Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Check Point CloudGuard Network Security comparison

Akamai and Check Point Software Technologies are both solutions in the Cloud and Data Center Security category. Akamai is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.8, while Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.5. Akamai holds a 20.8% mindshare in CDCS, compared to Check Point Software Technologies’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Check Point Software Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security compete in the field of network security solutions, specifically targeting data center and cloud environments. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has the upper hand in ease of deployment and support, while Check Point CloudGuard is strong in unified threat prevention and management across hybrid environments.

Features: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation excels in micro-segmentation, providing enhanced visibility into data centers and supporting active defense with deception. Its centralized management simplifies security policy implementation, saving time and facilitating rapid policy creation. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers robust threat prevention, seamless auto-scaling, and high scalability within public clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with unified management across hybrid and on-premises environments, offering consistency and flexibility in security policy deployment.

Room for Improvement: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation clients point to licensing costs and suggest enhanced integration with major appliances. There's also a call for improved customization for honeypots and better netflow analytics for anomaly detection. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security users recommend clearer deployment models, reduced licensing complexity, and better support for dynamic cloud resource integration. Both solutions face user demands for cost reductions, but Check Point's licensing and integration need refinement.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation supports on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud deployments, with its support team consistently praised for responsiveness and knowledge. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security also offers various cloud deployment options, though users mention complexity in setup. Guardicore's support stands out for adaptability, while Check Point needs to streamline its deployment process for improved user experience.

Pricing and ROI: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, though deemed pricey, offers a flexible licensing structure contributing to rapid ROI via real-time threat intelligence and cost savings. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, while expensive, provides flexible licensing with discounts for large commitments, offering a balanced value proposition with its stable, premium security for critical cloud infrastructure.

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (12th), Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (8th), Microsegmentation Software (3rd)

Check Point CloudGuard Netw...

Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

155

Ranking in other categories

Firewalls (8th), Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (2nd), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (4th), WAN Edge (3rd), Unified Threat Management (UTM) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Cloud and Data Center Security category, the mindshare of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is 20.8%, down from 24.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is 2.2%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud and Data Center Security Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation	20.8%
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security	2.2%
Other	77.0%

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Featured Reviews

Uday Varma

Solution Architecht at Inspira Enterprise

Offers granular control and ease of policy creation with features like telemetry and micro-segmentation but incident tagging is missing

Our customers use the solution for micro-segmentation within the data center or cloud environments. One customer uses it for their on-premises infrastructure, deployed at the code level across their massive network. Another customer uses it in a data center to monitor microsegmentation for their 500-node workload. Moreover, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has helped our customers manage and secure traffic between different applications or workloads. Earlier, they were using VMware NSX-v, which offered good logging for distributed services on an analytical level. However, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation provides them with better overall visibility and granular control over-segmentation, even for inter-application and inter-routing traffic.

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Martin Raška

Senior Security Engineer & Instructor at Arrow Electronics

Unification of security features strengthens network protection

The overall network security is good. It's big-picture, all in one bundle. It's valuable to have everything in one place instead of spreading across different products. Unified security management positively affects a company's security operations. They have one unified view of the security. I can connect multiple gateways to the management and have it in one place. I can have reporting and views in a single pane of glass on the consolidated platform. It's easy to use. The management is the best on the market. It's very easy to work with, read, understand, and navigate. It helps increase our customer's security posture. We can see in some cases CloudGuard improves our customers' posture overall.

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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

"The tool's most valuable feature is its visibility."

"The most valuable feature is the visibility of processes and connections."

"The solution is very scalable, especially when connected to the cloud resources."

"We like the centralized management of the firewalls. Until we installed Guardicore Centra, we managed all our firewalls individually, so making changes was complicated, difficult, and time-consuming."

"Guardicore makes its own rule set automatically, so we can work fast when creating a rule set."

"The real bonus is the fact that we can secure applications, all the way down to the individual services, on each host. It's actually more granular security than we can get out of a traditional firewall."

"The label-based segmentation is the most valuable feature."

"That is primarily because I've seen increased rules. It's kind of caught us a little off guard. With GuardiCore, I have had to deal with their technical support and engineering team in Israel. They are amazing. They are very quick to adapt."

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"The tool's most valuable features are threat prevention and protection mechanisms."

"The tool's most valuable features are the REST APIs that help to automate the deployment and maintenance process. It helps us to reduce time to 15-25 minutes compared to the manual process which used to take around two to three hours."

"The features of the solution which I have found most valuable are its flexibility and agility. It's a fully scalable solution, from our perspective. We can define scaling groups and, based on the load, it will create new instances. It's truly a product which is oriented toward the cloud mindset, cloud agility, and this is a great feature."

"The automation and unified security management have helped me significantly; it saves me eighty percent of the time and reduces errors."

"It has become less complex to use yet more complex in terms of infrastructure."

"The most valuable features for me are related to management. I can use the data center objects directly in the policy without worrying about specific static IP addresses. The data center objects update automatically if the IP addresses change."

"It is dynamic and agile, and its features and utilities continuously improve and evolve."

"I found the access control policy through SmartConsole, which was formerly SmartDashboard, to be very valuable. It deeply explores source, destination, and port protocols. Competitors struggle to match this simplicity and effectiveness."

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Cons

"Incident tagging could be improved. Other vendors offer semi-automatic tagging, which Guardicore doesn't yet have."

"They can maybe improve their customer service just because they are kind of a small organization, and customer service isn't as big as others such as VMware."

"The product needs a few features like enhanced user policies and payload-level inspection to improve the offering."

