We performed a comparison between Check Point Power-1 [EOL] and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"Remote access is excellent."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we never faced any issues."
"A good tool for file scanning and email threat detection, especially when it comes to attachments and communications."
"With this product, we receive the best monitoring and reports."
"The solution is completely integrated with all the other Palo Alto products. I think that it is the best part for endpoint protection. The firewall features include URL and DNS filtering, threat protection, and antivirus."
"It is the best device in comparison to other network products in the marketplace."
"The most valuable features are all of the security features in terms of protection and SSL and VPN."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"The user interface could be improved."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"High availability features are lacking."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
"The initial setup was complex."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way to install and deploy it, such as through the inclusion of wizards."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"I don't think it needs to improve anything, except maybe the speed to deploy the changes."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
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Check Point Power-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 2 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Power-1 [EOL] writes "Good intrusion prevention, firewall, and VPN capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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