VPN if not essential” Kimi K2, negative prompt

Palo Alto Networks

29%

9 of 31 labels negative · 7 of 12 models

“Earned "Caution" in NSS Labs 2025 (lowest security effectiveness at 46.37%, failed critical network/transport-layer evasions)” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt

Fortinet

26%

5 of 19 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“20+ CVEs on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — among the highest for any firewall vendor ... Fortinet and SonicWall currently require the most aggressive hardening” Kimi K2, negative prompt

Fortinet FortiGate

3 of 38 labels negative · 3 of 12 models

“Older models of Fortigate, Palo Alto, and other NGFW devices can become security liabilities if not regularly updated.” Mistral Small, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

64 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 812 links across 236 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

comparitech.com

32 answers · 35 citations · 10 models

cyberpress.org

29 answers · 30 citations · 10 models

cybersecuritynews.com

28 answers · 30 citations · 10 models

fortinet.com

vendor site · Fortinet23 answers · 34 citations · 10 models

checkpoint.com

vendor site · Check Point20 answers · 26 citations · 9 models

decryptiondigest.com

17 answers · 24 citations · 8 models

paloaltonetworks.com

vendor site · Palo Alto Networks14 answers · 27 citations · 8 models

techtarget.com

14 answers · 16 citations · 8 models

reddit.com

13 answers · 17 citations · 7 models

esecurityplanet.com

13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models

cisco.com

vendor site · Cisco12 answers · 16 citations · 8 models

gbhackers.com

12 answers · 12 citations · 7 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

cyberpress.org/best-next-generation-firewall-ngfw-solutions-for-every-busin…

29 answers · 10 models

comparitech.com/net-admin/next-gen-firewalls

28 answers · 10 models

cybersecuritynews.com/best-next-generation-firewall

26 answers · 10 models

decryptiondigest.com/blog/enterprise-ngfw-comparison-2026

15 answers · 8 models

esecurityplanet.com/products/top-ngfw

13 answers · 8 models

gbhackers.com/ngfw-solutions-compared-features-pricing

11 answers · 7 models

checkpoint.com/comparison/top-4-ngfw-compared

10 answers · 7 models

guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-ngfw-firewall-platforms-2026

10 answers · 6 models

learn.g2.com/best-firewall-software

9 answers · 6 models

softwarereviews.com/awards/data-quadrant-awards-2024-next-generation-firewall

9 answers · 6 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best next-generation firewall for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which enterprise firewall appliance or virtual firewall would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top next-generation firewalls and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best next-generation firewall for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a next-generation firewall. What should we look at?”Negative“Which next-generation firewalls should I avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5Fortinet FortiGate

One alternative

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos FirewallChanged

Two alternatives

Cisco Meraki MX85-HW, WatchGuard

Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate

Fortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

SonicWall, Sophos XG

no first choiceagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Arista Edge Threat Management, Azure Firewall, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall

GPT-5.4 miniPalo Alto Networks

Two alternatives

Check Point, Fortinet

Check PointChanged

Four alternatives

Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Versa

Palo Alto Networks

Four alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX

Fortinet FortiGate

One alternative

SonicWall

against: Palo Alto Cloud NGFWno first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 FlashFortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Palo Alto Networks, Sophos Firewall

FortinetChanged

Two alternatives

Palo Alto Networks, Sophos Firewall

Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet

Fortinet FortiGate

Four alternatives

OPNsense, Sophos XGS Series, Ubiquiti UniFi, Zenarmor

against: Cisco, Palo Alto NetworksFortinet

One alternative

Sophos

against: Check Point, Palo Alto Networksagainst: AWS Network Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall, D-Link, DrayTek, Fortinet, Google Cloud Firewall, Huawei, Kaspersky, Microsoft Azure Firewall, Netgear, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall, Sophos, TP-Link, ZTE

Perplexity SonarFortinet FortiGate

Three alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, Sophos Firewall XGS