"It doesn't support a PAAC solution (Platforma as a service) in the cloud."

"Kubernetes is not installed in the way we need it."

"Needs more customization of honeypots and a vaster catalog of systems able to be mimicked."

"Clients would like to see that the security policies of GuardiCore can continue to be comparable to all the major firewall players out there."

"The dashboard needs improvement. It should be more flexible so that I can easily see what I want or need to see."

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"CloudGuard Network Security's pricing is expensive. We have encountered issues with its licensing."

"The reporting needs enhancement. Currently, we are not always aware of the gateways' status, like CPU and RAM usage."

"The stability of the solution could be improved, but this is the problem of all the solutions in the market. This isn't just a problem specific to Check Point."

"The documentation could be much better."

"The cost is relatively high compared to the cost of other products in the market."

"It should be more agile, as it seems to me that they took their on-prem devices and uploaded them to the cloud. Every time we need a new interface or something like that, we need to make major changes."

"Check Point CloudGuard Network Security can make deployment and configuration less complex."

"The price of the solution could be reduced, it is expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is the same as other products in the market. There's no price argument to choose one or the other product, it will cost the customer approximately the same."

"Compared to the pricing we were seeing from both Illumio and Edgewise, Guardicore was very competitive."

"The pricing is too high."

"The solution is reasonably priced and I would rate it a six out of ten. The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"The customer would complain about the cost."

"This is not a cheap solution but you have to consider the bigger picture, which is what it is giving you."

"Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is expensive."

"Guardicore Centra provides better value for money than NSX, was the other solution that we looked at, which was too expensive for what it does."

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"The product is too expensive."

"You get charged only for what resources you choose and how much traffic actually passes through the firewall, which in turn saves a lot of money."

"We explored both pay-as-you-go and build-your-own-licensing models, and found both to be competitive."

"CloudGuard Network Security is not too cheap."

"The licesning has some good features. For example, the scaling feature is free of charge, allowing multiple scale-ups and scale-downs over a two-week period, which is pretty good."

"It is fairly priced, but it can be a little expensive from time to time."

"The tool's monthly costs have undergone a significant reduction, dropping from approximately 12,000 euros to around 4,000. This represents a cost reduction of over 60 percent. However, it's essential to note that while costs decreased in some areas, they increased in others due to shifts in our environment. As our overall environment has grown, currently connecting 50 accounts to the cloud, it's challenging to directly compare costs with the state of our setup three years ago."

"We got discounts on pricing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

21%

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	61
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	75

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Guardicore Centra?

I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. I know other micro-segmentation tools like Cisco or Illumio, and so I think they are in the middle.

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What do you like most about Guardicore Infection Monkey?

Initially, I liked the telemetry part. But later, we used the microsegmentation features that we were able to deploy and found that they really stood out from other vendors. It allows us to see mi...

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What needs improvement with Guardicore Infection Monkey?

When we have more than one interface, we can only have one policy for both interfaces. Normally, you have assets with a production interface and a server interface that are only for management. But...

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What do you like most about Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

The tool's most valuable feature is its management console.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is that it was good.

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What needs improvement with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

I think Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is an ideal product, so I see no improvements needed. If I had to think of one area where it could be improved or made easier, I would say that suppo...

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Comparisons

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

Zero Networks vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Compared 4% of the time

Trend Micro Deep Security vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

Trend Micro Deep Security vs Check Point CloudGuard Network Security

Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

Guardicore Centra, GuardiCore

CloudGuard IaaS, Check Point vSEC, CloudGuard IaaS, Check Point Virtual Systems, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security

Overview

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a software-based microsegmentation solution that provides the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. It enables you to prevent malicious lateral movement in your network through precise segmentation policies, visuals of activity within your IT environment, and network security alerts. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation works across your data centers, multicloud environments, and endpoints. It is faster to deploy than infrastructure segmentation approaches and provides you with unparalleled visibility and control of your network.

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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers centralized management, robust threat prevention, and seamless integration with major public clouds, ensuring consistent security for cloud and on-premises environments. It combines ease of use with flexibility across diverse IT infrastructure.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security provides comprehensive protection for IT infrastructures in AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. It ensures firewall security, managing traffic and securing cloud infrastructures while maintaining network protection and compliance enforcement. Organizations benefit from its centralized security governance, enhanced visibility, and threat prevention for both perimeter and internal security. It offers seamless integration with leading cloud platforms, allowing for efficient deployment and scalability, aligning with modern cloud requirements.

What are the key features of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

Ease of Setup and Use: Provides a user-friendly setup process and intuitive operation.
Robust Threat Prevention: Offers advanced capabilities to safeguard against potential threats.
Auto-Scaling: Adjusts resources dynamically to meet demand without manual intervention.
Centralized Management: Ensures uniform security policies across cloud and on-premises environments.
Integration with Major Public Clouds: Seamlessly works with AWS, Azure, and other leading platforms.
Intuitive ACL Menu: Simplifies access control list management with an easy-to-navigate interface.
Customizable Policy Options: Allows for personalized security settings suited to specific requirements.

What benefits should companies look for in Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Through automation and comprehensive reporting, organizations streamline operations.
Consistent Security Management: Offers uniform policies across different environments, reducing complexity.
Improved Threat Detection: Increases the ability to identify and respond to threats quickly.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing or changing infrastructure needs without compromising security.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and tech, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is vital for protecting sensitive data, managing compliance, and safeguarding daily operations. Its robust integration capabilities support diverse infrastructure setups, assisting companies in maintaining high-security standards efficiently.

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Sample Customers

Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE

Physicians Choice Laboratory Services, Helvetica Insurance

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