We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Untangle NG Firewall 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."I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The technical services always replied in a very fast and effective way."
"There are also additional features, compared to a Layer 4 or Layer 3 firewall, such as AV signatures and devices, which are very helpful for securing the company's network."
"Check Point NGFW provides essential security, featuring no-obligation access for secure connections, strong intrusion prevention, and comprehensive antivirus protection."
"We can also run policies with two or more people simultaneously without problems or the risk of developing the wrong policy."
"Objects search and tracker logs are useful."
"The overall security of the environment has been greatly improved by the Check Point NGFWs. Before implementing this solution we have to rely on the Cisco ACLs and Zone-Based firewall that we had configured on switches and routers, which in fact a simple stateful firewall, and currently not an efficient for protecting from advanced threats."
"The characteristics on offer have come to give an added value under a single investment, thus offering many advantages."
"The IPS is frequently updated so the rules are always new and in place."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"The interface is very good."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"Application Control and filtering features are valuable."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The UI could be improved."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"Check Point should add additional management choices."
"The antivirus feature is a little bit weak and should be improved."
"It requires enhanced automation tools for regulatory compliance to ease the burden of compliance reporting and auditing."
"The policy installation length is still too long. It was promised that the time would be severely reduced in newer versions, but it is still too long."
"I really want to see geo-blocking as a feature of NGFW."
"The equipment is complex, so you need guidance from specialized people or those who constantly work with Check Point. Better forums and information manuals could be provided so that users from different institutions can have more access to the information."
"In our particular case, we have different web applications developed by the same organization, however, that requires a specialized protection element such as a WAF. Having this service or feature within the same solution would be very valuable."
"Check Point products have many places that need to be improved, but they are constantly upgrading."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
"The hardware can be improved."
"The ability to setup a DDNS for each WAN independently would be a very handy feature."
"The product should improve reporting."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"There is room for improvement in the logs. Like with Cisco, I can do almost everything and know almost anything about what's running. Untangle works very much out of the box. It's very user-friendly, but it's not engineer-friendly. So, it's good for a home user. For something fairly easy, but at the same time, with good technology to have at home, because at home, I'm not a millionaire or anything like that. So it's not like I'm worried to get hacked. I didn't want something like a Cisco firewall; it would be a bit overkill to have at home. So that's why I went for Untangle. But it lacks a few features. It's just a tick-box kind of thing. So they have apps and turn on and off the apps. The VPN's configuration is all very ticked. They have a few custom configurations, but it's not that much."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 276 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Untangle NG Firewall 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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