A10 Thunder TPS vs Check Point DDoS Protector comparison

A10 Networks and Check Point Software Technologies are both solutions in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category. A10 Networks is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.3, while Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #20 with an average rating of 9.0. A10 Networks holds a 2.0% mindshare in DDOS, compared to Check Point Software Technologies’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of A10 Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Check Point Software Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

Check Point DDoS Protector and A10 Thunder TPS compete in the cybersecurity market focusing on DDoS attack protection. A10 Thunder TPS holds the upper hand with its advanced feature set, despite higher costs, making it attractive for functionality-focused users.

Features: Check Point DDoS Protector offers comprehensive security intelligence and rapid threat detection, integrated intrusion prevention system, and effective DNS attack protection. A10 Thunder TPS provides high-performance traffic analysis, advanced threat intelligence integration, and versatile deployment options.

Room for Improvement: Check Point can improve its scalability, threat intelligence integration, and false positive reduction. A10 could enhance user interface simplicity, cost effectiveness, and basic configuration management options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: A10 Thunder TPS is known for seamless deployment and strong customer service, ensuring smooth integration. Check Point provides easier deployment but may experience slower service response and integration support.

Pricing and ROI: Check Point DDoS Protector offers a lower setup cost, appealing for budget-conscious organizations focusing on ROI. A10 Thunder TPS, although more expensive, promises substantial ROI due to its comprehensive feature set.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

A10 Thunder TPS

Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection

13th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Check Point DDoS Protector

Ranking in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection

20th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category, the mindshare of A10 Thunder TPS is 2.0%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point DDoS Protector is 1.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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RonaldoDE Melo

Sales Account Executive at L8 Group

Useful for protecting and supporting users against attacks

One problem for me with A10 Thunder TPS is that the box comes from another country in Brazil. In the tool, there is no one key to block it. For example, in F5 Networks, we have a key. If you try to buy another box from Huawei or from F5 and try to enable them in A10 Thunder TPS, you need a key to do it. The problem here is when you buy another box from A10, they want to put Thunder TPS to run, and it works okay, after which we cannot block it for another solution to be used, which is a problem for me where improvements are needed.

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Petr Zemánek

Security Architect at Czech National Bank

Protect from DDoS attacks with good management and easy setup

I have used Fortinet FortiDDoS. Fortinet is a little bit cheaper. Both solution was effective. The management of Check Point solution is a little bit better. It is 50 percent cheaper than Fortinet. It's very modern now to have an AI in the management for fast finding of attacks or investigation. Check Point have these features in a new releases.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We can keep track of all the customer's requirements. We can forecast our trails and we can forecast our overall financial things."

"Based on previous equipment that we had, it's amazing that this device can do what it can do in a 1U form factor. The devices that we have right now have never gone over capacity and we've actually mitigated some pretty large attacks."

"Thunder TPS has automated mitigation and fully managed support in case the device cannot handle the attack. They have engineers available to respond."

"It is a scalable solution."

"The primary benefit that we see from their systems is that their filtering technology has the ability to detect and drop the malicious traffic from the legitimate traffic with a high success rate. That, in combination with the very small effort needed to manage their systems, are the two most important benefits to us."

"The solution has reduced the amount of manual intervention required during an attack. We have the inline solution and when it comes to the customers that we have on it, it has saved us some troubleshooting time."

"The product's initial setup phase is very simple."

"The GUI is very use-friendly. You can configure it through CLI or GUI, they give you an option to choose. It's a good solution in terms of the appliance itself. It's very light compared to other brands that offer DDoS solutions."

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"As our business continues to grow, we can grow this product simultaneously."

"Check Point DDoS Protector is a product that uses machine learning and behavior analysis."

"This comprehensive tool validates and exploits complex vulnerabilities that other vendors fail to find and resolve to increase security."

"Check Point detects and automatically mitigates attacks, which helps our organization protect our infrastructure."

"One of its most outstanding functions is the zero-day DDOS."

"This product uses auto-learning and behavioral analysis to establish baselines for legitimate traffic, and automatically detects and blocks traffic behavior that does not conform."

"From my experience, the best part of this solution is behavioral DDoS protection. The DDoS Protector can monitor the traffic, and based on the behavior, it can decide which traffic is malicious and which traffic is regular. It works dynamically, and it's a very good solution."

"It can be deployed as a hardware appliance, virtual appliance, or as a cloud service."

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Cons

"The solution needs improvement in terms of fail-open."

"I rate Thunder TPS seven out of 10 for scalability."

"If there's one aspect of A10 that needs improvement it would be the training. All of their training is done online, at least in what we've been exposed to. I would like to have a classroom environment for training... It would give [people] a chance to provision it."

"It is very difficult to implement. It should be made a bit easier to implement. There is also a lack of resources on the internet. They need to develop more resources."

