We performed a comparison between Check Point Antivirus and WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, SentinelOne, ESET and others in Anti-Malware Tools."The initial setup is very easy."
"It offers a centralized administration which allows us to be much more productive."
"One of the characteristics of this antivirus that is valuable is the detection of ransomware."
"Check Point Antivirus automatically fixes pop-up ads and can effortlessly detect all kinds of threats while working in the background."
"Threat detection intelligence and high customization facilitation is the most popular aspect for customers and users."
"Check Point Antivirus goes in-depth and looks for threats and malware - including phishing attempts."
"There is a lot of documentation to be able to use this security feature in the best way using the best practices indicated by the manufacturer."
"There is almost no impact on the security Gateway/Cluster performance after the activation of the blade, especially if you don't scan nested archives."
"It is the most effective on non-encrypted traffic and it is able to determine some threats through deep packet inspection."
"I haven't a problem with anti-virus stability using WatchGuard for over two years."
"The pricing of the solution is okay. It's not the most expensive option."
"It is very difficult to get ahead of what's coming in terms of new threats, however, I think that Check Point Antivirus must improve against zero-day attacks."
"I think that the pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered, as we found it to be quite expensive to purchase and to maintain."
"Sometimes the antivirus updates fail. We don't understand why because sometimes it fails but the next time you try it goes well and the firewall always has access to the internet. We don't understand why it sometimes fails."
"They can improve the customization features to the greatest extent possible and also help bring automation into system security in the most unified manner possible."
"A certain reduction in the annual subscription pricing could help many startup organizations like ours."
"We'd like the solution to kindly start this service offering on SaaS and PaaS models also."
"Technical support could be better."
"Reporting and management could be improved."
"The solution isn't what I would consider feature-rich."
"It doesn't offer the best protection and it's incompatible with a lot of China's websites. It makes a lot of mistakes when it is detecting items as it's not recognizing items correctly."
"WatchGuard technical support requires a license."
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Check Point Antivirus is ranked 5th in Anti-Malware Tools with 47 reviews while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is ranked 37th in Anti-Malware Tools. Check Point Antivirus is rated 8.6, while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Antivirus writes "Compatible, cost-effective, and highly customizable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus writes "A fully complete suite with VPN, firewall, and anti-virus agents for network management". Check Point Antivirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, VirusTotal and ZoneAlarm, whereas WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection.
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