We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and Cisco Secure Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"The most valuable feature for us was to implement negligent functionality, to direct functionality to viewer control and application control so we could disconnect, and at the same time, we installed checkpoints. We disconnected our proxy."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"The filtering was very good."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"The solution is very robust."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The most valuable feature of the Firepower solution is FireSIGHT, which can be easily managed and is user-friendly."
"Protecting our landscape in general and being able to see logging when things aren't going as set out in policies are valuable features. Our security department is keen on seeing the logging."
"The ASA has seen significant improvement due to the IPS."
"Sourcefire has been a great addition. The visibility and control have been nice."
"When I was managing these firewalls, I found them easy to understand, easy to deploy, and easy to maintain as compared to some of the other firewalls I have been involved with earlier. The opinion of my coworkers is that it's easy and quick to establish new zones, expand, and maintain."
"Cisco Secure Firewall's security solutions, advanced malware protection, and DDoS communication are very good."
"The features I found most valuable in this solution, are the overall security features."
"The feature I find most valuable is the Cisco VPN Interconnection."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"Its customer service could be better."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"The interface needs improvement."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"Technical support was very bad because the supplier who sold it to us, wasn't very supportive, and he wouldn't giving us direct links to the OEM."
"Specifically on the user experience, sometimes the set up of things, such as the VPN SSL, takes a lot of time to load and a lot of time to get up and running on every session."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"It should have an additional “operating mode”, like a “candidate configuration mode”, where you would have the possibility to test the changes you are going to implement and also the possibility to validate these changes."
"Sometimes, it is not easy to troubleshoot. You need to know where to go. It took me quite awhile. It's like, "Okay, if it doesn't go smoothly here, then go find the documentation." Once you do it, it is not so bad. However, it is sometimes a steep learning curve on the troubleshooting part of it."
"If the implementation was easier, it would be a lot better for us."
"They should work on making it a little more intuitive for users and not quite as complex. Still, it's a good product."
"Its user interface is good, but it could be better. Currently, you have to know what to do before you can manage a device. If you don't know what to do, you can mess things up. There are some devices that are easier, such as FortiGate. The user interface of FortiGate is more intuitive. It is very easy to log in and configure things."
"The product needs real-time logs to be able to monitor our services, so we can know if any our services have been blocked via the firewall or on the application side."
"Antivirus features must be integrated for end user security."
"The graphical interface could be improved. From what I have seen, Fortinet, for example, has a nicer GUI."
Earn 20 points
Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 19 reviews while Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews. Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is rated 8.2, while Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] writes "Great firewalls, VPN, and Intrusion prevention capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls.
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