We compared Check Point Security Management and IBM Security QRadar 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. QRadar users say the solution provides extensive information and helpful leads for locating pertinent data. QRadar stands out with its comprehensive network visibility and strong SIEM capabilities. 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. QRadar could improve its rule deployment and lower its false positive rate. Users would also like expanded storage capacity, streamlined user management, and a more mature architecture.
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 QRadar customers have had trouble connecting with knowledgeable support staff and experienced delayed responses.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point Security Management is generally seen as easy to set up if the user has some expertise. QRadar's initial setup can be complex for users without expertise, and the difficulty may vary depending on the size of the data set.
Pricing: Check Point Security Management is seen as a solid investment, offering flexibility and a good value for the price. QRadar can be costly because users need to buy new hardware to upgrade.
ROI: Check Point users said the solution offers a steady ROI over time. QRadar delivers a high return on investment, improving security through its advanced user behavior analytics.
"It has brought significant improvements, including features like spam and anti-spam measures, intrusion prevention (IPS), and advanced filtering."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point Security Management is the high level of visibility"
"The solution is ideal for use and deployment in a large infrastructure environment."
"The SSL VPN monitoring based on users and tunnel monitoring are great value-added features present in the management console."
"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."
"We are now able to monitor the different VPN communities in real-time."
"Check Point Security Management has improved our organization because all corporate firewalls can be managed with a single interface."
"I love the URL filtering as well as the identification capabilities which link with the Active Directory and work for me even with bandwidth regulation. These allow me to select to whom to do what, and when."
"The UBA feature is the most valuable because you can see everything about users' activities."
"It'll get you from point A to B."
"It has a logical, user-friendly GUI."
"Vulnerability data, network data and the like, are part of correlation and detection."
"The playbook engine is flexible and allows for the graphical visualization of processes, enabling the implementation of dynamic playbooks for incident response or testing."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is very stable, easy to get going, and easy to manage. It is also easy to review all incidents."
"It's built around Red Hat Linux, which is highly robust."
"I have found visibility very helpful for analytics."
"They need to make a Mac version of the SmartConsole, in my opinion."
"While the console and administration work well, they have to work on performance since it consumes a lot of CPU and memory."
"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."
"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."
"Support is the main area that they need to improve. Our support experience is not very smooth. We are based in Africa, and we don't know whether it is because of our region. I would like a feature where there is a workflow to provide authorization to some users before they're able to create and apply rules. Such a feature should be integrated with the management. It should not be in the box that comes with it."
"The management API can be further developed so that all functions offered by the dashboard are also available via the API (for example, Network Topology)."
"Installing a policy takes a very long time to complete."
"They could offer educational courses to help individuals improve their knowledge and skills."
"Right now, if you look at the compatibility, if you need to deploy QRadar in a physical appliance you have only two choices of server, their own or a Lenovo server. In today's world, you cannot keep something tied to such a big brand. Clients want to be able to use whatever type of server they want."
"IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson could be more user-friendly. You need some skills and understanding of what you're looking at, especially if you're going to draw down specific information."
"It's resource-intensive."
"The biggest problem was built on top of the QRadar in the executive operations center network. The integration was not using the network security specialist properly, and all the incidents were inferior with QRadar. Its compatibility is not really good."
"For the common needs of clients to fulfill requirements, a real integration with Blueworks Live (BPA modeling tool also from IBM) and a more suitable BPM on cloud solution for midsize customers."
"I would like to see some artificial intelligence and alternative solutions."
"Each module requires a separate license and a separate cost."
"There are a lot of things they are working on and a lot of technologies that are not yet there. They should probably work out a better reserve with their ecosystem of business partners and create wider and more in-depth qualities, third-party tools, and add-ons. These things really give immediate business value. For instance, there are many limitations in using SAP, EBS, or Micro-Dynamics. A lot of things that are happening in those platforms could also be monitored and allowed from the cybersecurity risks perspective. IBM might be leaving this gap or empty space for business partners. Some larger organizations might already be doing this. It would be very nice if IBM can make some artificial intelligence part free of charge for all current QRadar users. This would be a big advantage as compared to other competitors. There are companies that are going in different directions. Of course, you can't do everything inside QRadar. In general, it might be very good for all players to provide more use cases, especially regarding data protection and leakage prevention. There are some who are already doing some kind of file integrity or gathering some more information from all possible technologies for building anything related to the user and data analysis, content analysis, and management regarding the data protection."
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IBM Security QRadar is a security and analytics platform designed to defend against threats and scale security operations.
Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 55 reviews while IBM Security QRadar is ranked 6th in Log Management with 197 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while IBM Security QRadar is rated 8.0. 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 IBM Security QRadar writes "A highly stable and scalable solution that provides good technical support". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, LogRhythm SIEM, Splunk Cloud Platform and Graylog, whereas IBM Security QRadar is most compared with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk Enterprise Security, Wazuh, LogRhythm SIEM and Elastic Security. See our Check Point Security Management vs. IBM Security QRadar report.
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