We compared Check Point Security Management and USM Anywhere based on our users' reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data, and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Check Point Security Management is praised for its centralized management features, user-friendly interface, and extensive monitoring capabilities. USM Anywhere is highly regarded for its extensive reporting capabilities, thorough vulnerability assessment, seamless file integration, and user-friendly management features. Check Point Security Management could improve by simplifying the migration of security policies, optimizing performance, and expanding its management API. Other pain points include threat tracking and documentation. USM Anywhere users have suggested improvements in self-service plugin management, database optimization, and third-party threat intelligence integration.
Service and Support: Check Point Security Management's customer service is widely praised for being knowledgeable, supportive, and reliable. Although some users had problems with inexperienced agents and coordination issues, the overall support experience is positive. Some users say that USM Anywhere's customer service is knowledgeable and responsive, while others have faced delays and incomplete answers.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point Security Management is generally seen as easy to set up if the user has some expertise. The initial setup for USM Anywhere is generally considered to be straightforward if the user has technical knowledge. Vendor assistance is also available during the deployment phase.
Pricing: Check Point Security Management is seen as a solid investment, offering flexibility and a good value for the price. USM Anywhere is seen as more cost-effective than premium solutions like IBM QRadar and Splunk, with pricing considered reasonable and relatively low.
ROI: Check Point users said the solution offers a steady ROI over time. USM Anywhere has garnered favorable feedback regarding its ROI.
"The company uses software called Harmony. Check Point integrates nicely, whether on an endpoint or mobile device. It integrates well with the firewall and can give me reports that I can check without going to an online portal."
"It has a central management log server that helps us to easily identify faults and issues in the environment, especially during outages and incidents during the implementation of policy rules."
"The log dashboard in the SmartConsole is very useful and convenient for monitoring and tracking."
"The solution is ideal for use and deployment in a large infrastructure environment."
"The management API is the best new feature for me. It allows us to further automate our customers' automated server ordering."
"The additional features offered by the solution are excellent. We didn't have a lot fo these on a previous solution, and they've proven to be an advantage for us."
"The fact that everything starts from the same unified management console makes it very easy to integrate new equipment or functionalities once the operator has become familiar with it, as everything will follow similar management or operation mechanisms."
"We can track logs of each firewall which is very helpful."
"Ease of deployment across various environments."
"It allows you to define what alerts you want to see, or not to see, as well as if you want them grouped, or ungrouped."
"The vulnerability manager and the file integration are very good."
"SIEM log collection is great, and all of the rules that support updates with maintenance."
"It is my "security person" looking at irregularities and letting me know when something has occurred."
"It has streamlined log aggregation and analysis to meet organizational and regulatory needs."
"AT&T AlienVault USM is good for ELK Stack, the user experience is great because of its architecture. The ELK has a great performance and it has very good speed in the search and Kibana. Additionally, the visuals and dashboards and very nice and customizable."
"Asset discovery and vulnerability scanner are good features. The integration between this solution and OTX, which is an AlienVault platform for Open Threat Exchange, is also a valuable feature. It is also quick and easy to deploy, so you can quickly engage with a customer's environment."
"They need to make a Mac version of the SmartConsole, in my opinion."
"I would like the ability to have an overview, cross-site: One portal that does all firewalls. Also, the user interface is overly complicated."
"Policy installation time can be reduced."
"The migration from R77 Manager to R80 is a major upgrade. It's not very easy to do. There should be some kind of Wizard for a direct upgrade from the R77 to the R80. There should be an easy way for the customers to do the upgrade."
"Check Point EDR has room for improvement, especially in the area of Data Loss Prevention where it currently lacks functionality."
"In my experience, the place they can improve the most is in the technical support where I have had some serious problems that could not be solved in time due to a lack of knowledge of the assigned engineer."
"In future releases I'd like to see better integration with other applications and solutions. Also, the cost of the license is too high, it's too expensive."
"Some costs are ridiculously high."
"Reporting is convoluted and difficult at times, although they claim to have hundreds of pre-built reports, very few of them are actually useful for anything but what the USM is doing."
"Its reporting tools need improvements. It would be good if they can provide integration with other ticketing systems. Currently, we only have integration with Slack and Jira. It is also a bit slow, and its replication engine can be improved."
"The UI and overall processes need a little bit more love. This shows in the error banners that come up when you select certain things. There isn't a day that goes by that the UI doesn't error out and I can't view events for an alarm."
"The price of AT&T AlienVault USM could be reduced."
"The only complex area of the setup was writing the custom scripts."
"The only room for improvement I can mention is the initial installation procedures. I found that the online installation instructions for the product were missing important details, they lacked necessary steps."
"The one thing I continue to dislike about the USM is the limitation on reports."
"This solution could be easier to use."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 55 reviews while USM Anywhere is ranked 14th in Log Management with 113 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while USM Anywhere is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Security Management writes "Great DDoS protection, high availability, and useful firewall rule implementation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of USM Anywhere writes "Easy to use and affordable". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM and Splunk Cloud Platform, whereas USM Anywhere is most compared with Wazuh, AlienVault OSSIM, IBM Security QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk Enterprise Security. See our Check Point Security Management vs. USM Anywhere report.
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