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Astrix vs Check Point Security Management comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Astrix
Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
20th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Non-Human Identity Management (NHIM) (3rd)
Check Point Security Manage...
Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (9th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) category, the mindshare of Astrix is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point Security Management is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Check Point Security Management0.9%
Astrix0.6%
Other98.5%
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
 

Featured Reviews

Ahamed Shadhir - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a healthcare company with 11-50 employees
Automated SaaS access governance has reduced OAuth risks and improves audit readiness
The best features are deep OAuth app visibility, real-time risk detection, automated remediation, risk scoring and prioritization, and SaaS-to-SaaS threat detection. The real-time risk detection and alerts have benefited us the most. Astrix continuously monitors connections and third-party apps, flagging high-risk applications automatically when risky permission, suspicious behavior, or unusual access patterns are detected. This helped us considerably. Since deploying Astrix, we've seen a 42% reduction in high-risk third-party OAuth apps, a 65% reduction in dormant SaaS integration, faster vendor offboarding from days to an hour, and improved audit readiness. The faster offboarding has been transformative. Before Astrix, offboarding was mostly manual and checklist-driven. When an employee or vendor left, we would disable their primary account, remove them from groups, manually review shared drives, and try to identify third-party apps they had authorized. After Astrix, it is centralized, automated, and immediate.
RL
TI at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Simplified threat detection and reduced policy deployment time
The standout features of Check Point Security Management are unified policy management, real-time visibility, and automation capabilities, making it a powerful tool for security management. Consistency across environments with Check Point Security Management helps me ensure that instead of maintaining separate rules for firewalls, cloud workloads, and data centers, we apply one unified policy that covers them all. This reduces misconfigurations and ensures compliance, proving to be a time-saver because rolling out a new rule or updating an existing one takes minutes, not hours, because it is propagated everywhere automatically. Automation is one of the most valuable aspects of Check Point Security Management, and it often does not get enough attention compared to headline features like unified policies or visibility. With policy automation, routine tasks such as rule creation, compliance checks, or policy updates can be automated, reducing human error and saving hours of manual work. Check Point Security Management has simplified administration in my organization because instead of juggling multiple consoles, everything is managed from a single pane of glass. This has reduced complexity and saved significant time for our IT team, improving our operational efficiency. For a policy update, I used to spend two or three hours across multiple consoles. Now, with unified management in Check Point Security Management, it takes thirty to forty minutes, resulting in about a seventy percent reduction in effort, greatly boosting productivity.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Astrix offers excellent observability features that track the user query, what the user sent, what prompt was sent to the LLM, what the LLM response sent, what retrieval documents were checked, and what tools were called, along with the final response."
"We went from having zero visibility to complete third-party integration visibility, which helps us considerably."
"Since deploying Astrix, we've seen a 42% reduction in high-risk third-party OAuth apps, a 65% reduction in dormant SaaS integration, faster vendor offboarding from days to an hour, and improved audit readiness."
"It has brought significant improvements, including features like spam and anti-spam measures, intrusion prevention (IPS), and advanced filtering."
"Mobile access has helped us cater to more than 4000 users so that they can work from home."
"It's a great complete endpoint security solution that prevents the most imminent threats to the endpoint such as ransomware, phishing, or malware."
"The standout features of Check Point Security Management are unified policy management, real-time visibility, and automation capabilities, making it a powerful tool for security management."
"Check Point Security Management has positively impacted my organization by defining how we oversee and enforce security policies across the entire infrastructure, and instead of juggling multiple consoles, we now have a single, unified view that makes monitoring and response much faster."
"The best feature Check Point Security Management offers is the GUI, which shows everything in different categories such as mobile phones, connected devices, laptops, and desktops, making it easy to understand what is connected to what."
"It's by far the best product we have to manage firewalls."
"Check Point Security Management has positively impacted my organization, with one benefit being that I create one security management for controlling any gateways."
 

Cons

"Astrix is good regarding its accuracy and reliability of output, but the initial setup feels somewhat complex."
"Astrix could be improved with deeper coverage on on-premises and hybrid application environments."
"Customer support could be improved so that faster support on services would attract more customers."
"Being a security appliance, there should be the ability for the Security Management server to send email alerts via authenticated email."
"Check Point Security Management lacks some of the competitor features."
"In the future, I would like to see more frequent updates because of the changing security landscape."
"Check Point Security Management can be improved in terms of policies management and workflow efficiency. For example, the interface can be overwhelming for new users, and simplifying rule creation, offering guided workflows or templates will reduce onboarding time."
"Check Point Security Management can be improved; the recent R82 version is AI-enabled with increased security but I have encountered issues during upgrades, requiring backups to prevent potential disasters."
"While Check Point Security Management handles large environments well, performance and scalability could be improved because log queries and reporting generation can sometimes be slower under heavy loads."
"Do the homework because Check Point is rather expensive. There are better firewalls on the market now that are cheaper and provide better functionality and security."
"SD-WAN functionality could be added."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is expensive."
"If one will be very expensive, and ten means low price, I rate the tool's price as a three out of ten."
"The pricing can be estimated around 3 or 4 out of 10 in terms of expense."
"Price-wise, it is an expensive solution."
"This product can be used for 25 security gateways on a basic license."
"The solution is expensive and there is an annual license."
"Check Point is much cheaper than the competition ($4/server as compared to $17/server)."
"Do the homework because Check Point is rather expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise31
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Astrix?
My experience with Astrix's pricing, setup cost, and licensing was satisfactory. The team is very good. The setup was not overly simple, but it was not overly difficult either with the help of the ...
What needs improvement with Astrix?
Everything is functioning well, and new features are already available to improve observability and performance of the AI models.
What is your primary use case for Astrix?
Astrix is used primarily for observability of LLM applications, including AI agents and RAG systems. For example, we have a refund email process where a prompt processes the email and, with some in...
What needs improvement with Check Point Security Management?
Based on my experience with Check Point Security Management, I do not see anything lacking. It is currently managing all the gateways, and we are able to achieve what we want from our perspective. ...
What is your primary use case for Check Point Security Management?
I am using Check Point Security Management in our day-to-day operations to centrally manage all Check Point Security Gateways within my organization. All of these Check Point Security Gateways are ...
What advice do you have for others considering Check Point Security Management?
I advise anyone having multiple security gateways that are managed stand-alone to deploy Check Point Security Management and manage all security gateways from a central console and central team. Th...
 

Also Known As

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R80.10, R80, R77.30, R77, Check Point R80.10 Security Management, R80 Security Management
 

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