We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"My customers cite performance and ease of configuration as two of the solution's most valuable features."
"The pricing is okay."
"It is giving us a greater reach for greater prevention and is proactively protecting our employees."
"It filters unwanted traffic."
"In R80.10 and above, you can view logs in SmartConsole. You don't have to open another smart tracker to view logs. That is the improvement Check Point has done which makes it better because it is much easier to find logs. This saves time, approximately 40 to 50 a day in one shift."
"The level of security is excellent. It protects our organization well."
"We have found the solution to be scalable."
"It's a lightweight solution, requiring minimal storage, resources, and memory to operate effectively."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series's most valuable feature is the visibility of the environment."
"The feature that I have found the most useful is that it meets all our requirements technically."
"Embedding it into my application development lifecycle prevents data loss and business disruption, allowing the adoption to operate at the speed of my AWS Cloud."
"I like the UI. Most things are accessible from the user interface and it is quite user-friendly. With respect to both VM-based firewalls and physical firewalls, it's easy to create updates."
"It is reliable and the support is very good."
"It allows us to see all our traffic to properly secure it and only allow what is needed through the firewall."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable features are the User ID, URL filtering, and application filtering."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"I have had some issues in the past with the desktop client being slow to come up for logging in, and then slow to respond to screen changes, however, overall, it really hasn't been too bad."
"The smart console is heavy."
"The user interface for management could be improved."
"Potential improvements could be made around simplifying VPN functionality and configuration."
"There's a significant area for improvement when it comes to pricing."
"Geo-blocking would be very useful. There are too many attempts to infiltrate by non-country users. I can block access by IP address or IP network, however, a country-level blocking would be more useful and much quicker to implement."
"Although they have it now, we don't have a license for it, and I think mobile device security should be a standard feature. I cannot control someone bringing their device to my network and what they do."
"The exterior of the physical device can be improved with the use of a display and not just simple lights."
"I would like to see a more thorough QA process. We have had some difficulties from bugs in releases."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
"I would like a way to do everything programmatically, or be able to copy the configs from different prices at different levels."
"Palo Alto is that it is really bad when it comes to technical support."
"The product's AIOps process needs improvement."
"The solution needs to have more easily searchable details or documentation about it online, so it's easier to Google if you have queries."
"The solution needs to improve its visibility. It's not straightforward to use. Understanding the policies, authorizations, and initializing features requires careful review. The product needs to offer proper training."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration of multi-factor authentication vendors."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 279 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and KerioControl. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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