We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and WatchGuard XTM [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The simplicity of the access control is the most valuable feature for us. It gives us the ability to easily identify traffic that is either being allowed or denied to our network."
"The Smart Dashboard and other user interfaces are very easy to use and can be handled without any significant IT skills."
"It's enabled us to move away from basic LAN to LAN segmentation to a more powerful user separation approach."
"Check Point firewalls have significantly improved our ability to detect and prevent threats."
"I have to say that it was Application Control and web filtering are excellent."
"Check Point NGFW generates very helpful reports based on the logs of the activated features."
"The most valuable features are application control, regulation, and threat prevention."
"It's really simple to set up."
"It is stable and does not require you to reboot all the time."
"I like the hostwatch because I can see what traffic uses the most bandwidth and I can block that site."
"Reputation Enabled Defense indicates that some websites are so infested that it's not even worth visiting them, and therefore saving the bandwidth of going through the detection process."
"Application Control is fantastic with over 2,500 applications and the granularity that we can either allow people to view but not be able to log on to Facebook; or view it and log onto it if they're in the marketing department, but not play Facebook games. There are all sorts of different options like that. So it's highly granular."
"WatchGuard XTM is fairly basic. We use it as the perimeter firewall. The main point is to protect from attack software and hacking."
"We have used technical support for WatchGuard many times and overall, we are satisfied with it. They are always listening and there is a good reaction time to our findings. When there are issues, they really try to resolve them."
"It configures in all-in-one place."
"There is a site-to-site VPN configuration between others people."
"It needs more available central management."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"The tool’s architecture could be improved a bit."
"Finding support is a little bit hard."
"Currently, some prices are very expensive."
"It would be nice if there is a mobile-friendly console for our techs."
"I would highlight the need for enhancements in technical support services."
"The level and availability of training should be improved."
"The tool must improve its support."
"The price is middling. It's much more expensive than Fortinet, although not so expensive when compared with Palo Alto."
"Syslog (Dimension) is focused on presentation, but needs more focus on utility like SonicWall syslog (GMS/Analyzer)."
"The initial setup is neither simple nor complex. If you know the base in networking and how the firewall works, you will be able to figure it out."
"The VPN errors are not helpful when troubleshooting."
"The setting policies need improvement. It needs an easier way to do static NAT and check on what policy is being used for that specific traffic."
"WatchGuard doesn't have a product that allows them to get into the data center. And that's just because there is no hardware to do the job. The software could do it, but there's no hardware that allows that to happen at the moment. So it doesn't scale as well as some other products, that's for sure."
"Sometimes we have had issues with stability of the product."
"I would like them to improve the product's overall protections. This would be good for all product users."
"One huge issue with WatchGuard XTM is that I'm not getting reports in a readable format. Readable means, I don't want Excel online. We repeat auditing when we trigger the report or setup calendar. That functionality is what we are looking for from WatchGuard XTM here."
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Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while WatchGuard XTM [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while WatchGuard XTM [EOL] is rated 8.0. 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 WatchGuard XTM [EOL] writes "The multi-layer security of the products are the primary reason we use these appliances, however, the gateway wireless functionality for managing access points leaves much to be desired". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas WatchGuard XTM [EOL] is most compared with .
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