We performed a comparison between Check Point IPS and Darktrace based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is user-friendly and the interface is easy to configure."
"Its event analysis and centralization features are very important for any organization."
"It protects against specific known exploits but also, with SandBlast integration, it is able to protect against unknown or zero-day attacks at the perimeter level."
"Check Point IPS manages risk categories very well and accordingly helps us protect each of our devices in real-time."
"Some of the features for views and visualization are already predefined as default files."
"IPS logs enable complete visibility and reporting through the smart console."
"I can easily monitor all of our connected devices and I get instant notification of reconnections and new connections, which removes some of the monitoring burden."
"The reports are well written so that you can understand what type of attack has occurred, the originating IP address, and other details."
"The most valuable feature is the alerts. The alerts are meaningful. The event rolls up into meaningful and actionable alerts rather than just being noise."
"The most valuable features of Darktrace are its full capabilities. You have visibility of everything."
"Ability to see events and exactly what traffic or website the device had tried to connect to that raised the alert or issue."
"The Dynamic Threat Dashboard is very nice, as it lists all of your threats and rates them, and then you can choose whether to investigate further."
"It is a stable solution without downtime."
"AI analytics are built directly into the product."
"It is a stable solution."
"We are able to detect a lot of things, actually, and see what is happening in our network."
"It would be good to update the public documentation of Check Point so that we can generate improvements and best practices based on the documentation."
"It requires a lot of people to maintain the solution."
"The installation documentation has room for improvement."
"When entering, it always takes a long time to load."
"I observed on our management that sometimes IPS does not connect to the threat cloud, we have to check and improve it. Otherwise, all of the features are good."
"After the R80 release, there are almost all feature sets available under IPS Configuration. However, further to this, adding a direct vulnerability scan based on ports and protocol for every zone (LAN, DMZ, or Outside) will make Check Point very different compared to other vendors on the market."
"The cost is high."
"The tool's pricing could be better."
"They just need to make it a little bit more accurate as far as their alerts are concerned. It does generate some false positives that you have to tune. You have to do a lot of tuning when you first get it because of the false positives, but once it is all tuned up and ready to go, it will do its thing from there."
"I think there is some MSSP missing."
"I would like to see more protection in the endpoint. Especially because we have a lot of people using VPNs. If they would improve end point security, it would give more control there."
"Needs to improve its collaboration with local partners."
"I was under impression that Darktrace's automatic blocking would be an out-of-the-box feature, but we had to integrate it with our firewall to get it to block automatically. The salesperson should be upfront and explain that you need to integrate it with your network. I would also like to see more reporting on risk. Banks in my region want to see at a glance the risk level of various assets."
"The pricing model is a little too high and could be more flexible."
"The interface is too mathematical and it should be simplified."
"Darktrace needs to automate the reports of false positives, botnets and everything."
Check Point IPS is ranked 3rd in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 45 reviews while Darktrace is ranked 1st in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 65 reviews. Check Point IPS is rated 8.6, while Darktrace is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point IPS writes "Great for detection and access with the capabilities of defining specific rules". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". Check Point IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS and Fortinet FortiGate IPS, whereas Darktrace is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Vectra AI, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Corelight. See our Check Point IPS vs. Darktrace report.
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