"The solution is a little expensive."

"We currently do not use the solution's machine-learning-powered Zero-day Automated Protection because of an issue with it... We also use the aGalaxy platform, which is a management platform for the TPS devices. The issue is that some TPS features were added at the TPS level but weren't carried over to aGalaxy, and we manage all of our devices through aGalaxy. So we can't actually use some of the new features that are available on the TPS because that functionality doesn't exist in aGalaxy. That is one of my biggest complaints."

"The problem here is when you buy another box from A10, they want to put Thunder TPS to run, and it works okay, after which we cannot block it for another solution to be used, which is a problem for me where improvements are needed."

"The upgrade process for the boxes is not efficient. We have to go through the A10 aGalaxy where we have issues, like timeouts. They told me it was fixed in the latest version, but I tried to do it on the Portal and it is not working all the time."

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"The Check Point support language is only in English."

"It is an expensive tool for some companies."

"The mitigation part could be improved."

"Check Point DDoS Protector does not provide the ability to upload data for the blacklist/whitelist in bulk, which is one of the big points that need to be improved to facilitate configurations."

"For a long time, there was no software version of R80.10 available for the Check Point DDoS Protector software appliances, and we had to stay on the quite outdated R77.30 version."

"Monitoring and reporting are the things that can be introduced in the future."

"Check Point should develop a DDoS solution because they don't have one and we need to use another solution, in our case, Imperva. This is a problem because we need to have two firewalls. We would like to only have one solution because it would improve the management, we would have fewer incidents, and we wouldn't need to talk to more than one person for support."

"I would like applications for Android and IOS where we can follow the events, and, if necessary, make changes."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is very reasonable."

"We did a price survey, and compared to other solutions, A10 Thunder TPS wasn't cheap."

"We may need to pay fifty percent more if we purchase other solutions. For the payments made to A10 Thunder TPS, we have received three-year support."

"Pricing was much higher with Arbor (APS) for the same type of solution."

"The financials are always a challenge with this type of technology. That's not really a product-functionality thing but it's the area where we push A10 the most."

"The tool is expensive. If one is low price and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as a ten."

"We had a customer who was down for six hours and the loss of revenue for him was three times the price he was paying for us per year. The customer just said, "I don't care about paying you because on only one attack I saved money. It's three times better than losing money.""

"I don't deal with the pricing, but it seems that you need to get basic support in order to upgrade the DDoS database for new attacks and so on."

"The appliance comes with a loaded hardware license, and additional options such as SSL can be purchased and enabled."

"It's an expensive solution. It's one of the most expensive solutions in the world. It's cheaper than Palo Alto and Cisco but these are expensive solutions. Fortinet is cheaper."

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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider

34%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

32%

Manufacturing Company

15%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about A10 Thunder TPS?

The most valuable feature of A10 Thunder TPS is load balancing.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for A10 Thunder TPS?

I have not seen specific prices, like $10,000 or $20,000. A frustrating aspect is the lack of demo versions. The vendor insists on commercial licenses despite requests for demo licenses. The global...

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What needs improvement with A10 Thunder TPS?

I had issues with the user interface because, when putting settings up, the system asked me for strange things like virtual local networks that I didn't create. For example, I set an NTP server, an...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point DDoS Protector?

The product is expensive.

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What needs improvement with Check Point DDoS Protector?

The pricing could be cheaper.

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What is your primary use case for Check Point DDoS Protector?

The main use case is to protect bank from DDoS attacks. We have it as a service device in network and but it's a common installation.

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Overview

The Thunder TPS is a family of high-performance DDoS defense solutions that detect and mitigate multi-vector DDoS attacks. Unlike traditional DDoS defenses that leave a wake of collateral damage against users, Thunder TPS applies a source-based defense-in-depth mitigation pipeline. This multimodal defense that includes actionable DDoS weapons intelligence, operator definable adaptive policies, and machine learning-powered Zero-Day Automated Protection (ZAP) blocks attackers while protecting real users.

The Thunder TPS is uniquely suited for communication service providers, online gaming, and enterprise network operators who protect large networks and need compact solutions with faster response from a fully automated, zero-touch defense during an attack.

A10 Networks

Modern DDoS attacks use new techniques to exploit areas that traditional security solutions are not equipped to protect. These attacks can cause serious network downtime to businesses who rely on networks and Web services to operate. DDoS Protector Security Appliances and Cloud DDoS Protection Services block destructive DDoS attacks before they cause damage
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DDoS defense solution trusted for more than 200 service providers, online gaming, and enterprises including; Bungie, Comcast, KDDI Corporation, Leaseweb, Microsoft Azure, NTT Docomo, Softbank, Turkcell Superonline, Verizon and more.

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