Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) vs Qualys TotalCloud comparison

Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP)

July 2026

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ROI

Sentiment score

6.8

Check Point Cloud Firewall offers efficient security, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, enhancing ROI through reduced overhead and effective risk management.

Sentiment score

5.3

Qualys TotalCloud enhances efficiency, reduces costs by 30-40%, and increases ROI by 10-20%, significantly saving time and resources.

The value lies in maintaining operational integrity with zero downtime or incidents, facilitating secure, ongoing business operations.

reviewer2647578

Cybersecurity consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

The compliance has improved as our overall compliance score against CIS benchmark has improved from around 72 to 92% within the first three months of adoption.

reviewer2751468

Assistant Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

This helped my team cut manual review time by roughly twenty to twenty-five percent, allowing me to reallocate effort to proactive cloud security improvements.

Pedro Leão

Networking and System Consultant at Orbcom,Lda.

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It has saved about 90% of our time.

reviewer2592729

Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

TotalCloud has generated overall savings of 30 to 40 percent across various departments.

reviewer2060841

Security Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

CallStream helps us integrate and automate tasks.

SurajTripathi

Senior Security Consultant at CyberNxt Solutions LLP

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.3

Check Point Cloud Firewall customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise, but documentation and routing need improvement.

Sentiment score

7.0

Qualys TotalCloud's customer support is praised for expertise and responsiveness but occasionally faces response delays and inefficiencies.

They usually respond quite fast, and they are very knowledgeable about what they do.

Dimitris Baziotopoulos

Network security engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We had an endless loop of emails trying to fix this, and the suggestion was to reinstall the gateway and do it from scratch, which was not an option at that point because it would leave that specific location without access.

Andrei Ganciu

System administrator at a consultancy with 201-500 employees

Available twenty-four by seven.

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Android Developer at Droidforge

They are helpful, respond to my queries, and can answer any question.

Bhaskar Praveen

Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Qualys's tech support is highly responsive, providing multiple ways to interact with them.

HASHIM JUNAID

Service Manager, Security Operations at CDA IT SOLUTIONS

Qualys' customer service provides quality answers, but the response time is long, even though it is within the SLA.

Aditya Pathak

Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Check Point Cloud Firewall is highly scalable and adaptable, though users find configuration and licensing complex.

Sentiment score

7.5

Qualys TotalCloud excels in scalability but may need skilled management, adaptable for varying environments and large-scale deployments.

Visibility scales without performance issues as my environment expands.

Pedro Leão

Networking and System Consultant at Orbcom,Lda.

It is capable of managing the increased load and performs well as our needs expand.

Viral Shaa

IT Security Analyst at Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.

I can deploy it everywhere I need it.

Christian Riedl

Security & Network Services at a tech company with 201-500 employees

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We started our organization about nine months back. We started with about 30 users, and we now have more than 100 users.

Mohsin_Raza

CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees

Our organization currently uses it to manage over 1200 web applications.

Faiz Delvi

Analyst, Information Security at Infosys

It is absolutely scalable, and I would rate its scalability as nine out of ten.

Eshan Kshirsagar

retired at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.0

Check Point Cloud Firewall is praised for stability and reliability, with minor issues typically related to cloud integrations.

Sentiment score

8.3

Qualys TotalCloud is praised for stability, boasting 99.9% uptime with minimal downtime and quickly resolved minor bugs.

If there are errors, it is sometimes challenging to elaborate or troubleshoot since it is not transparent enough to understand what to search for.

Reffat Gharaibeh

Cloud Security Architect at controlware

I have not observed any downtime.

Mantas Mazeika

Sales manager/ project manager at Atea

For instance, when we are working on a release and do an upgrade, we start experiencing unexpected issues.

Rui-Pereira

Chief Technology Officer at Chief Security Officers

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Overall, the support provided has been excellent.

Faiz Delvi

Analyst, Information Security at Infosys

It is a stable solution, which is why we chose it.

Mohsin_Raza

CIO at a venture capital & private equity firm with 11-50 employees

Continuous monitoring is crucial to ensure system stability and avoid vulnerabilities or threats.

Bhaskar Praveen

Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

Check Point Cloud Firewall faces integration and UI challenges, high costs, inconsistent support, and demands enhanced features and documentation.

Users recommend enhancing compliance, UI, integration, and reporting, improving security features, and optimizing pricing and navigation for Qualys TotalCloud.

