We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and WatchGuard Firebox 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."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The security on offer is very good."
"We are delighted with the powerful management console and diagnostic tools."
"It offers services like navigation, control, and filtering, which ensure that all users stay connected to business applications."
"Log storage gives us insights when required."
"The sales, pre-sales, professional services, and tech support are all very nice."
"The product is flexible."
"The product is very user-friendly."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Its simplified management, enhanced remote support capabilities, and the ability to facilitate secure VPN connectivity for numerous offices and employees are highly beneficial."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use of the interface."
"Management and visibility are the most valuable features."
"I like intrusion detection the most."
"The ports that I have assigned appear to be unattainable to outside 'mal-actors,' unless they have an address registered on the internet that this thing is expecting. That's a layer of security."
"Easy to change the model if you need more performance, with good cohesion in the whole lineup of devices."
"The client is easy to use and stable"
"It also provides us with layered security. It has onboard virus scanning features that allow it to scan before something gets to the host. It will also stop a person from going to a site that is known to be bad."
"The solution has increased productivity with our outside salespeople being able to connect into their computers and use those remotely."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"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."
"It would be beneficial if Check Point included more licenses bundled with the base model, reducing the need for additional subscription charges for essential functionalities."
"We would like to see constant improvement in anti-malware functionality and anti-threat protection."
"Reporting has to be improved."
"It could be more stable and scalable. Check Point price and support could be better."
"The antivirus is not as effective as it could be because updates are not that frequent."
"We have run into an interface expansion limitation, and thus it would be helpful if products lower in the stack would offer more interface expansion options."
"The command line is very difficult to use, which is one of the biggest drawbacks of this solution."
"The solution can improve by adding a feature to tag a MAC address of a computer system in the policy and more IP configuration settings."
"I would like to see the devices made more flexible by adding modules to increase the ports that we can use."
"Setup of this solution is complex, it's not plug and play."
"In WatchGuard Firebox, the antivirus and malware detection systems are areas with shortcomings that require improvement since they are the most important elements of a cybersecurity tool."
"If they could make the traffic monitoring easier that would be great. I don't use it that frequently, but I would like to see some improvements in the ease of use of that component, so it makes more sense. I know it's a technical component so there's going to be some difficulty trying to make that easier."
"It would be wonderful if the WatchGuard team develops nice products for threat intelligence."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say their web blocker feature. It is still quite a confusing setup, especially when you want to filter out a particular category for granularity. For example, you do not want to filter Facebook but you do want to filter Facebook games only. It can be done, but the process to do it is very confusing."
"Websense is an application that monitors and filters internet traffic. Websense was derived from WatchGuard. But when you go to WatchGuard to actually implement that particular feature, you have to use some type of additional feature and you have to pay for it, unfortunately. I think it should be free or free in the WatchGuard box itself, as an option. It would be nice if they didn't charge us for that."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 279 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.4. 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and SonicWall NSa. See our Check Point NGFW vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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