We performed a comparison between Check Point Power-1 [EOL] and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"The backup is the best feature."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"Detailed reporting on analysis of content. The inspections are easily applied to security policy profiles and profile groups, and may be assigned on a per-rule basis."
"What I like about Palo Alto is that it is a complete product, with everything in it."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"The support system could be improved."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"The scalability could be better."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"The user interface could be improved."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"The price could be better."
"The global product feature needs improvement, the VPN, and we need some enhanced features."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way to install and deploy it, such as through the inclusion of wizards."
"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."
"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."
"Many years back an update caused an issue with the firewall. However, Palo Alto not only informed us of said issue, they also sent an update that fixed the issue before I even had time to log in to determine if the issue affected our services."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
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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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