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."When our workers are downloading software, SandBlast Cloud is useful to emulate the downloads that the workers are doing. Then, there are no threats coming into the company."
"The forensics reports and the ability to sandbox malware are its most valuable features."
"The technology is impressive in general."
"We didn't really have any IPS before. So, Check Point has improved our security posture. People get used to doing things certain ways, which might not be the best or most secure way, and they can't do that now, which just requires more education of the user base. With the endpoint client, we've started to use Check Point for remote access."
"Threat extraction can help us to remove malicious content from documents by converting them to PDF."
"The zero-day protection is its most valuable feature."
"The solution can detect and prevent attacks that may be encrypted."
"You do not need to risk your network by using the in-line sandbox."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"I love the idea of Palo Alto Networks WildFire. It's more geared toward preventing malware. If someone's laptop or phone is malware-infected, the tool prevents it from uploading valuable corporate data outside the corporate network. That's what I love about Palo Alto Networks WildFire. It stops malware in its tracks."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"Scalable ATP solution that's quick to set up. It demonstrates good performance and stability."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"I like the analysis they apply to the unknown files, and I think they have good technology to use as a sandboxing tool. I didn't find something similar to WildFire in the marketplace."
"There should be some customized price reductions in the offered packages."
"At the support level, they could improve the attention times and have the resolution of cases happen a little faster."
"We would like to see this solution reach mobile devices more efficiently, through apps or more specific products."
"SandBlast takes longer than FortiSandbox to complete a scan."
"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."
"In Check Point SandBlast, improvement has to be made with respect to the GUI."
"The file types that can be scanned are limited, which means that if the file type is not listed or enabled for the sandbox, they are bypassed and it can lead to a security issue."
"The Threat Emulation software blade significantly affects the performance of the NGFWs, we have a significant increase in the CPU and memory consumption."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"The product's false positive logs could be more user-friendly to understand. They could provide examples of precious cases to learn."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire should be more real-time in nature. The signature updates should happen in a minute or less than a minute to be a very good feature for the customer."
"There are certain changes that I was expecting in the previous version, and I hope that they are soon fixed. All of the problems that I have faced so far have been resolved."
"The VPN and decryption need improvement."
"There are some formats that the solution cannot support ."
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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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