Check Point Remote Access VPN Reviews

We use Check Point Remote Access VPN for security features.

We encounter challenges for the product’s installation and troubleshooting processes compared to other VPN products. It is difficult to restore settings in cases of connection failure. This particular area needs improvement.

We have been using Check Point Remote Access VPN for five years.

The product is stable.

We have 3000 Check Point Remote Access VPNs in our organization. It is a scalable product. We can increase and downgrade the access as much as possible. The usage depends on the licensing model.

The technical support team only responds to the problems where the device stops working. Apart from that, they don’t reply to normal issues.

Neutral

We used ForcePoint before. In comparison, Check Point Remote Access VPN is stable and easy to connect.

The product is easy to maintain. It takes a few days to install and troubleshoot.

The product has average pricing. We purchase its yearly pricing.

I advise others to use the product instead of multiple SD solutions and hardware products. I rate Check Point Remote Access VPN a seven out of ten.

Check Point Remote Access VPN is a highly secure and seamless software that provides end-to-end security solutions to business users while they are working remotely and traveling for business purposes. Our organization involves over 70% of business travel to generate revenue, and it becomes really troublesome to secure the IT devices and cloud system at such traveling times. 

Check Point Remote Access VPN is the best available solution in the market for providing endpoint management solutions by ensuring adherence to strict compliance and multiple scanning of the data to ensure no data theft or leakage and security and compliance are maintained at the highest level possible.

Check Point Remote Access VPN provides multiple factor authentication layers, and due to that, all the data transmission is completely scanned for any malware or malicious cyber threats. It is integrated with our various IT and cloud systems and performs its security scanning 24/7 without any glitches or trouble.

Also, they provided a multi-level authentication support system for continuous scanning and compliance management throughout the IT system.

They enable a secure hotspot registration process for enabling all-around support of IT systems while operating remotely without any hassle.

The secure hotspot access for enabling good network connectivity is great.

Multi-layer scanning of IT systems across various critical stages for detection of threats and malicious threats has been useful.

Provisioning VPN Client and Auto Connect management system for free flow of information without any data mismanagement.

The secure remote access integration is available for both android and IOS devices and systems is helpful.

The multi-factor authentication support system is a phenomenal feature for providing all-around authentication support to for secure IT enablement. 

We are still in the learning phase as of now, and there seem to be more and more feature upgrades in the standard version of the application. They're providing updated features in the application with complete compliance assurance - which is really awesome - and we need specific customizations to make it a perfect fit for our business environment. This is a new and emerging area and requires a lot of customization and flexible features to suit the business requirements. 

Price category and smooth renewal of agreement should be considered for flawless and quick onboarding of clients and partners.

I've used the solution for over six months now.

The solution is quite stable.

It is an absolutely scalable solution.

Technical support has been so far so good.

Positive

We did not use a different solution earlier.

The setup is effortless and smooth.

We installed the solution through the vendor ONLY.

We've seen an ROI of over 75%.

I recommend all businesses to go for Check Point Remote Access VPN. It's one of the best of its kind in the market today. 

It has enormous features for ensuring security management solutions for remote workforce coupled with compliance assurance in the businesses. 

It's one of the highly cost-effective solutions which leads to boosting business performance, and also renewal is smooth without any hassle. The licensing is not pricy and is affordable by organizations.

The business and IT team did a lot of brainstorming sessions on this, and it went of really well in evaluating various available products in the market with their offerings.

We evaluated McAfee, Nord, and others

I'd advise others to try the solution today itself and experience the utilities on their own. I am sure, they will love the product offerings and utilities to the greatest extent possible 

For remote work, Check Point Remote Access VPN connects, creates the site, and gathers information about the site in terms of the VPN domain, the public IP at that time, and so on.

The Check Point products provide solid detection and advanced malware protection, which helps safeguard the organization’s security infrastructure. The platform offers essential features like sandboxing that perform well in threat detection.

The advanced malware protection and the sandboxing features are very valuable as they perform well, with detection being very high. Additionally, the panel features are also solid.

There are some issues with the Check Point VPN, such as its complexity compared to other VPN clients. Another downside is related to performance, which lags behind similarly priced products like those from Palo Alto. The platform becomes layered with add-ons, moving away from its original simplicity, which poses a problem.

I have been using Check Point since version 4.1, which amounts to about 15 years.

I rate the stability of Check Point Remote Access VPN as a seven out of ten. I experienced an issue when there was a recent upgrade to address a vulnerability that required the use of both a VPN user and a password along with a certificate or another form of identity confirmation. This was not mentioned in the upgrade notes, which initially caused some problems.

