We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"The most valuable feature for us was to implement negligent functionality, to direct functionality to viewer control and application control so we could disconnect, and at the same time, we installed checkpoints. We disconnected our proxy."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The solution is very robust."
"The GUI is easy to understand."
"pfSense allows us to spread the hours of connection and do the filtering on the pfSense site."
"Routing, load balancing, Traffic Limiter and queues. Since this company relies on an Internet connection, having these features is a must."
"For everyday tasks, we just get alerts. It's anything that's suspicious, including from our Netgate. So, it's part of how we maintain cybersecurity in our school. This is working alongside our endpoint security solution."
"This solution has increased the level of security, given us more control, provided a deep insight into network traffic, and is a great VPN solution."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"Sophos Intercept X is scalable. Currently, we have almost 30 people using it in our company."
"Great extensibility of the platform."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"Specifically on the user experience, sometimes the set up of things, such as the VPN SSL, takes a lot of time to load and a lot of time to get up and running on every session."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"What has been the issue of firewalls is they ask me for policies and content filtering application control and all these features that are now part of Harmony."
"The solution could be improved if there was a better way to report. The reporting functionality is not really good. Even though it's not the major function. Maybe adding a way to make a custom report."
"The interface needs improvement."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"Technical support was very bad because the supplier who sold it to us, wasn't very supportive, and he wouldn't giving us direct links to the OEM."
"Could be simplified for new users."
"A way to clean squid cache from the GUI."
"If you want to take advantage of all of the solution's options, you need to have a bit of a technical background. It's not for a layperson."
"They can improve the dynamic of the input of IPs from outside."
"A malware blocker should be included. I do not know if it is included yet. However, until now, we have not experienced a large malware invasion."
"The solution could use better reporting. They need to offer more of it in general. Right now, the graphics aren't the best. If you need to provide a report to a manager, for example, it doesn't look great. They need to make it easier to understand and give users the ability to customize them."
"The VPN feature of the solution could improve by adding better functionality and providing easier configure ability."
"Adjustment in the interfaces: I had to adjust those interfaces manually and of course that is a great feature that you can restore it but it is immediately also one point for improvement. If you don't have to adjust, if it's just stamped and it works, that's great."
Earn 20 points
Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 19 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is rated 8.2, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] writes "Great firewalls, VPN, and Intrusion prevention capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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