We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Check Point NGFW based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Azure Firewall seems to be a superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Check Point NGFW to be rather expensive to purchase. Users of Check Point NGFW feel that the stability of the product could be improved. Additionally, some users are not so impressed by the technical support and training that it offers.
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"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."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"The solution has many useful features. For example, the solution allows users to create virtual IP addresses."
"Network filtering is valuable. The scalability capability from the cloud-native service helps us a lot because it simplifies our day-to-day maintenance activity."
"Performance and stability are the key features of this product."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"Azure's cost-effectiveness is its major advantage."
"It also gives us a single console for everything. Rather than having one device for URL filtering and a different device as a firewall, this gives us everything in one place."
"We found a very successful implementation of the virtual private network client, since, for some time now, everyone has been working from home."
"If you want to share traffic loads to both cluster members you can use the active-active feature, if you don't want to share traffic loads you can prefer active standby."
"The SmartView monitor and SmartReporter help us to monitor and report on traffic."
"The AntiSpam/Mail blade was also one of the main reasons we went with this product since we hosted our email server locally. This was an extra layer of protection on top of the existing solution."
"The Identity-Based Inspection Control gives us the ability to leverage the organization’s Microsoft AD, LDAP, RADIUS, and Cisco pxGrid."
"The application authentication feature of Check Point is the most valuable as it helps us keep users secure."
"We can also run policies with two or more people simultaneously without problems or the risk of developing the wrong policy."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"The reporting, logging, and monitoring features, as well as the flexibility of the policies, need to be improved."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls."
"The tool needs to improve the onboarding and transition process for on-prem users."
"It needs a lot of improvement, especially on intruder detection. They are working hard on that."
"They can improve the pricing of Azure Firewall."
"This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing."
"The threat intelligence part could be better. I don't see why our customers have to get an additional solution with Azure Firewall. It would be great if they made it on par with Palo Alto."
"One of the biggest disappointments is the GUI."
"Integration with a third-party authentication mechanism is tricky and needs to be planned well."
"Finding support is a little bit hard."
"Lacks some integration with other solutions."
"Check Point Smart Dashboard does not support my Apple MacBook Air. It only supports Windows versions."
"There is no email security."
"Although they have it now, we don't have a license for it, and I think mobile device security should be a standard feature. I cannot control someone bringing their device to my network and what they do."
"There is a strong demand for security services that can be effortlessly integrated which would ensure that security measures can seamlessly adapt to the cloud infrastructure."
Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 279 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense. See our Azure Firewall vs. Check Point NGFW report.
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Check Point firewall does a deep inspection of packets till Layer 7 and is more compatible with the organizational environment.
The Azure firewall is also a cloud-based security solution that also provides Advance Threat Protection.