We performed a comparison between Check Point SandBlast Network and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."SandBlast has opened us up to a lot more opportunities where we can offer this service to clients, that way they don't have to go to a third-party to get this specific solution. It comes in the Check Point Infinity Package so it has helped us a lot."
"Very few false positives are detected, which gives the confidence to raise flags when needed, ensuring the IT department is aware of threats and acting fast."
"It looks out for new cyber threats and generates predictions based on behaviors that are already detected on a daily basis."
"It has caught some harmful attachments and downloads."
"The main feature of the solution is that it protects against malicious threats from the outside."
"The solution can detect and prevent attacks that may be encrypted."
"It enables my IT system to apply threat detection intelligence and diffuse the endpoint and potential threat attacks and phishing attacks onto the system in the most proactive and secure manner."
"It seems like it works all the time. We have never had an issue. We have never had something go undetected, anything major. All in all, it works pretty well."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"The solution is completely integrated with all the other Palo Alto products. I think that it is the best part for endpoint protection. The firewall features include URL and DNS filtering, threat protection, and antivirus."
"They have many different options with Palo Alto WildFire and the set-up is quick. If you have all the details in hand, it does not take more than 15 minutes to deploy a firewall."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"It has a user-friendly interface."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"Stability is never a concern."
"Using it in the beginning was difficult because I had never used anything similar. In terms of navigating the UI, it was all not too bad, but there is definitely a learning curve."
"The management of alerts could improve them a bit - especially in event management."
"We have found a need for the application to be a bit more elastic, bringing it to SAS services and not IAS."
"I am very leery right now about the stability. We've had three outages in the last month because of Check Point, not because of something that the customer has done, but because of changes on the Check Point side."
"I would like if it could emulate bigger files and somehow improve this usability. I don't know if this would be possible. However, if it was able to scan or emulate bigger files, then it would be safer for a company using it."
"The Threat Emulation software blade significantly affects the performance of the NGFWs, we have a significant increase in the CPU and memory consumption."
"EDR and EPM solutions like Carbon Black or CyberArk have integrations with the cloud version of Sandblast, however, there must be on-premise Sandblast options also."
"There should be some improvement in the solution's stability and scalability."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release of Palo Alto Networks WildFire, each release is based on malware that has been identified. The key problem is an average of six months from the time malware is written to the time it's discovered and a signature is created for it. The only advice that I can give is for them to shorten that timeframe. I don't know how they would do it, but if they shorten that, for example, cut it in half, they'll make themselves more famous."
"The GUI is better in 8.0, but I still feel it lacks the fast response most of us desire. Logs are much quicker."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"Any enhancements should likely be focused on the firewall appliance to further strengthen overall security capabilities, such as refining app and user identity features."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
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Check Point SandBlast Network is ranked 8th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 33 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Check Point SandBlast Network is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point SandBlast Network writes "High detection with few false positives and able to handle large volumes of data". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Check Point SandBlast Network is most compared with Fortinet FortiSandbox, Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Trellix Network Detection and Response and Symantec Advanced Threat Protection, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection and Zscaler Internet Access. See our Check Point SandBlast Network vs. Palo Alto Networks WildFire report.
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