Fortinet FortiGateHeld

Four alternatives

Check Point, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, SonicWall, Sophos Firewall

Palo Alto Networks

Four alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos Firewall

Fortinet FortiGate

Three alternatives

SonicWall TZ, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSense

no first choicenothing named

Grok 4.1 FastFortinet FortiGate

Four alternatives

Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto PA-Series, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox

Fortinet FortiGateHeld

Two alternatives

Palo Alto Networks PA-1400 Series or VM-Series, Sophos XGS Series

against: WatchGuard FireboxFortinet, Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point, Cisco, Sophos

Fortinet FortiGate

Four alternatives

SonicWall TZ270, Sophos Firewall XGS 87, WatchGuard Firebox T45, pfSense/OPNsense

Fortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks

against: AWS/GCP/Azure, Cisco Firepower, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall

Mistral SmallFortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Palo Alto Networks, Sophos

FortinetChanged

One alternative

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks Security NGFW

Five alternatives

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate NGFW, Sophos Firewall

SonicWall TZ Series, WatchGuard Firebox T45

One alternative

Sophos XGS 87

no first choiceagainst: Cisco ASA and FTD Firewalls, Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NGFWs

DeepSeek V4 FlashFortinet FortiGate

Five alternatives

Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks, Sophos XGS, WatchGuard Firebox

Fortinet FortiGateHeld

Five alternatives

Check Point, Cisco Firepower, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard Firebox

Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks

Three alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos Firewall

Fortinet FortiGate

Three alternatives

SonicWall TZ Series, Sophos Firewall, pfSense/OPNsense

Fortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Cisco Secure Firewall, WatchGuard

against: Palo Alto Networksagainst: Arista NG Firewall, Cisco Firepower, Forcepoint, Fortinet, Hillstone, Huawei, Sangfor, SonicWall

Llama 4 MaverickFortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, Sophos Firewall

Fortinet FortiGateHeld

Two alternatives

Palo Alto Networks, WatchGuard

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

Four alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX

SonicWall, Untangle NG Firewall

Three alternatives

Firewalla Purple SE, Fortinet FortiGate 40F Hardware, WatchGuard Firebox

no first choicenothing named

Qwen 3.7 FlashFortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Cisco Security Firewall, Palo Alto Networks

Fortinet FortiGateHeld

Three alternatives

Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto Networks, Sophos Intercept X Firewall

Palo Alto Networks

Four alternatives

Check Point, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet, Sophos

Fortinet

One alternative

SonicWall

against: Untangle NG Firewallno first choice

Four alternatives

Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet, Sophos

against: Palo Alto Networksagainst: Alcatel-Lucent, Check Point Gaia/CNS, Cisco ASA, F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FG-200/FG-100 Legacy Series, Imperva Incapsula, SonicWall, Sophos XGS, Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch/Firewall

Kimi K2Fortinet FortiGate

Three alternatives

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, SonicWall NSa Series, WatchGuard Firebox

Fortinet FortiGateHeld

Two alternatives

Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, SonicWall NSa Series

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series

Three alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate

Fortinet FortiGate 40F/60F, SonicWall TZ Series

Three alternatives

OPNsense, WatchGuard Firebox, pfSense

Fortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Check Point, Palo Alto Networks

against: Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall

GLM 4.7 FlashXFortinet FortiGate

Three alternatives

Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, Sophos XGS

against: SonicWall TZ SeriesFortiGate\u2011VM, Fortinet FortiGate 60FChanged

Three alternatives

Check Point Harmony SASE, Fortinet FortiSASE, WatchGuard Firebox

against: Sophos XGSFortinet, Palo Alto Networks

Five alternatives

Check Point, Cisco, Huawei, Sophos, Zscaler

Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine

Three alternatives

Fortinet FortiGate 30E / 40F, SonicWall TZ370 / TZ470, WatchGuard Firebox T25

against: Cisco Meraki MX67no first choiceagainst: Cisco Secure Firewall, Forcepoint NGFW, Fortinet FortiGate, SonicWall

