We compared Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security based on our users' reviews in five categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation has a straightforward setup process, taking approximately six months to complete. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is also easy to set up, but complexity may vary depending on the environment and requirements. Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation's customer service received mixed feedback, with some users praising the support team and others expressing dissatisfaction. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security's customer support team is generally reliable, but there are complaints about response time, especially for global support. Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation requires a subscription and is considered expensive overall. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is also considered expensive, but the cost may vary depending on the size of the organization and the country.
"The most valuable feature I have found in CloudGuard Network Security is the flexibility to rebuild the firewall as needed."
"Its blades and VSLS (Virtual System Load Sharing) work fine."
"The 24/7 online customer support services enhance effective operations and provide quick services in case of a system failure."
"The endpoint VPN is super stable. The routing is also very good. We tried a competing product first, but we could not make it work. We came across CloudGuard. The network routing across different virtual networks in Azure and AWS was way ahead of any of the other technologies. That helped us be able to cover the whole network using one single cluster."
"Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has a beautiful threat emulation different from the market."
"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."
"The CloudGuard Network Security's most valuable feature is implementing IPS for accessing our data center and server environment in Azure. It helps us to prevent attacks. By protecting our environment with Check Point, which we were already familiar with, it provided a solution that extended into the cloud environment."
"The multiple virtual firewalls on one box are extremely useful and the interconnection with virtual switches is simple and easy to understand."
"It has helped us to understand internal network visibility and firewall policy implementation. We use the product to simplify firewall policy implementation."
"The Explorer allows you to know the traffic between source and destination."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The product provides visibility into how the applications communicate and how the network protocols are being used."
"The solution helps to maintain logs and monitor activities. It also helps us with access management. The tool helps us to secure organizational data that include files."
"The flexibility of the solution is its most valuable feature."
"The features that I have found most useful is the ability to centralize all the rules and then distribute them across various locations. However, I've encountered challenges related to tagging policies, which can be complex to devise. It's a matter that requires careful consideration and stakeholder involvement before implementing such policies."
"The most valuable feature of Illumio Adaptive Security Platform is monitoring. When I have no requirement from the other application, I can use the web block traffic to build."
"Its architecture and user interface need improvement. The user experience for this solution also needs to be improved, particularly in implementation, management, and operations."
"Greater automation would reduce the need for manual configuration and management."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in addressing bugs and support issues."
"The product can still grow."
"It is a very expensive program and there are additional costs despite the standard licensing fees."
"The complexity to deploy should be decreased."
"Clustering in Azure is a bit different, not using the Check Point cluster but relying on load balancing. It's not as instant as I'm used to; in Azure, it might take around half a minute to a minute, and during this time, services could be down. The delay is attributed to Azure using its load balancing mechanisms instead of the Check Point cluster."
"The solution is very basic and doesn't do anything other than the orchestration of layer four endpoint firewall rules."
"Some of the features that can be improved is offer additional guidance on creating an effective and risk-free tagging policy would be highly beneficial."
"The interaction we've had with the support team hasn't been ideal. Technical support should be improved."
"Illumio Adaptive Security Platform could improve by supporting more operating systems. For example, Cisco and Apache appliances."
"I would like to see better data security in the product."
"The product’s agents don't work very well in OT environments."
"The customer service is lagging a bit. It could be better."
"It requires a low-level re-architecting of the product."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 5th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 121 reviews while Illumio is ranked 4th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 8 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Illumio is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "Highly reliable, great visibility, and centralized management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Illumio writes "Pprevents attackers or threats from spreading or moving laterally". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with VMware NSX, Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Illumio is most compared with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Zscaler Internet Access and Zero Networks Microsegmentation. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Illumio report.
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