We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Symantec Endpoint Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The product gives analytic reports."
"I like how straightforward it is and simple it is to implement in the cloud."
"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."
"The tool's most valuable features are firewalls and IPS."
"When browsing, it scans sites to ensure that they are safe and that no harm can be caused."
"Security effectiveness is the most valuable feature. Operational efficiency, reporting, and support are also good."
"It makes securing our cloud workload super easy, and we are able to push any sort of policy changes we need pretty quickly"
"Now, we can filter which websites users can access and block categories that are a risk. For example, we can block social media and gambling sites. This has helped to decrease the risk of access to malicious content on the internet."
"The solution is easy to use"
"The initial setup is very simple and straightforward."
"I have found the central control console the most valuable feature."
"The firewall, IPS and device control are useful at protecting the environment."
"The most valuable feature is the virus and malware detection capability."
"I think the key thing for me, is interoperability, in that you can deploy it to Windows, Mac, and Linux. That's been a really important feature in the last two years. Now there's one management console to cover all three OSs."
"ATP is really impressive, and with EDR, it is the best solution I have ever known."
"The solution, especially in older versions, is quite stable."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"It needs more available central management."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"In the next release, including VRF support would be highly beneficial."
"I haven't used CloudGuard Network Security in the past couple of years as I moved out of the network security role. However, based on my previous experience, there were improvements, especially in in-place upgrades. Regarding cost, it might be potentially cheaper considering resource utilization in Azure and VM costs, but licensing could be improved, possibly moving towards a simpler model."
"It's meeting our needs at this time. If I could make it better, it would be by making it more standalone. That would be beneficial to us. I say that because our current platform for virtualization is VMware. The issue isn't any fault of Check Point, it's more how the virtualization platform partners allow for that partnership and integration. There has to be close ties and partnerships between the vendors to ensure interoperability and sup-portability. There is only so far that Check Point, or any security vendor technology can go without the partnership and enablement of the virtualization platform vendor as it relies on "Service Insertion" to maintain optimal performance."
"It is somewhat problematic in the area of the cloud."
"There is room for improvement in addressing bugs and support issues."
"They can improve their security features to the next advanced level so that their efficiency in catching the malware can become 100%, and there is no scope for any data loss or leakage from the system due to any issue."
"CheckPoint CloudGuard could be better at solving cases."
"Lacks the ability to integrate with other security solutions."
"It would be helpful if this product provided patch management functionality."
"The solution is very difficult to uninstall. There isn't really a way to uninstall the product at all, which is quite a headache."
"The artificial intelligence of Symantec End-User Endpoint Security could be better."
"It is only available to use on computers with higher-end specs."
"Any external device which is inserted into a computer should be subject to an auto-scan policy, to automatically scan it before accepting the device... They need to make it more user-friendly, so that when anyone puts in a USB stick it will be scanned, popping up any problems before it is used."
"Symantec isn't good in terms of updating customers about updates. You'd normally have to search it out. Sometimes, the update process for the administration and management console can be a bit intimidating, and it can be quite inconvenient to get the updates. That's because when you have to do the update, you have to update the management console, and then you need to update the clients. Their application that's installed on desktops and servers needs to go hand in hand with the management console. Sometimes, it's a bit unwieldy to see that process through."
"The overall quality of the product needs to be improved because with the last session we had several issues with new versions. Also, the solution needs better protections."
"The platform itself can be improved as there's no way to track how infections get into the organization."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 119 reviews while Symantec Endpoint Security is ranked 5th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 140 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Symantec Endpoint Security is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Endpoint Security writes "The solution has given us visibility into compliance within our whole system and helped us ensure everything is updated". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Symantec Endpoint Security is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Trend Micro Deep Security, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.
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