We performed a comparison between Check Point Antivirus and Check Point NGFW based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, SentinelOne, ESET and others in Anti-Malware Tools."Check Point Antivirus is easy to configure."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It has blocked many malware attacks aiming to corrupt and damage company data."
"The feature that we find most valuable is the easy way of configuring it via the SmartConsole on Check Point. The configuration is very straightforward and although it has some impact on the firewall CPU and memory, it doesn't impact the IPS, for example. It allows for the scanning of downloaded files from the internet. Scanning files that our users have downloaded to check if they have any virus is the most important thing."
"It has significantly bolstered our overall cybersecurity posture."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Check Point Antivirus is a cost-effective security solution for businesses and that's why its acceptability by various other fields and organizations is humongous."
"The simplicity of management and remote assistance for the users make it a smooth experience, and administrators can easily handle tasks remotely."
"The solution can scale."
"Policy configuration has been consistent over the years, so there is not much of a learning curve as upgrades are released."
"What gives me the most value is undoubtedly the security that the anti-bot and anti-virus blades provide."
"SmartCenter and SmartLog are the best platforms to manage firewall rules. SandBlast Zero-Day is very useful when encountering any security leaks."
"Advanced logging capabilities: Check Point generates extensive logs which may be very useful to figure out the issues. Its logs also contain too much information which can be used to modify the policy as per user need and organizational security environment. The same can be used to figure out probable attack surface or necessary steps for mitigation."
"I like the GUI."
"There are also additional features, compared to a Layer 4 or Layer 3 firewall, such as AV signatures and devices, which are very helpful for securing the company's network."
"On the firewall side, the security efficacy is good."
"Check Point Antivirus' performance could be faster. It needs to include app-based support to upload screenshots of issues. It needs to add timely and regular updates. The dashboards and reporting features need to offer more efficiency."
"An area for improvement in Check Point Antivirus is its price because it's expensive. It would depend on the clients, but sometimes, you'll have clients who don't have many endpoints, so in that case, clients would find the price for Check Point Antivirus to be higher."
"The solution is expensive."
"We would like to see better guides in the future with more concrete examples of the best practices."
"We'd like to see a friendlier user interface."
"Check Point should always focus on emerging business requirements and should always be working proactively in meeting the requirements of clientele and users in a timely manner."
"The technical support could be improved."
"Filtering the websites that can be visited is important also as there's always a chance to come by sites that, just by clicking, will download malicious threats."
"We have run into an interface expansion limitation, and thus it would be helpful if products lower in the stack would offer more interface expansion options."
"Pricing needs to be lowered from start, this would be more effective than lowering it during negotiations."
"The documentation could be better."
"Lately, Check Point seems to be pushing new products too early."
"One area that they should prioritize is enhancing security gateways for protection against cyberattacks."
"The Antivirus feature is something that could be improved. We don't get much from the Antivirus update in comparison to their competitor's firewalls. It needs to be more advanced because Check Point is nowadays sent all over the world. Therefore, the Antivirus feature should be of very good quality and cover all virus checks. I would also like the Antivirus updates to be more frequent."
"Initially, we faced a few challenges with firmware. Later this was addressed with jumbo hotfixes."
"When I was creating the VPN on it and the client side through the portal, that feature was very annoying. I could not use it. It was much more usable after downloading it to the laptop. That was very good compared to using it directly from the browser."
Check Point Antivirus is ranked 6th in Anti-Malware Tools with 49 reviews while Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews. Check Point Antivirus is rated 8.6, while Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Check Point Antivirus writes "Compatible, cost-effective, and highly customizable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". Check Point Antivirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, VirusTotal and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), whereas Check Point NGFW is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense.
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