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."The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"The scalability is acceptable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are sandbox capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"Stability is never a concern."
"A good tool for file scanning and email threat detection, especially when it comes to attachments and communications."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire should be more real-time in nature. The signature updates should happen in a minute or less than a minute to be a very good feature for the customer."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The solution can improve its traffic management."
"The global product feature needs improvement, the VPN, and we need some enhanced features."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way to install and deploy it, such as through the inclusion of wizards."
"The product's false positive logs could be more user-friendly to understand. They could provide examples of precious cases to learn."
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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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