We compared Trend Micro Deep Security and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security based on our users' reviews in six categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Trend Micro Deep Security's initial setup can vary in difficulty, while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is generally described as straightforward. In terms of features, Trend Micro Deep Security offers comprehensive security solutions for data centers, including virtual patching and advanced options for endpoint security. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security provides valuable features like VPN, IPS, URL filtering, and centralized management. Price-wise, Trend Micro Deep Security is considered costly, as is Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, although it is seen as competitive. Both products have received mixed reviews for their customer support.
"The solution is easier to manage than an on-premise firewall. It is easy to manage. The use of dynamic objects for these gateways made it easy to create the right rules and the right policies. Integration with Azure is also easy where we have to just add the subnets. In an on-premise setup, we have to add everything from scratch. We can automate a lot of actions."
"The tool's most valuable features are threat prevention and protection mechanisms."
"It matches what we have on-prem. We kept the same management and the same functionality that we were having on-prem. It has simplified things for us because there is no new dashboard to touch."
"The security configuration features have enhanced the reliable coordination of programs and data safety."
"Any kind of cloud environment anywhere can be protected through this effortlessly."
"A unique architecture makes this product stand out from other solutions."
"The features of the solution which I have found most valuable are its flexibility and agility. It's a fully scalable solution, from our perspective. We can define scaling groups and, based on the load, it will create new instances. It's truly a product which is oriented toward the cloud mindset, cloud agility, and this is a great feature."
"The most valuable feature is that we can use the same manager server that we use on our own Check Point firewalls. We integrated CloudGuard on that manager and we can use the same kind of protections that we use on the on-prem firewalls, like the IPS and antivirus policy. We can have the same kind of protection on the Cloud environment that we have on-premise."
"DLP, Data Loss Prevention, and the complexity of how we manage the console and how this client, or this tool, will notify us when there is something going wrong within the server and endpoint, is good."
"We've found stability to be great so far."
"We like the Smart protection and the Virtual patching."
"The tool provides information on server activities and hosts."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the virtual path function, which is the reason we chose to implement it."
"The VPN is the most prized characteristic of Trend Micro Deep Security, which in addition addresses all zero-day vulnerabilities. This allows us to confidently transfer our system physically, as it presents to the external world, whether it be an intruder or a hacker, that our system is completely secure without any weak spots. Even if the latest security patches have not been installed or updated, the software virtually covers them for you."
"Support and threat prevention are the most valuable features of this solution."
"They release timely updates and have efficient prediction features for threat detection."
"They are coming out with more SD-WAN express route support from a firewall perspective. That would be great."
"We are at the place where we are looking at better integration with the management system. We use an MDS today, and it is self-deployed. We want to get to the Smart-1 Cloud, but we do not know what that looks like today because it does not support a multi-domain setup. Smart-1 should either be able to do multi-domain or there should be some form of taking a multi-domain environment and putting it in Smart-1."
"There is room for improvement regarding the technical support provided."
"In the past year, I noticed that the challenging part, especially in the cloud, is upgrading to the next release of the firewall. Unlike on-premise upgrades, it's not as simple in the cloud. You need to recreate the machine, which makes the process more complex."
"There is room for improvement, especially concerning the integration with the management center. It would be beneficial if tasks that currently require scripts could be performed directly from the GUI."
"At CPX, we heard that we can see all the things on the same platform. That is what we have been asking for, and hopefully, we are going to start seeing it this year."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, it is expensive."
"Check Point CloudGuard Network Security could improve by making it easier to configure."
"It needs to improve its integration with a lot of other products. This should be in the road map because we have a lot of SaaS-based appliances which are not connected with each other."
"AWS products could become more compatible with intrusion detection products leveraging help from Trend Micro."
"I've not worked with CrowdStrike Falcon, but one of our customers also had CrowdStrike Falcon on some of the devices. I was only supporting Trend Micro. They had a ransomware attack, but Trend Micro didn't detect that particular ransomware attack, whereas CrowdStrike did."
"We'd like to see extended capacity in the on-premises versions."
"We are not very happy with Trend Micro Deep Security since it is not able to detect many viruses and bugs."
"The email relays and proxies could be improved."
"When implementing this solution, sometimes we have challenges with SQL migration."
"We have had some issues when it drains some of the resources of the server."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 5th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 119 reviews while Trend Micro Deep Security is ranked 6th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 80 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Trend Micro Deep Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Deep Security writes "Offers excellent endpoint protection and great stability ". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Fortinet FortiGate, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Trend Micro Deep Security is most compared with Trend Micro Apex One, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Symantec Endpoint Security and Trellix Endpoint Security. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Trend Micro Deep Security report.
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