We performed a comparison between Check Point IPS and Fortinet FortiGate IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The reports are well written so that you can understand what type of attack has occurred, the originating IP address, and other details."
"The solution is user-friendly and the interface is easy to configure."
"Check Point IPS manages risk categories very well and accordingly helps us protect each of our devices in real-time."
"It is also worth noting that many IPS signature comes with detailed background about the vulnerability, and potentially how the vulnerability would affect the network security."
"Among its great features is the ability to detect outgoing malware or extraction of compromised data and stop it, thus safeguarding us by isolating the network, the equipment, or the identity of the affected users."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that the product's stability has been very good. The"
"IPS signatures can be set quite granularly depending on your environment. You can filter on performance impact, severity, and confidence which makes sizing and adapting easier."
"Protection in real-time is very good. It helps us detect things on time and make decisions to improve perimeter security."
"Fortinet FortiGate IPS has an easy-to-use interface and configuration."
"It is a good product. It does what we want it to do so. I didn't find many false-positives or things like that. We mainly use the IPS and URL filtering features, and they are pretty good."
"We have not had to reach out to FortiGate support yet and that is a pretty good track record."
"Integrated management is a very valuable feature."
"Before using this solution, we had so many problems accessing our resources because we don't have a lot of internet bandwidth. And by using application control and traffic shaping, we were able to manage user to quickly access services that are important. This tool has aided to the simplicity of our day-to-day management."
"It does not require a lot of maintenance."
"We use it to avoid unwanted traffic."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are the UTM package which provides internet blocking restrictions and load balancing. Additionally, the solution is easy to use and the security reporting is good. The security fabric which they have launched Fortinet FortiGate IPS, it's very good in terms of giving details."
"The pain point that I have with this solution is contacting technical support."
"I hear from my admin that the firmware upgrade process is quite cumbersome."
"This is an expensive solution, higher than other products on the market."
"Threat Prevention policies are not very easily manageable as there are several profiles/policies/etc. Therefore, there are several ways to add exceptions and check the configuration."
"What I would like to improve in IPS would be the capacity of the hardware. I would also like to be able to sort signatures by severity. This would greatly impact how well I can manage my environment."
"I am not aware of a preview channel or some repository to have a preview on upcoming signatures, however, this would be nice to have."
"The area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required consist of support availability."
"Setting up Check Point IPS isn't easy, but it's not too complex, either. I rate it seven out of 10 for ease of setup. Generally, customers cannot do it themselves. They need an integrator."
"It would be better if they had a dashboard where we could see what attacks were happening. It would be good to see who's trying to get into our network."
"To stay ahead of the competition Fortinet FortiGate IPS needs to think about how to adjust pricing."
"The solution has limited scalability."
"Deploying FortiGate is hard."
"The solution could improve the integration."
"There could be more modifications."
"Monitoring could be improved."
"Whitelisting could be better."
Check Point IPS is ranked 3rd in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 46 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 54 reviews. Check Point IPS is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point IPS writes "Great for detection and access with the capabilities of defining specific rules". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". Check Point IPS is most compared with Darktrace, Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT, whereas Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB. See our Check Point IPS vs. Fortinet FortiGate IPS report.
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