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."This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"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."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"Being an application-based firewall, this is one of the critical focus factors along with the threat prevention services it provides."
"We get support in the free version."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"The cloud-based services are a nice feature."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"The price could be better."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"The system performance degrades after the solution has been deployed for some time. The data that it gives us becomes a little bit slow. When you try to get some data for troubleshooting, it seems like it's working hard to extract that data."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
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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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