We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Stormshield Network Security 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.
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The packet inspections have been a strong point."
"The Network Address Translation (NAT) will always be a valuable feature as it allows me to turn my private cloud to the public at the click of a button and have secure control over the accessible servers/applications."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the Quantum Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). I also like the solution's functionality, like autonomous threat prevention."
"One ability that Check Point has is that it is the first to provide us with the ability to use identities instead of using the traditional IP-based format, which allows way more flexibility in what we can do with the rule base."
"Its management web interface is very easy and user-friendly."
"Provides very good performance."
"In the four years I have worked on the five firewalls we have not had any downtime caused by stability issues."
"From the logs, you can trace back to the rule with a click, which makes it easy to investigate cases."
"I can see what traffic is going on. I can easily block any programs from attacks."
"The most valuable features are the IPS, the firewall function, and the price."
"It's an easy, straightforward management platform to use."
"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"A very robust product."
"The solution has improved my organization because I can see what traffic is happening and I can use it to block and prevent attacks."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"The exterior of the physical device can be improved with the use of a display and not just simple lights."
"In terms of what could be improved, we have a cluster with two nodes and usually we have some problems when process gets really high and it has to choose which services it keeps going. I would like to have a better solution here, like if instead of just one we could use both at the same time. It would be good if it could work together. Then when one has a failure or something like that, the other one is there to transfer, to take all the services and keep working."
"While the solution is good, we wish to have something that is a bit better, as the threats have evolved over time."
"The VPN setup could be simplified. We had to engage professional services for that. That's not a problem, but compared to other products we've used, it was a little more complex."
"The product could provide an easier user interface and management, by combining all functions (network and policy configuration) into one single application rather than split it into different applications."
"Lately, Check Point seems to be pushing new products too early."
"It's expensive, but its price is reasonable looking at its functionality and power"
"Without any training, it is very hard to administrate the whole Check Point NGFW."
"The filtering configuration could be better. We have some difficulties with the filtering configuration and the filter extension. It's not that easy. It's not that straightforward. In the next release, I would like to see a reporting system. Stormshield doesn't have any tutorials on how to do the configuration and things like that. They just have documentation on the website. If you want to configure, for example, Cisco or Fortinet, you can find tutorials on YouTube. They show you how to configure the features, and so on. In Stormshield, there is nothing on social media or the internet on how to configure different things. The lack of documentation or the lack of material makes it difficult for others to adopt this solution."
"The SD card could be more secure."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"The biggest issue was their support department was not able to help us, then everything stops. This is a no-go area for me."
"Not all the fields are activated yet and we were informed that it will take at least one month."
"Improvement is needed in terms of the technical support of the manufacturer."
Check Point NGFW doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 279 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. 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 Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Meraki MX. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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