We performed a comparison between Check Point Antivirus and WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Anti-Malware Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."New viruses emerge day after day, and this EDR system helps action be taken before viruses affect the internal system."
"This solution helps make sure that we can patch and keep security going without having to talk to everyone for change management."
"Threat detection intelligence and high customization facilitation is the most popular aspect for customers and users."
"Its most valuable feature is the integration of analytics with the cloud."
"It has zero-day attack protection."
"It has a customer-savvy interface and easily customizable as per client and business requirements."
"Its most outstanding characteristic is its ability to achieve and define a line of security based on policies and identity."
"The simplicity of management and remote assistance for the users make it a smooth experience, and administrators can easily handle tasks remotely."
"I haven't a problem with anti-virus stability using WatchGuard for over two years."
"The pricing of the solution is okay. It's not the most expensive option."
"It is the most effective on non-encrypted traffic and it is able to determine some threats through deep packet inspection."
"We would like to see the URL filtering functionality improved in this solution, so that we can exclude domains, rather than just single site URL's."
"While features are really good and promising to use and implement, a certain level of improvement is required in terms of software deployment across different business environments."
"The pricing is really extremely high in comparison to the rest of the market."
"Sometimes the antivirus updates fail. We don't understand why because sometimes it fails but the next time you try it goes well and the firewall always has access to the internet. We don't understand why it sometimes fails."
"We'd like to see some customized security roll-ups and scans for threat detection."
"The cases of false positives should substantially be reduced to the greatest extent to keep the efficiency excellent."
"We'd like to see better integration with other security tools."
"The antivirus could be improved in terms of the resources it consumes, particularly regarding CPU and memory usage. We've encountered issues with some of our firewalls, leading us to turn off the antivirus feature due to its heavy resource consumption."
"It doesn't offer the best protection and it's incompatible with a lot of China's websites. It makes a lot of mistakes when it is detecting items as it's not recognizing items correctly."
"The solution isn't what I would consider feature-rich."
"WatchGuard technical support requires a license."
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Check Point Antivirus is ranked 6th in Anti-Malware Tools with 50 reviews while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is ranked 45th in Anti-Malware Tools. Check Point Antivirus is rated 8.6, while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Antivirus writes "Compatible, cost-effective, and highly customizable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus writes "A fully complete suite with VPN, firewall, and anti-virus agents for network management". Check Point Antivirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, CrowdStrike Falcon, VirusTotal and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), whereas WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP). See our Check Point Antivirus vs. WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus report.
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