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."It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
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"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"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 safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The solution is very robust."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The filtering was very good."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"The ability to perform packet captures on the command line and via the GUI is useful for diagnosing problems."
"Easy to deploy and easy to use."
"The GUI is easy to understand."
"The most valuable features of pfSense are security, user-friendliness, and helpful online management."
"The features I have found best are ease of use, GUI, and performance."
"It is easy to use and has integrity with other systems, such as proxies and quality of service."
"The solution is fairly scalable when it comes to integrating with other applications and data sets."
"The redundancy and scalability ARE very nice."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"The pricing could always be better."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"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."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"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."
"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."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"The interface needs improvement."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"Their support could be better in terms of the response time."
"The solution requires a lot of administration."
"Ease of use is a problem for a user who is unfamiliar with this product because, in the interface, everything has to be set manually."
"Layer 7 advanced firewall features are not included in the solution."
"Ultimately, we'd like something stronger, and something that can handle threats better in real-time."
"I would like to see different graphs available in the reporting."
"The technical support needs to be improved."
"The solution could improve by having centralized management and API support online."
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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