We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"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."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"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 has allowed us to develop applications from the cloud - even with large environments and well-segmented security lines."
"The most valuable features are the ease of administration with the cloud management extension and the cloud licensing model."
"The 24/7 online customer support services enhance effective operations and provide quick services in case of a system failure."
"The tool's most valuable features are firewalls and IPS."
"The feature most valuable to me is the NDTX blade that Check Point provides, and I like how the solution is not vulnerable."
"The program is very stable."
"Monitoring using SmartConsole and all its features is extremely easy, and I find SmartEvent an excellent monitoring tool for spotting threats and user behaviour."
"The most effective feature of WildFire for threat analysis is its collaboration with other security profiles on our Palo Alto firewall."
"Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones has improved my organization."
"It has a user-friendly interface."
"Remote access is excellent."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"The cloud-based services are a nice feature."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"With this product, we receive the best monitoring and reports."
"Application management can be improved."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"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."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"While Check Point does offer some VWAN offerings, they appear to be more static and less tailored to cloud-native environments compared to Palo Alto's dynamic and flexible approach."
"The initial setup is difficult. It took me three tries to get it right. The setup took two or three hours."
"People don't know about the tool's features. There's a lack of skill. Users require more knowledge on how to integrate it into the cloud environment and orchestrate routing. So, it's not necessarily a CloudGuard Network Security or Check Point issue but more about integration, knowledge, and understanding."
"The solution is not that flexible when deploying on-prem."
"The initial setup is complex and could be made simpler."
"I think they have pretty much mastered what can be done. There are some nuances like when you fail over from one cluster member to the other, the external IP address takes about two minutes to fail over."
"The product needs to improve support. They don't consider my case the number one priority even though I want a quick resolution."
"Check Point CloudGuard Network Security could improve by making it easier to configure."
"In the future, Palo Alto could reduce the time it takes to process the file."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"In the future, I would like to see more automation in the reporting."
"The support is good but they could be faster."
"The GUI is better in 8.0, but I still feel it lacks the fast response most of us desire. Logs are much quicker."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 119 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire 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 Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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