We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"Microsoft's technical support is very good. They're quite knowledgable and responsive."
"I like its order management feature. It doesn't have the kind of threat intelligence that Palo Alto has, but the order management makes it much simpler to know the difference."
"The firewall policy control, URL content control, and antivirus are all the most valuable aspects. Threat prevention is as well quite good."
"Great security and connectivity."
"The solution is stable."
"Among the most valuable features are the DDoS protection that protects your virtual machines, the threat intelligence, and traffic filtering."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"The main benefit of the Check Point Virtual Systems solution is its ability to split up the hardware appliances that we have into several logical, virtual devices with separate traffic handling policies, as well as the switching and routing."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The product offers an easy and nice way to manage the gateways, similar to on-prem hardware. It has packet filtering features. Our security operations are faster and less prone to errors. We selected CloudGuard Network Security due to its visibility."
"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."
"This software is great in overall performance since it can locate any trouble across the networking system and provide solutions before it affects workflows."
"The tool's most valuable features are firewalls and IPS."
"The security configuration features have enhanced the reliable coordination of programs and data safety."
"The most valuable feature for us is the cluster support."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"Currently, it only supports IP addresses, so you have to be specific about the IPs that are in your environment."
"They can improve the pricing of Azure Firewall."
"It would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"Azure has new versions including a premium firewall. But I would like to see them not put the premium features on Azure Firewall Premium alone because it is quite expensive."
"Azure Firewall should have a free trial version for new users so that they can evaluate it before deploying it."
"The threat intelligence aspect of this particular firewall is not at par with other providers."
"This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing."
"It would be much easier if the on-premises, firewall rules, had some kind of export-import possibility in place, which is not the case right now."
"The product needs to improve technical support."
"While Check Point does offer some VWAN offerings, they appear to be more static and less tailored to cloud-native environments compared to Palo Alto's dynamic and flexible approach."
"It can be difficult to install properly without prior training"
"The product needs to improve support. They don't consider my case the number one priority even though I want a quick resolution."
"CloudGuard Network Security's pricing is expensive. We have encountered issues with its licensing."
"The networking system updates, when delayed, can lead to misconfigurations and data loss."
"The costs are high."
"This application can be more integrated with web application firewalls. Better integrations would provide more granularity, which would be helpful for focusing on the application itself and preventing attacks. It would be good to include the cross-domain search. If you have multiple firewalls that are managed on the same platform and you want to check who is using some particular objects or where a specific ID is being used, it should provide an option for this kind of search instead of having to check one by one on each firewall."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 121 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "Highly reliable, great visibility, and centralized management". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. See our Azure Firewall vs. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security report.
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