We compared Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security based on our users' reviews in five categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation has a straightforward setup process, taking approximately six months to complete. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is also easy to set up, but complexity may vary depending on the environment and requirements. Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation's customer service received mixed feedback, with some users praising the support team and others expressing dissatisfaction. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security's customer support team is generally reliable, but there are complaints about response time, especially for global support. Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation requires a subscription and is considered expensive overall. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is also considered expensive, but the cost may vary depending on the size of the organization and the country.
"The feature most valuable to me is the NDTX blade that Check Point provides, and I like how the solution is not vulnerable."
"Auto Scaling is one of the features that make me want to choose CloudGuard over actual HW."
"Identity awareness, URL filtering, IDS, DLP, Content Filtering, VPN, and Application Control are all excellent."
"We find all the features valuable, particularly the firewall, application control, URL filtering, and HTTPS detection."
"The central management feature is a big plus, allowing us to manage both local and cloud gateways from one platform."
"It's a high-performance device. The network performance is also really good. We check how much time it takes for the servers. Our network performance has increased since using this solution."
"I like the tool's ability to manage cloud traffic locally without routing it through our data centers."
"The most valuable features are the ease of administration with the cloud management extension and the cloud licensing model."
"The features that I have found most useful is the ability to centralize all the rules and then distribute them across various locations. However, I've encountered challenges related to tagging policies, which can be complex to devise. It's a matter that requires careful consideration and stakeholder involvement before implementing such policies."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The product provides visibility into how the applications communicate and how the network protocols are being used."
"The flexibility of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Illumio Adaptive Security Platform is monitoring. When I have no requirement from the other application, I can use the web block traffic to build."
"The Explorer allows you to know the traffic between source and destination."
"The solution helps to maintain logs and monitor activities. It also helps us with access management. The tool helps us to secure organizational data that include files."
"It has helped us to understand internal network visibility and firewall policy implementation. We use the product to simplify firewall policy implementation."
"A threat categorization system can be added to give users the authority to define vulnerable attacks and classify areas that can threaten the workflow system."
"The networking system updates, when delayed, can lead to misconfigurations and data loss."
"Its architecture and user interface need improvement. The user experience for this solution also needs to be improved, particularly in implementation, management, and operations."
"The product can still grow."
"For major upgrades, it's still necessary to destroy the VMs and re-create them again. Doing that would mean new public IPs as well."
"Documentation might become too complex or too spread out, especially for newcomers."
"The initial setup was a bit complex."
"Lacks the ability to integrate with other security solutions."
"The solution is very basic and doesn't do anything other than the orchestration of layer four endpoint firewall rules."
"I would like to see better data security in the product."
"The product’s agents don't work very well in OT environments."
"The interaction we've had with the support team hasn't been ideal. Technical support should be improved."
"Illumio Adaptive Security Platform could improve by supporting more operating systems. For example, Cisco and Apache appliances."
"Some of the features that can be improved is offer additional guidance on creating an effective and risk-free tagging policy would be highly beneficial."
"The customer service is lagging a bit. It could be better."
"It requires a low-level re-architecting of the product."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 5th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 121 reviews while Illumio is ranked 4th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 8 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Illumio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "Highly reliable, great visibility, and centralized management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Illumio writes "Pprevents attackers or threats from spreading or moving laterally". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Fortinet FortiGate, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Illumio is most compared with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Zscaler Internet Access and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Illumio report.
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