We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security 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."It's very fast and easy to configure."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The performance is good."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can start off with a simple firewall and expand it to UTM."
"Auto Scaling is one of the features that make me want to choose CloudGuard over actual HW."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized dashboard, which is used for managing all of the Check Point Security Gateways."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its management console."
"Auto-scaling and zero touch are valuable features."
"The query feature is going to be a game-changer for us as we move forward."
"I like the tool's ability to manage cloud traffic locally without routing it through our data centers."
"One of the main characteristics that Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has given us is granularity and visibility."
"It has very good features; it's easy to use, configure, set up, and deploy."
"It is very fast to implement."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"Point-to-point VPNs can dynamically follow IP changes with no need for static IPs."
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"The cloud management system is really valuable."
"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."
"In terms of WAN optimization, it's completely cloud-controlled. Anyone can manage their network environment from a mobile phone."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The initial setup was a bit complex."
"The solution is not that flexible when deploying on-prem."
"The costs are high."
"The connection to the on-premises management requires using the CLI. It's not just a click, and you cannot edit in the management to prepare everything. You need to do it online and in real time. After that, you must execute a script, and then you should be happy that it appears in the management."
"There is room for improvement regarding the technical support provided."
"Our biggest complaint concerns the high resource usage for IDP/IPS, as we cannot turn on all of the features even with new hardware."
"CloudGuard functions just like any other firewall. It functions very well. The only thing that could maybe be improved would be to integrate some tools that are not integrated with the SmartConsole, like the SmartView Monitor that we need to open on a different application to access."
"The relationship between AWS and Check Point could be better. We had issues related to the type of instance and how it interconnects with AWS or cloud-native solutions. We overcame the pain points that we had, and now, AWS is evolving in a way that will facilitate how Check Point works. Our pain points were minimized, but they were there."
"Pricing is an area where the solution lacks since it is an expensive tool."
"As far as what needs to be improved — nothing really comes to mind. It does what we need it to do."
"FortiGate is cheaper than Meraki. Even the license renewal is less than Meraki."
"It can be hard to get a hold of the solution’s technical support team."
"I do not have the kind of feature I need for SSL decryption in Meraki MX. It would be great to see the SSL decryption feature in Meraki MX."
"It would be nice if the different services, including the SIEM SOC and endpoint detection and response (EDR) were integrated into one, so that I don't have to go to different vendors for different services."
"We could have more reporting options and the ability to send alarms to the administrator."
"The IPS, the Intrusion Prevention System, can be improved."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 6th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 121 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "Highly reliable, great visibility, and centralized management". 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 CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with VMware NSX, Azure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Meraki MX report.
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