The scalability of Check Point Remote Access VPN is decent. On a scale of one to ten, I rate it a seven.

Check Point's support has always been great. They are very responsive, and we always get technically capable people. I would rate their support a nine or nine point five out of ten.

Positive

I have worked with multiple vendors, including Palo Alto and Fortinet.

For someone new to Check Point products or coming from managing other products, the setup can be difficult. However, for someone familiar with Check Point, the setup hasn't changed much over the years.

I am on the technical side and do not typically consider the business returns or ROI of the product.

I am not familiar with the exact pricing details. However, the pricing for the basic remote access VPN is a lot less than that of other vendors, and it comes with many features within the basic package.

I have compared Check Point with Palo Alto. Palo Alto is more GUI-based, which makes it easier to use, but it requires more configuration knowledge.

For regular users, Check Point firewalls are easier to configure compared to Palo Alto's. In terms of detection rates and performance, both Check Point and Palo Alto are very good.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Our primary use case is to provide a remote access VPN to organization users so that they can access the organization servers or resources easily from anywhere.

With the help of Remote Access VPN, our organization's users can connect to our network easily and access servers. This has increased employee productivity.

The most valuable point is that it provides multi-factor authentication (MFA), which increases security by requiring an add-on verification method and ensures that only authorized users have access to the network.

The knowledge base can be improved for advanced troubleshooting. For new users, configurations might be complex. This can be also improved. 

We have been using this solution for the last year.

The stability is excellent.

The scalability is very good.

Our experience with customer service and support is excellent.

Positive

We are using the same solution.

The initial setup was very easy and straightforward.

We implemented it through an in-house team.

As per the market, everything looks good.

No, we haven't evaluated other option

The main purpose of Check Point Remote Access VPN is to enable employees to securely connect to the corporate network when they work remotely, such as from home.

Check Point Remote Access VPN has some useful features, and configuring it is relatively straightforward. However, there are numerous issues, particularly with the SSL connection, including bugs and other problems. 

Check Point Remote Access VPN's current configuration has some limitations and issues. One major drawback is the inability to configure multiple gateways from the same management server for VPN access. While there is a feature called "Map multiple entry point," it is reported to be buggy and inadequate. This forces users to purchase additional licenses for separate central point management to achieve VPN access for different locations. Ideally, Check Point should enhance its system to allow for multiple VPN entries managed from a single server without additional licenses or workaround solutions.

I have been using Check Point Remote Access VPN for three to four years.

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability a seven out of ten because we had some problems before, but we resolved them.

The solution is scalable. It is suitable for small and medium businesses.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

The documentation and support available for Check Point Remote Access VPN are pretty good. A smaller or medium-sized company don't communicate directly with Check Point. They can't open tickets with them directly, which is frustrating. Currently, we have to go through partners who sell us the product to open tickets, and there should be an option to communicate directly with Check Point. Opening tickets directly with the vendor would streamline the process and potentially reduce response times.

Positive

Optimization can be a bit more involved with Check Point. Initially, you'll need to perform optimization steps during the configuration process to achieve your desired outcome. Cisco's solution tends to be more straightforward from the outset, providing a robust VPN solution without requiring as much post-configuration tweaking. While Check Point is relatively easy to configure initially, you may deduce more time to optimization tasks afterward. However, once correctly configured and optimized, it functions effectively.

It's easy to configure Check Point Remote Access VPN but It might not be suitable for certain configurations.

I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

All the firewall solutions are expensive. Compared with the other vendors, Check Point's pricing is moderate.

Like many IT solutions, equipment such as firewalls can be expensive, but Check Point's pricing is competitive compared to other vendors. Currently, Check Point may even be slightly cheaper than Palo Alto.

I recommend Check Point as a firewall solution due to its effectiveness and reliability. For VPN, I might lean towards Cisco because it tends to have fewer optimization issues and other potential complications with VPN deployment. 

Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.

We needed to grow a little more at a cloud level, which means that we have had more places in which we host information, and needed to protect it. We needed to allow users to have access from the different branches in the cloud to our main branch and to access remotely. As a result of these needs, we have been looking for solutions that allow us to have quick and efficient access no matter which branch we are going to access, and to have access allowed quickly and easily as if users were inside the perimeter area of ​​our organization.

