We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Fortinet FortiGate-VM based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers a range of important capabilities including VPN Blade, IPS Blade, URL filtering, and Applications Control Blade. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is highly regarded for its robust security features such as geofencing, firewalling, IPS, antivirus, and intrusion prevention systems.
For Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, there is a need for improvements in the support system, cluster creation on AWS, data protection visibility, DLP feature, user interface, integration, cost reduction, documentation, and flexibility in deployment. Fortinet FortiGate-VM needs enhancements in key activation, throughput, web application firewall integration, technical support, integration simplicity, customization, pricing model, and web-filtering configuration.
Service and Support: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has received both positive and negative feedback regarding its customer service. Some customers commend the technical support provided by the company, while others express dissatisfaction due to slow response times. Fortinet FortiGate-VM also has a combination of positive and negative reviews regarding its customer service. Some customers are content with the support they receive, while others believe that it requires improvement.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point's setup is user-friendly and straightforward, although some mention that it may require technical expertise and can be complex. The initial setup for Fortinet is generally easy and straightforward. The deployment time ranges from a few hours to a week, depending on the complexity and size.
Pricing: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is regarded as costly to set up, however, it provides excellent security and value. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is competitively priced and more affordable than certain alternatives. That said, expenses may rise when scaling or incorporating additional functionalities.
ROI: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers a notable ROI range of 80% to 85% and delivers enhanced benefits and performance. Fortinet FortiGate-VM ensures stability and heightened security, garnering positive ratings for ROI from users. It is crucial to exercise caution while sizing to prevent any potential financial losses.
Comparison Results: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is the preferred product compared to Fortinet FortiGate-VM. Users find the initial setup of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security simple and user-friendly. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers valuable features such as VPN Blade, IPS Blade, URL filtering, and Applications Control Blade, along with advanced threat prevention capabilities.
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The solution has been quite stable."
"Any kind of cloud environment anywhere can be protected through this effortlessly."
"Advanced check prevention is a great feature that provides threat intelligence at speed."
"The most valuable feature I have found in CloudGuard Network Security is the flexibility to rebuild the firewall as needed."
"The most valuable feature for us is the scale set, which allows us to scale horizontally, vertically and dynamically depending on the traffic load."
"A unique architecture makes this product stand out from other solutions."
"The feature most valuable to me is the NDTX blade that Check Point provides, and I like how the solution is not vulnerable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can start off with a simple firewall and expand it to UTM."
"The most valuable feature is geofencing, where we can block all access from all non-domestic locations."
"The functionality provided is very good."
"The solution integrates well with other Fortinet products."
"Initial setup is very straightforward with a wizard, if needed."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM is very easy to create the user of VPN, allowing them to use it quickly. Additionally, the integration and interface are good."
"The technical support is very good."
"It's very easy to set up, even for more junior developers."
"The platform has a good user interface."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"The operations require skilled manpower with extended experience of working with networking systems for better results."
"It's meeting our needs at this time. If I could make it better, it would be by making it more standalone. That would be beneficial to us. I say that because our current platform for virtualization is VMware. The issue isn't any fault of Check Point, it's more how the virtualization platform partners allow for that partnership and integration. There has to be close ties and partnerships between the vendors to ensure interoperability and sup-portability. There is only so far that Check Point, or any security vendor technology can go without the partnership and enablement of the virtualization platform vendor as it relies on "Service Insertion" to maintain optimal performance."
"While today we can manage some scopes, there are still some segments in the OSI layer we cannot manage."
"We have Microsoft CASB cloud app security and it's one of the least compatible firewalls. They really need to look at this, as both Check Point and Microsoft are major players. Why aren't they compatible? If we had Palo Alto then we wouldn't have this problem."
"New features have been introduced recently, but they have not yet been integrated into CloudGuard Vsec."
"As an administrator, I can say that among all of the Check Point products I have been working with so far, the Virtual Systems solution is one of the most difficult."
"I would like to see more focus on east-west traffic inspection and AWS."
"CheckPoint CloudGuard could be better at solving cases."
"We have experience stability issues, when the product sizing is wrong or on configuration errors."
"The price and licensing of the solution can be better."
"The scalability feature of the solution has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration capability with SIEM tools, such as QRadar, and LogRhythm."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"his is not a good solution for enterprises. It's better for smaller companies."
"The solution can improve by adding separate interfaces for proxy and flow-based usage."
"Integration could be better. Whatever devices I'm using with FortiGate are all compatible. The access points and switches are also FortiGate, so I can easily integrate them. But it would be better if we could embed other devices as well. There are compatibility issues with other brands, and we need that. We can only integrate universal brands with FortiGate. The initial setup could also be easier."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 117 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4. 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 Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Netgate pfSense. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Fortinet FortiGate-VM report.
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