MiniMax M2.5Fortinet FortiGate

Two alternatives

Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, Sophos Firewall

Fortinet FortiGateHeld

Four alternatives

Check Point Quantum, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Sophos Firewall, WatchGuard Firebox

Palo Alto Networks

Five alternatives

Cato Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos Firewall, Zscaler

SonicWall TZ270, WatchGuard Firebox T45

Two alternatives

Fortinet FortiGate 90G, Sophos XGS 87

no first choiceagainst: Fortinet, Hillstone, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 13:24	yes	9	11 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 10:45	yes	3	7 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 13:54	yes	7	21 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 14:06	yes	18	7 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 10:31	yes	35	18 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 14:12	yes	5	4 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 13:03	yes	8	11 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 12:32	yes	5	2 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 11:48	yes	5	23 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 10:38	yes	15	32 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 13:44	yes	13	76 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 14:01	yes	5	35 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 11:05	yes	18	12 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 09:36	yes	1	5 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 12:11	yes	8	25 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 11:43	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 09:37	yes	33	17 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 10:36	yes	9	5 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 10:40	yes	14	18 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 10:22	yes	5	2 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 11:31	no	0	37 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 13:03	yes	15	29 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 14:03	yes	18	60 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 10:49	yes	5	28 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 12:21	yes	17	11 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 10:09	yes	7	7 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 10:24	yes	18	27 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 10:01	yes	20	9 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 13:26	yes	20	19 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 12:11	yes	9	7 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 13:07	yes	19	43 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 10:55	yes	5	3 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 10:36	no	0	39 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 12:11	yes	9	29 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 09:57	yes	29	48 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 11:38	yes	5	19 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 11:11	yes	18	10 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 13:34	yes	3	5 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 10:42	yes	11	19 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 11:02	yes	19	6 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 09:25	yes	46	20 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 13:02	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 11:57	yes	14	14 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 14:01	yes	5	3 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 10:07	yes	5	35 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 10:20	yes	15	37 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 10:18	yes	15	129 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 12:57	yes	5	26 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 12:46	no	0	7 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 12:11	no	0	11 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 12:45	yes	9	30 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 12:52	yes	20	8 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 10:36	yes	19	13 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 10:23	no	0	8 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 10:19	yes	14	17 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 14:14	yes	5	3 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 10:30	yes	5	34 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 13:04	yes	15	29 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 12:18	no	0	54 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 13:52	yes	5	16 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 10:32	yes	18	9 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 12:56	no	0	2 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 11:46	yes	19	26 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 10:16	yes	20	7 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 10:05	yes	40	17 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 10:37	yes	5	6 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 13:54	yes	25	67 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 09:32	yes	5	4 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 11:14	no	0	49 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 11:21	yes	29	45 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 14:08	yes	28	50 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 13:35	yes	10	34 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

None. Every name in this category resolved on its own.

Unresolved, counted raw

Alcatel-Lucent (ALC)

Arista Edge Threat Management (NGFW)

Arista NG Firewall

Check Point Gaia/CNS

Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance)

Cisco ASA and FTD Firewalls

Cisco Meraki MX85-HW

Cisco Security Firewall

Cloud-native firewalls (AWS/Azure native)

DrayTek

Firewalla Purple SE

FortiGate\u2011VM

Fortinet FG-200/FG-100 Legacy Series

Fortinet FortiGate 30E / 40F

Fortinet FortiGate 40F Hardware

Fortinet FortiGate 40F/60F

Google Cloud Firewall

Huawei USG

Imperva Incapsula

Juniper Networks NGFW

Microsoft Azure Firewall

Palo Alto Cloud NGFW

Palo Alto Networks PA-1400 Series or VM-Series

Palo Alto Networks Security NGFW

SonicWall TZ370 / TZ470

Sophos Firewall XGS 87

Sophos Intercept X Firewall

Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch/Firewall

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Next-generation firewalls

By buyer segment

01The standing

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

Also in network and edge