Currently, Check Point is an ally that we have used within our organization to protect the perimeter area, the equipment, and other technologies. We have complete protection in one technology that we are using so that our users with greater frequency can access the data of our organization regardless of where they are. With this, they can have quick, simple access as if they were within the perimeter area. This has given us greater protection when it comes to having protected and verified access under user identity.

We can integrate remote access to our branches through Check Point services; however, those services come with a centralized identity, a domain identity, which does not work for the different logins. It only works for the login through the remote connection application. The user profile is centralized, verified, and filtered by the tool, thus being one of the characteristics that are very important to me since it shows any activity that the user is going to carry out.

We'd like to integrate Check Point into the Remote Access VPN solution and have the ability to integrate multiple devices as access points through the solution. This would allow us to have a tool that it is not only remote access for mobile devices but a remote access solution for virtual teams, including mobile devices such as cell phones, tablets, and other types of devices in IoT areas such as doors, houses, and medical equipment.

I've been using the solution for one year.

Currently, as we are a company that constantly imports and exports solutions. We have needed to give our salespeople access to our executives since that part of retail is constantly on the move inside and outside our organization. This makes it somewhat necessary to figure out how everyone can access data since the information is being used and managed every day inside and outside of our institution. We have come to use the Check Point security services so that users can have the same access as we have inside when they are outside the organization.

The capacity that Check Point Remote Access VPN offers is one of the best. It has made it easier for us and the team to have great mobility inside and outside the organization. If anyone must consult the services internally, they can connect quickly and simply. The agent that allows the connection is very fast to install and very fast to configure. It has streamlined a lot of the complexity that we had faced before.

Among its most valuable features is how it quickly and easily connects everyone to the VPN service. It quickly installs an agent on the computers, so that our users do not have to worry about their mobile devices being configured. It is easy to install and can run and install as a client on devices whether the user has Mac or Windows.

In the future, if this service could be installed in a faster and simpler way (rather than having it directly connected to the appliances), that would be ideal. Today, many of the solutions are not what was needed when we had perimeter security. It would be good to have Remote Access VPN solutions for Check Point edge services.

We have been using the solution for three months.

We primarily use the solution for work from home. Our main goal is to provide users with the ability to access their workstation from anywhere in the world.

We provided remote access to more than 500 users during the pandemic. Check Point Remote Access VPN has worked smoothly as our appliance is capable of supporting 1000+ users.

We deployed a VPN client-based solution with multi-factor authentication. The compliance check feature is useful.

It is compatible with several operating systems, and it has great protection against malware.

It offers a simple configuration and setup.

We developed work-from-home policies for our organization during the pandemic due to the rise in COVID cases. As network security engineers, it's challenging for us to manage users' personal laptops and computers which are not up to date (OS, Antivirus ..etc). However, when it comes to the Check Point VPN solution, we overcame all the challenges and successfully implemented our infrastructure. Logs are helping us to monitor each user's activity. We can also isolate user laptops or PCs from the internet when its gets connected to our network.

The remote access blade is built in on the firewall, so it is easy to activate through the Smart Console.

Only the VPN client supports only the Windows and Apple Mac operating systems, which also support iOS and Android mobile platforms. The Check Point development team deserves praise for a flawless experience.

Multi-factor authentication and compliance checks help us to ensure maximum security.

VPN logs give us complete visibility and track unusual activities.

The VPN client user interface is simple and perfect.

The VPN client software is lightweight.

It's difficult to configure on Linux workstations as Check Point Remote VPN clients support only Windows and Mac devices.

The configuration of a VPN requires a distinct VPN Tab. Once the VPN blade has been activated, after activating VPN blade, we need to make some configurations in the gateway option settings and others in the VPN communities section. It would be preferable if these two things came together in one place.

Apart from this, it operates flawlessly. To improve our IT Services, we poll our users. The majority of people say how excellent the remote access VPN service is. Additionally, they stated that once connected to a VPN service, they never experience connectivity problems.

I've used the solution for more than two years.

The product offers excellent customer service and support.

Positive

We used a different solution that did not satisfy us in terms of security. As a result, we decided to deploy Check Point for enhanced security.

Before migrating to the Check Point firewall, we conducted market research and solicited feedback from my contacts who are already Check Point NGFW customers. We decided to use Check Point.

The VPN Setup and initial configuration are tricky and not straightforward. For example, you need to:

1. Do some configuration in the gateway option, then:

2. VPN Communities

It would be preferable if step 1 and step 2 were available in one place.

3- Lastly, you must apply the firewall policy

We implemented this solution ourselves.

We now have a reliable VPN solution to offer our staff, which is a significant return on investment.