We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and WatchGuard Firebox 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."It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The solution is stable."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The VPN features in CloudGuard Network Security have been the most valuable for us."
"Moving into the cloud without having to change a lot of our internal processes and retrain staff is one of the biggest benefits of this solution."
"Advanced check prevention is a great feature that provides threat intelligence at speed."
"The tool's most valuable features are firewalls and IPS."
"I like how straightforward it is and simple it is to implement in the cloud."
"Any kind of cloud environment anywhere can be protected through this effortlessly."
"The installation process doesn't take very long."
"The solution is reliable."
"The solution simplifies my business. Normally, for administration, we are using NetApp System Manager on Window since it's easy to create new policies. In a short amount of time, you can create new policies based on new requirements. For example, in the last few months, many requirements changed due to the coronavirus, adding the use of new services, like Office 365, and eLearning tools, like Zoom."
"It protects me against malicious websites, as well as malicious downloads, as a perimeter anti-virus. I've also seen it blocking a lot of pings and different probes."
"I like intrusion detection the most."
"The throughput is great. It's perfect. We have no issues whatsoever. The management features are very powerful..."
"Efficient to setup, run, and maintain. Saving man hours and cost in the process."
"It provides us with Layer 2 and Layer 3 security."
"The solution has a useful traffic monitor."
"As a whole, it has a very low requirement for ongoing interaction. It's very self-sufficient. If properly patched, it has very high reliability. The total cost of ownership once deployed is very low."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"The biggest "gotcha" is that if the client purchases what they call the UTM shared bundle, which has unified threat management on both, it's not as easy to manage if you have more than one firewall."
"Its price is fair, but it can be more favorable."
"New features have been introduced recently, but they have not yet been integrated into CloudGuard Vsec."
"For major upgrades, it's still necessary to destroy the VMs and re-create them again. Doing that would mean new public IPs as well."
"Sometimes, if you aren't familiar with the solution, it can be a bit complex, but it does become easier to use with time. However, every time they launch a new version, it becomes more complex and you need to take time to get familiar with all the changes. For every version that they upgrade, you need to upskill yourself."
"There is room for improvement regarding the technical support provided."
"Check Point CloudGuard is not a feature-centric product because Check Point concentrates on security."
"The business and product development team should introduce a high-end feedback collection mechanism and analyze the customer requirements constructively."
"Having a web UI in the VSX (or something similar) would be nice."
"The UI and web view aren't nice."
"I would like to see more training become available for us."
"The pricing could be improved. It is definitely one of the more expensive products."
"Make WatchGuard Firebox capable of integrating with third-party vendors like FireMon, Splunk, Tenable, etc."
"In terms of the reporting and management features — and this isn't necessarily a WatchGuard issue, this seems to be more of an industry-wide issue — you get reports, but a lot of times you don't know what you're looking at. You're so overwhelmed with the data. You're getting a lot of stuff that doesn't matter, so it takes time to parse through it, to actually get what you want to know."
"The reporting is a little on the weak side. I would like to see a better reporting set and easier drill-down options."
"This solution needs the option to add an external hard drive."
"There's always room for improvement, especially if the threats are getting more sophisticated and the IT department cannot sufficiently meet this kind of sophistication with their own knowledge and experience. Knowing that this solution can get up to the level of addressing a lot of these threats is something that everybody wishes for. If we look at the dark web and the lawful web, they are two opposites, and if these two good and bad collide in the world of the internet, you want the best possible product—especially if you cannot get to that point of knowledge. I am just an individual and end user, with limited knowledge of usage. That's why I say there's always room for improvement, from their side and also from mine, because by knowing exactly what they can achieve and the knowledge that they can get on an everyday basis, and the portion that is understandable to me, it's an improvement for them as well."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 117 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.6. 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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