We compared Check Point Security Management and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer 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. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer features exceptional log collection capabilities and customizable reporting. FortiAnalyzer enables users to centrally manage and analyze logs in real time. 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. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could simplify its reporting module and cloud storage capabilities.
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 Fortinet customers were dissatisfied with support, but others said it was helpful and responsive.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point Security Management is generally seen as easy to set up if the user has some expertise. FortiAnalyzer's initial setup is uncomplicated and manageable, typically taking approximately 30 minutes to a few hours. Some IT knowledge may be required.
Pricing: Check Point Security Management is seen as a solid investment, offering flexibility and a good value for the price. While FortiAnalyzer isn't the most expensive option, users say the pricing could be more competitive. FortiAnalyzer's cost depends on the storage requirements, and many customers consider it reasonable.
ROI: Check Point users said the solution offers a steady ROI over time. FortiAnalyzer helps customers by providing insight into network traffic and speeding up issue resolution.
"It provides for capabilities and has allowed us to be more scalable."
"The firewall cleverly handles such attacks without compromising on performance."
"The Check Point Management server is isolated from security gateways, which means that in case there is an issue, we have our configuration ready and we can directly replace the device and push the configuration."
"Key features include the ability to include logs for everything that you do for admin. Also, it has web filtering built in and VPN."
"The compliance is great."
"We can easily push the policies to any of our gateways."
"It is good when it comes to access control, which is the basic feature that we use in a firewall appliance or solution. Check Point is effective when it comes to security control and threat prevention."
"Regarding the tool's valuable features, I would say that Check Point is a very accessible and fast tool, especially when dealing with logs for the first time."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to gather logs and generate reports."
"We like the fact that we can run minute-by-minute reporting form this solution."
"FortiAnalyzer's best feature is centralized log analysis. It's based on SQL database, so I can fully customize my report, chart-wise and log-wise, and can create as many reports as I want without any limit."
"FortiAnalyzer has a robust ability to find a compromised host on your network, and when you identify a compromised host, you can address it."
"The report templates are valuable. It works very well, and integrations also work well."
"The reporting features, which offer customization, real-time insights, and compliance support, are particularly noteworthy aspects."
"The solution is very easy to deploy."
"This solution offers one view of incident management which has been the most valuable feature."
"Check Point could improve by enhancing the networking in their solution in order to align it with the existing network architecture."
"It would be great if the SmartView Monitor could become integrated into the SmartView Console Platform."
"We would like to improve the upgrade process in order to do mass upgrades to firewalls and to be able to upgrade target firewalls at the same time."
"It sometimes blocks safe sites when I am researching, affecting the overall output and wasting time."
"I would like the ability to have an overview, cross-site: One portal that does all firewalls. Also, the user interface is overly complicated."
"I would like for users to have more control over the platform in the next release. Right now, the system is very central and general requiring new rules to be created that better-suite our requirements."
"Sometimes the security system slows down when it is overloaded."
"The reporting should be improved in future releases. It needs to be very explicit. This is very important."
"They could improve the user interface a bit."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer could improve the user interface, and the experience of users receiving the reports and tracking could be better."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer can improve by introducing integration with other Fortinet solutions with automation with one interface would be helpful."
"Technical support could respond to queries faster."
"The technical support takes at least two days to reply on any ticket post raised on their website."
"Their in-house technical support is extremely slow to respond. We have our own in-house team to manage issues so clients don't have to wait over two weeks for a response to issues."
"Fortinet FortiAnalyzer cannot receive any queries. They should add this feature in the future to help manage solutions."
"Software reports are good but should match the dashboard and include top-level output instead of just base or low-level devices."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 30 reviews while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is ranked 7th in Log Management with 44 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 9.0, while Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Security Management writes "Good documentation and proxy support with a helpful community available for troubleshooting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiAnalyzer writes "It creates a central point of management and control, giving you real-time insight into what is going on. ". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM, Splunk Cloud Platform and Graylog, whereas Fortinet FortiAnalyzer is most compared with Wazuh, Splunk Enterprise Security, Graylog, ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer and Elastic Security. See our Check Point Security Management vs. Fortinet FortiAnalyzer report.
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