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."It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"The most valuable features are all of the security features in terms of protection and SSL and VPN."
"You have better control because you define apps. You just don't define ports. You define apps, and the apps are monitored in the traffic. It is more specific than the Cisco firewall when it comes to our needs."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we never faced any issues."
"It is the best device in comparison to other network products in the marketplace."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"The most effective feature of WildFire for threat analysis is its collaboration with other security profiles on our Palo Alto firewall."
"We have found that Palo Alto Networks WildFire is scalable. We currently have six thousand users for the product."
"I love the idea of Palo Alto Networks WildFire. It's more geared toward preventing malware. If someone's laptop or phone is malware-infected, the tool prevents it from uploading valuable corporate data outside the corporate network. That's what I love about Palo Alto Networks WildFire. It stops malware in its tracks."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"There are certain changes that I was expecting in the previous version, and I hope that they are soon fixed. All of the problems that I have faced so far have been resolved."
"Other vendors have some sort of bandwidth management built into the firewall itself and Palo Alto is missing that."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
"The cost of the solution is excessively high."
"The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
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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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