We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"Provides very good performance."
"The packet inspections have been a strong point."
"Check Point is more expensive but easier to manage, and their presales and after-sale support are way better than Fortinet's."
"If you want to share traffic loads to both cluster members you can use the active-active feature, if you don't want to share traffic loads you can prefer active standby."
"The fact that these can be separated and made in different layers provides excellent convenience for the administrators who regulate the rules."
"Some of the most valuable features are URL filtering, web filtering, and content filtering."
"The Anti-Spoofing has the ability to monitor the interfaces. Suppose any spoofed IP addresses are coming from an external interface, it won't allow them. It will drop that traffic. You have two options with the Anti-Spoofing: prevent or detect. If any kind of spoof traffic is coming through the external interface, we can prevent that."
"The IPS is frequently updated so the rules are always new and in place."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"You need to merge all the old consoles into one new one and make the interface more convenient for the novice administrator."
"All the advanced features of automation, especially the first installation of tunnels, need improvement."
"There are some issues compared to other products. Ease of use is one."
"I'd like to see more use of applications and URLs in security policies moving forwards."
"Check Point could improve the time for delivering requested features from customers."
"The exterior of the physical device can be improved with the use of a display and not just simple lights."
"Pricing needs to be lowered from start, this would be more effective than lowering it during negotiations."
"It's my understanding that the initial setup is a bit complex. There's a bit of a learning curve if you're trying to set it up for the first time and you aren't familiar with the product."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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Check Point NGFW doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 279 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and Sophos UTM. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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