We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and McAfee StoneGate [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"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 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."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"The solution is very robust."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"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."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"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."
"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."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
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Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 19 reviews while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is rated 8.2, while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0. 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 McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with .
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