We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Cisco IOS Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The interface is very good."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The solution is stable."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The ease of deployment has been nice. It is like managing any of our on-prem firewalls."
"Security effectiveness is the most valuable feature. Operational efficiency, reporting, and support are also good."
"We have complete visibility of attacks originating from email including spear-phishing, spoofing, etc."
"The solution provides a centralized management console for easy administration and monitoring of security policies and events, making it easy for the security team."
"As per the solution's blade design, there are many options. For example, you have to buy a UTM blade and an advanced malware blade, etc. If the blade license is there, we can configure from the firewall GUI."
"The 24/7 online customer support services enhance effective operations and provide quick services in case of a system failure."
"CloudGuard's intelligent tools help us automate many manual security tasks, guaranteeing our customers' environments will be secure."
"All the features that we subscribe to from CloudGuard NGTP are valuable. All the threat prevention and access control features give us the network security that we expect."
"The product's stability is good."
"I'm able to transfer data over internet network security. With the GRE I'm able to transfer data within one bunch to another bunch in a public way, like the internet. The communication is encrypted and is private. It gives me added privacy."
"The solution is stable."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"The product is easy to use."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"Cisco products are very secure and integrate easily with other devices."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"The pricing could always be better."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"In the past year, I noticed that the challenging part, especially in the cloud, is upgrading to the next release of the firewall. Unlike on-premise upgrades, it's not as simple in the cloud. You need to recreate the machine, which makes the process more complex."
"The only pain points we have had with it were when we did major version upgrades. Rather than being able to do incremental upgrades on those, we had to completely redeploy. I know that has changed recently, but we had some hiccups when we did the upgrades. This is the only issue we have had."
"It is a very expensive program and there are additional costs despite the standard licensing fees."
"There is room for improvement, especially concerning the integration with the management center. It would be beneficial if tasks that currently require scripts could be performed directly from the GUI."
"We utilize logging systems, and geolocation is crucial for us as some applications must only be accessible from our country. However, there have been occasional issues with this feature."
"Check Point CloudGuard Network Security should give productive reports as per business requirements. It needs to improve support since the time-limit extended beyond a day. It should include more seamless API integrations."
"CheckPoint CloudGuard could be better at solving cases."
"They can improve their security features to the next advanced level so that their efficiency in catching the malware can become 100%, and there is no scope for any data loss or leakage from the system due to any issue."
"An area for improvement in Cisco IOS Security is the performance because it's not as stable sometimes. There's also some latency in the solution, which could be improved. Cisco IOS Security integrates with other solutions, but you'll encounter many errors after integration, so this is another area for improvement. I'd like to see enhanced performance and a simplified setup in the next version of Cisco IOS Security."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 112 reviews while Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 46 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "A mature product with good integration capabilities, however, it needs to be more affordable". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, whereas Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Cisco IOS Security report.
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