Emotional Footprint Awards 2022
Next Generation Firewall - Midmarket
SoftwareReviews names Arista NG Firewall and Cisco Meraki Firewall as Next Generation Firewall - Midmarket Emotional Footprint Award Winners.
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Next Generation Firewall - Midmarket
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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See how each vendor stacks up across each of the 26 dimensions and our thorough evaluation of vendor capabilities, product features, and overall satisfaction.
30+ pages
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
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.
9.2
CX Score
CX
Score
+97
Net Emotional Footprint
Net Emotional
Footprint
87
Value Index
VALUE INDEX
Cisco Systems
Cisco Meraki Firewall
Cisco Meraki MX firewalls include all the advanced security services you expect out of a next generation firewall: intrusion prevention powered by Cisco-developed SNORT, content filtering, anti-malware, geo-based firewalling, remote access connectivity, and advanced malware protection.
8.9
CX Score
CX
Score
+92
Net Emotional Footprint
Net Emotional
Footprint
86
Value Index
VALUE INDEX
Other Evaluated Vendors
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.
8.4
CX Score
CX
Score
+84
Net Emotional Footprint
Net Emotional
Footprint
83
Value Index
VALUE INDEX
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.
8.2
CX Score
CX
Score
+88
Net Emotional Footprint
Net Emotional
Footprint
76
Value Index
VALUE INDEX
SonicWall
SonicWall Network Security Firewalls
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.
8.2
CX Score
CX
Score
+80
Net Emotional Footprint
Net Emotional
Footprint
84
Value Index
VALUE INDEX
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