We performed a comparison between Check Point Antivirus and WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, SentinelOne, ESET and others in Anti-Malware Tools."It is very easy to manage the Antivirus blade, even for newcomers in our technical support team, which is a key area of interest for us."
"With Check Point, we can implement security measures to control access to the network and systems, which helps prevent unauthorized access."
"One of the characteristics of this antivirus that is valuable is the detection of ransomware."
"It can scan the files that our users have downloaded to check if they have a virus."
"Check Point Antivirus is capable of scanning files uploaded from the internet or running through the network via Check Point gateways/clusters."
"It offers a centralized administration which allows us to be much more productive."
"We find the zero-day protection to be an extremely valuable feature of this solution."
"It has a customer-savvy interface and easily customizable as per client and business requirements."
"The pricing of the solution is okay. It's not the most expensive option."
"It is the most effective on non-encrypted traffic and it is able to determine some threats through deep packet inspection."
"I haven't a problem with anti-virus stability using WatchGuard for over two years."
"The pricing is really extremely high in comparison to the rest of the market."
"More posting of user feedback is requested across all websites and Google so that more traction can be attained. Seeing reviews helps create more confidence with clients and partners."
"They can improve the customization features to the greatest extent possible and also help bring automation into system security in the most unified manner possible."
"The next release can focus more on timely upgrades to enhance computing compatibility."
"Technical support could be better."
"The product should improve its pricing."
"They need to add more and more features in the trial version and significantly reduce the pricing for the standard annual subscriptions for the benefit of all."
"Filtering the websites that can be visited is important also as there's always a chance to come by sites that, just by clicking, will download malicious threats."
"It doesn't offer the best protection and it's incompatible with a lot of China's websites. It makes a lot of mistakes when it is detecting items as it's not recognizing items correctly."
"WatchGuard technical support requires a license."
"The solution isn't what I would consider feature-rich."
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Check Point Antivirus is ranked 6th in Anti-Malware Tools with 49 reviews while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is ranked 39th in Anti-Malware Tools. Check Point Antivirus is rated 8.6, while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Antivirus writes "Compatible, cost-effective, and highly customizable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus writes "A fully complete suite with VPN, firewall, and anti-virus agents for network management". Check Point Antivirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, VirusTotal and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), whereas WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP).
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