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 most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"It offers remarkable flexibility in how we configure and utilize the resources."
"The most valuable feature I have found in CloudGuard Network Security is the flexibility to rebuild the firewall as needed."
"Its integration and use of features, such as advanced threat prevention, have helped us a lot with malware prevention and also with avoiding exposure to false positives."
"A unique architecture makes this product stand out from other solutions."
"The solution has been quite stable."
"SSL/TLS traffic inspection features are used for advanced threat prevention against secure SSL traffic."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized dashboard, which is used for managing all of the Check Point Security Gateways."
"The installation process doesn't take very long."
"We use the product for firewalls."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"Cisco IOS Security is very robust and works very well."
"In Pakistan, we only use Cisco because they have good local support infrastructure. Huawei and Fortinet don't offer direct support in Pakistan."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"The initial setup is complex."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"A threat categorization system can be added to give users the authority to define vulnerable attacks and classify areas that can threaten the workflow system."
"Check Point has a history of moving fast with software release and upgrade cycles which are difficult to keep up with at times."
"Lacks the ability to integrate with other security solutions."
"If you compare the GUI with the Palo Alto and Forcepoint in the Cisco, they're very easy. Check Point, due to its design, is a little bit complex. They should make the GUI easy to use so that anyone can understand it easily, like Fortinet's GUI. Many companies end up using Fortinet because the GUI is very easy, and there's no need for training. They just deploy the box and do the configuration."
"The deployment phase takes too much time."
"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."
"The biggest room for improvement is that, for a long time now, they've moved everything over to R80 but they still maintain some of the stuff in the old dashboard. They need to "buy in" and move everything to the modern dashboard so that you don't have to go to one place and to another place, at times, to configure the environment. It's time they just finish what they started and put everything in the new, modern dashboard."
"Having a web UI in the VSX (or something similar) would be nice."
"We have a very bad experience on the support. They take too much time requesting logs, and they are not coming directly online to resolve the issues."
"The pricing is the only con for this product."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"The configuration and reporting interfaces need a lot of improvement. It needs to be more accessible forsolide without a strong technical background. If you had a simplified dashboard, the lower-level techs could manage the solution and provide services. Cisco IOS Security requires someone who is highly trained to operate it."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
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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, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, 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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