We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."Check Point Remote Access VPN provides strong security features, including encryption, authentication, endpoint security, access control, and centralized management."
"One of the features that I like most about this software is that it has a very intuitive, simple, and versatile interface that makes it easy to use and configure."
"Our users find the interface very comfortable to use."
"Organizations that already use the Check Point NGFW Solution do not require any additional hardware, which makes the implementation straightforward and reduces the time to go live."
"The secure hotspot access for enabling good network connectivity is great."
"The solution is easy to install, centrally managed, and stable, with good technical support and a straightforward setup."
"The clients of the customers have a facility to access the enterprise network."
"Check Point has been perfect for protecting us from any type of attack or data theft during remote management."
"It is a stable solution."
"Users get direct secure access to applications over the internet."
"The scalability is pretty good."
"The VPN is great for the stability on offer and for the cloud updates and insights you can get."
"What I find most valuable in Zscaler Private Access is that it's a VPN. Its connectivity as a VPN is its most valuable feature."
"We don't need to connect anymore. It is automatically connected when you log on in Windows."
"Sandboxing, DLP, and SSL inspection engine are the most valuable features of Zscaler SASE."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the CASB solutions, which is protecting their Office 365."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20. If you don't get on your phone right away and check on your authentications, it will kick you out."
"The fully-featured security module is only supported on Windows and Mac systems, which means that organizations with Linux will face issues providing secure access."
"The VPN remote Access blade could be improved."
"The authentication that we handle is through a .p12 certificate, however, we have integrated it with a 2MFA service through another provider. Something that could improve Check Point is if it had its own 2MFA service through a blade or some sort of application."
"Sometimes we have some small problems with Check Point Remote Access VPN. For example, problems with authentication."
"You have no ability to reserve a total number of licenses. The VPN user licenses are assigned per gateway, and if you enable MEP function is not so easy to size the gateway licenses."
"The ability to allow split-tunneling while still following our corporate policy needs to be on the table."
"The Linux version may have an app (similar to Windows) instead of a shell script."
"Zscaler Private Access needs to improve its collaboration with applications without compromising security."
"We faced certain migration and implementation challenges in executing the tasks, so I would suggest improvement related to the stability of the solution."
"Conflicts arise if you do not have the same management teams on the product."
"Setup is a bit complex because there are many steps that need to be taken before onboarding and activating the solution."
"It has a limitation, if you are creating a rule or something for a web application or something, you could only add five users, not more than that. Five or four users are only included in a rule. If you want to create a rule for more than five or four users, you have to go through other methods, not particularly with the application. Working within the application with this method would be quite easy as compared to listing a URL or a normal IP address."
"What could be improved in Zscaler Private Access is its notification. For example, if there's a speed issue, there should be a pop-up that alerts the user about it. If there is a network quality issue, for example, it isn't good enough to connect to, or the network quality is bad, there should be a notification from the solution. Zscaler Private Access also needs improvement in terms of its interface and security."
"More on-prem infrastructure is required when Zscaler Private Access is to be implemented as a single point of entry."
"The pricing for Private Access seems to be on the expensive side, and I believe they should consider making it more competitive with other solutions."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 4th in Remote Access with 60 reviews while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is ranked 1st in ZTNA as a Service with 34 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange writes "Allows for strict access control, granting access to specific applications at a URL level rather than at the physical IP level". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and Symantec VIP Access Manager, whereas Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Axis Security, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Jamf Connect.
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