We performed a comparison between Check Point Security Management and VMware Aria Operations for Logs based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Check Point Security Management is the high level of visibility"
"Key features include the ability to include logs for everything that you do for admin. Also, it has web filtering built in and VPN."
"It provides for capabilities and has allowed us to be more scalable."
"HA Structure provides good coverage and works fine."
"The additional features offered by the solution are excellent. We didn't have a lot fo these on a previous solution, and they've proven to be an advantage for us."
"With the generation and review of logs, we have verified some vulnerabilities and attempted attacks to generate improvements in our infrastructure and policies to help avoid issues in the future."
"We can easily push the policies to any of our gateways."
"The fact that everything starts from the same unified management console makes it very easy to integrate new equipment or functionalities once the operator has become familiar with it, as everything will follow similar management or operation mechanisms."
"The root cause analysis feature is very valuable."
"The tool helps my company deal with security and log analysis, which are very important areas for us...It is a scalable solution."
"It allows us to gain a comprehensive overview of our infrastructure."
"The setup and installation are very easy."
"It is a very useful tool if you have a VMware environment."
"I like the interface."
"vRealize Log Insight has been running without any issues."
"It is very scalable and can handle a large workload."
"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 web administration tool that allows administration in the browser must be developed even more."
"For those not familiar with the Command Line interface, there should be an option in the GUI for operating backups."
"It would be great if the SmartView Monitor could become integrated into the SmartView Console Platform."
"The tracking of new threats could be improved."
"The migration from R77 Manager to R80 is a major upgrade. It's not very easy to do. There should be some kind of Wizard for a direct upgrade from the R77 to the R80. There should be an easy way for the customers to do the upgrade."
"I guess it lacks in providing visibility of the many incidents."
"We'd like to see more and more integration possibilities between Checkpoint and other vendor security solutions such as Malwarebytes, SIEM solution providers, and standalone vulnerability scanners."
"It's great for VMware, but it would be good if they had third-party logins."
"The tool does not provide a centralized pane for monitoring."
"Log Insight should be better at dealing with audits and security logs. We use another product called QRadar for that."
"The solution isn't user-friendly for admins."
"I think that it should be able to integrate with other third-party backup and recovery solutions, more that it does now."
"Integration with other vendors is something that could be improved, they could add more vendors."
"What I'd like to improve in vRealize Log Insight is the licensing model. VMware provides vRealize Log Insight along with the VMware Cloud Foundation, but customers who would like to go for the native VMware would have to procure vRealize Log Insight separately. Today, vRealize Log Insight is offered on two different licenses, one is based on the number of VMs, and the other is based on the number of physical codes on the machine. If VMware can provide a bundle offer for customers who procure more than ten licenses, where you can have an option to run, for example, three hundred machines on vRealize Log Insight with no extra cost, this would encourage more people to adopt the solution. What I'd like to see in the next release of vRealize Log Insight is for a cloud option to be available, which would be a pay-as-you-go licensing model that would allow me to pick and choose what I'll monitor. For example, I have one thousand and three hundred critical servers, and the seven hundred servers for basic development, I don't want to monitor on vRealize Log Insight today, so I should be able to pick what I need to monitor on the solution and only pay for that specific instance. If VMware can apply these changes, it would help VMware customers to procure more or adopt more of vRealize Log Insight even in smaller projects."
"The monitoring landscape is getting bigger. When it comes to infrastructure monitoring, we need more visibility. VMware needs to integrate more related applications and third-party products. That would make it more appealing to an audience beyond the VMware team."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 55 reviews while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is ranked 10th in Log Management with 24 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while VMware Aria Operations for Logs is rated 8.2. 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 VMware Aria Operations for Logs writes "Gives a clear forecast about existing machines, and has an automation feature that helps in reducing a lot of ambiguities and managing operational efficiencies". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar and LogRhythm SIEM, whereas VMware Aria Operations for Logs is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, LogRhythm SIEM, Graylog and syslog-ng. See our Check Point Security Management vs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs report.
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