We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"A stable solution with multiple interfaces"
"The information stored in the logs is very descriptive and includes a lot of details."
"The most valuable feature of the firewall is the packet inspection. That is an amazing feature from Check Point."
"The sales, pre-sales, professional services, and tech support are all very nice."
"Only allows authorized connections and prevents vulnerabilities in a network."
"I like the GUI."
"We do not have any problems with stability."
"The software upgrade procedure is very easy; it just needs few clicks & we are done."
"It is very easy to configure."
"A strong, reliable solution for small companies with little or no dedicated IT department."
"The initial setup for me was straightforward."
"We switched to Meraki because it lets you see what's happening in your LAN and WAN in a graphic and web environment."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"The simplicity of configuration is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"It is very easy to use and manage. It is also very easy to scale."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MX is I can manage the solution from anywhere remotely, I can throttle bandwidth, and create all rules. Additionally, it is secure for our customers."
"The pricing could always be better."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"The UI could be improved."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"Application management can be improved."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"My customers complain that the interface isn't user-friendly."
"The main thing for a normal operations guy who is creating tools and firewalls, it is quite difficult to manage. It requires an expert level of knowledge in Check Point products to manage these scalable platform appliances and the virtual firewall that comes with it. We have to educate our guys and give them training on a regular basis to work on these products."
"The tool is somewhat more expensive than its competitors."
"In a VPN setup, we have Internet connection via Check Point. The connectivity is not turnkey like competing devices. We have not yet terminated our site-to-site VPN because things are fluctuating right now and Check Point needs to be upgraded. Also, their troubleshooting needs to be improved for this."
"One area for improvement in Check Point NGFW is the support process."
"Improvement regarding the expansion of the SMS's compatibility to include various virtualization environments would be beneficial."
"The one thing I have been continually asking for is a more robust certification process including self-paced study material similar to Cisco's Security certification track."
"I would like to see better Data Leakage protection options and easier-to-understand deployment models for this."
"The solution's pricing should be reduced."
"The product doesn't support route summarization and BGP dynamic routing protocol."
"An area for improvement in Meraki MX is that it needs some provision, as supplying the unit through Cisco can be tedious at times, but as far as the product itself and its offerings, Meraki MX is five-star all the way."
"The security is not as strong as it could be"
"We can’t access GUI management and CLI opening features when the Internet is unavailable."
"They need to improve the link between Meraki and Active Directory."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"Right now, you can postpone the update but eventually, if you don't do the update, it will install the updates automatically for you and that's something that is not working for me."
Check Point NGFW doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 276 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 58 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Meraki MX report.
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