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."In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The GUI is good."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The filtering was very good."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"The solution is very robust."
"The features I have found most valuable are the ASA firewalls. I like to have features like most integrated systems in ACI."
"Simple to deploy, stable."
"The firewall power that comes with Cisco ASAv is the most valuable asset. They are are very easy to manage."
"There are some hiccups here and there, but compared to the technical support from other vendors, I have had the best experience with Cisco's technical support. I would rate them at nine out of ten."
"It is a very stable product. I've not had any issues with it. It is a super product, and I won't need to change it anytime soon."
"It is very stable."
"With Cisco, there are a lot of features such as the network map. Cisco builds the whole network map of the machines you have behind your firewall and gives you insight into the vulnerabilities and attributes that the host has. Checkpoint and Fortinet don't have that functionality directly on the firewall."
"I like that Cisco Firepower NGFW Firewall is reliable. Support is also good."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"The solution could be improved if there was a better way to report. The reporting functionality is not really good. Even though it's not the major function. Maybe adding a way to make a custom report."
"The interface needs improvement."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"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."
"Security generally requires integration with many devices, and the management side of that process could be enhanced somewhat. It would help if there was a clear view of the integrations and what the easiest way to do them is."
"The price and SD-WAN capabilities are the areas that need improvement."
"The service could use a little more web filtering. If I compare it to Cyberoam, Cyberoam has more the web filtering, so if you want to block a website, it's easier in other solutions than in Cisco."
"We cannot have virtual domains, which we can create with FortiGate. This is something they should add in the future. Additionally, there is a connection limit and the FMC could improve."
"Deploying configurations takes longer than it should."
"One of the few things that are brought up is that for the overall management, it would be great to have a cloud instance of that. And not only just a cloud instance, but one of the areas that we've looked at is using an HA type of cloud. To have the ability to have a device file within a cloud. If we had an issue with one, the other one would pick up automatically."
"It is hard to collaborate with our filtered environment."
"Maybe the dashboard could be a bit better."
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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