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 product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"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."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"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."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we never faced any issues."
"It has a user-friendly interface."
"The cloud-based services are a nice feature."
"The technical support is good."
"The solution is scalable."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"Stability is never a concern."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"In the future, Palo Alto could reduce the time it takes to process the file."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"I don't think it needs to improve anything, except maybe the speed to deploy the changes."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"The price could be better."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire could improve by adding support for manual submission of suspicious files and URLs. Additionally, it would be an advantage to add rule-based analysis. Currently, it uses only static and AI. We need to be able to analyze archive files."
"The solution can improve its traffic management."
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Check Point Power-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 1 review while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) with 21 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 "Intuitive, stable, and scalable zero-day threat prevention solution with a machine learning feature". 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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