We performed a comparison between Check Point IPS and Fortinet FortiGate IPS 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 most valuable features of the solution are that the product's stability has been very good. The"
"Check Point is one of the best security brands worldwide."
"Check Point Intrusion Prevention System has great profiles, and we can continuously create, modify, activate, deactivate or configure any specific setting to allow the profile to focus on just one thing or for certain attacks."
"There's less admin burden to detect these threats as Check Point IPS will do it all for you and suggest the best preventive actions to protect the network."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point IPS is the management of devices and policies."
"The autonomous threat prevention is very easy to use. The APIs and SmartConsole tool also work well."
"IPS logs enable complete visibility and reporting through the smart console."
"The reports are useful in helping to verify the threats where we can see the level of severity in order to be able to take action."
"The solution effectively controls browsing traffic."
"Has a very user-friendly interface and doesn't require any prior knowledge."
"Integrated management is a very valuable feature."
"The solution provides an easy way to filter information and Fortinet lab is a great place to discover new things."
"The detection is great."
"I prefer FortiGate because it has a lot of other solutions embedded within it and is the easiest for our technicians to operate."
"The most useful features of Fortinet FortiGate IPS are you can create a virtual firewall within it, most other firewalls do not have this feature. You are able to manage your network and have network segmentation within your firewall. Additionally, you can create virtual switches within the firewall and have policy management, such as firewall and access policy."
"Provides good VPN capabilities."
"Enhancements are necessary for the proficiency of notifications in the event of a Social Security incident, whether through email or alternative channels such as SMS."
"The dashboard reports can be easier to generate and customize."
"When exceptions need to be done for certain profiles, it is easy to get them done, however, implementation on some general ones may cause some extra work as the IPS is not easy to overwrite."
"I would like to have the possibility of adding features to this IPS solution in the future."
"Check Point IPS' main problem is it is mostly software based. The performance is dependent on the CPU power, and the limited number of patterns."
"There is no standalone IPS appliance available."
"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."
"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 prevention mechanisms and implementation are not easy."
"FortGate's IPS reporting could be made better by giving more details regarding the source and destination of network traffic when it comes to the overview section. This would allow me to more easily follow the flow of traffic based on IP addresses, without having to integrate the IPS with other products that perform more sophisticated traffic analysis."
"There could be more modifications."
"Right now, it's not really scalable, but it's okay for us. However, looking ahead to three years from now, we might have a problem with scalability. We foresee a little risk down the road. The stability is okay for now."
"There is room for improvement in being proactive about identifying and integrating new signatures."
"I have used technical support and they could improve."
"The solution’s stability could be improved because we sometimes faced some drops."
"I have contacted the support from Fortinet FortiGate IPS. The service was good but the speed could be better."
Check Point IPS is ranked 3rd in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 46 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews. Check Point IPS is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4. 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 Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". Check Point IPS is most compared with Darktrace, Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT, whereas Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB. See our Check Point IPS vs. Fortinet FortiGate IPS report.
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