Scalability could be improved as well; needing to purchase a new license each time I want to add a new interface is not ideal.

Stefan Baumgartner

Security architect at Twinformatics

Better documentation would be welcome.

Dimitris Baziotopoulos

Network security engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The user interface could be more intuitive, and the initial setup and configuration can be complex, requiring a technical team.

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Android Developer at Droidforge

Ideally, the scanner should automatically detect and scan all subdomains, even if not explicitly defined, ensuring comprehensive vulnerability assessment.

Faiz Delvi

Analyst, Information Security at Infosys

Ideally, updates should be more immediate, enabling quicker implementation of solutions.

ShantanuChoubal

Project Lead at Persistent Systems

Our goal is to integrate all these functions into Qualys, creating a single dashboard for comprehensive security monitoring and management.

Ramachandran Sugumar

Senior Information Security Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Setup Cost

Check Point Cloud Firewall offers flexibility and strong support, offsetting its higher cost compared to competitors like Fortinet and Palo Alto.

Qualys TotalCloud is costly but offers value and integration, ideal for enterprises despite higher pricing.

The pricing and licensing are expensive, costing between seven thousand to eight thousand dollars.

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Android Developer at Droidforge

Check Point is expensive, however, with the features and capabilities, I can justify the cost.

Thanos Constantopoulos

Manager, Managed Security Services at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

It is the highest in the market.

Daniel Sander

System engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Qualys TotalCloud's pricing is currently acceptable, it is becoming increasingly expensive.

Pramod Borana

Senior Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Pricing is managed by our finance team; however, Qualys TotalCloud offers cost-effective licensing flexibility.

Sushant Samantara

IT Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Qualys TotalCloud is expensive, but it offers a premier solution with no headaches.

SubhashMuthareddy

Vice President at Inspira Enterprise

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Valuable Features

Check Point Cloud Firewall offers advanced threat prevention, scalability, unified security, and automation for efficient cloud security management.

Qualys TotalCloud enhances risk management with misconfiguration detection, TruRisk integration, continuous monitoring, automation, and seamless integration for IaaS and SaaS.

One of the most valuable features is the automated threat prevention, which helps us detect and block potential cyberattacks in real-time, minimizing data breaches.

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Android Developer at Droidforge

Centralized management is the feature I like best, resulting in reduced workload and more continuous policy.

Christian Riedl

Security & Network Services at a tech company with 201-500 employees

Network Security provides us with unified security management across hybrid and cloud as well as on-prem.

Thanos Constantopoulos

Manager, Managed Security Services at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

This view of risk helps reduce the work we would have to do to combine multiple sources to prioritize risk.

Aditya Pathak

Works at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

It will help cybersecurity professionals monitor the cloud and find vulnerabilities.

Bhaskar Praveen

Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

We are enjoying the new feature, FlexScan, which is valuable for Internet-facing VMs.

Jignesh Baleshwaria

Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point Cloud Firewall ...

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

240

Ranking in other categories

Firewalls (8th), Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (1st), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (3rd), Cloud and Data Center Security (5th), WAN Edge (3rd), Unified Threat Management (UTM) (4th)

Qualys TotalCloud

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Vulnerability Management (10th), Container Security (11th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (7th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (7th), SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (2nd), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (6th)

Featured Reviews

reviewer2875401

Network Engineer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees

Unified security policies have protected our hybrid network with deep, user-based controls

The main limitations of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) are not in Check Point itself but in the cloud platforms on which it is deployed. Because not all clouds have L2 infrastructure, you cannot build a unified clustering system everywhere. As a result, the problem usually is not with Check Point, but with the cloud. The main problem with Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is that it uses a separate thick client instead of a browser. A browser-based SmartConsole exists, but it still has a number of limitations, while the thick client, the so-called SmartConsole, often works unstably, freezes, and has to be restarted. I do not recommend using Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) as a VPN hub for site-to-site VPN because it is inconvenient to monitor the state of its tunnels, especially visually. It does not have a convenient snap-in and everything can be checked only via the console, which is very inconvenient. Check Point is not the most universal solution as a device that provides routing and administration capabilities in addition to security. It is an excellent firewall, but it has a number of limitations in terms of routing and in creating VPN sessions, especially in terms of displaying their states.

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Robert Orłowski

IT Security Expert at Alior Bank S.A.

Unified risk scoring has improved our cloud visibility and simplifies remediation priorities

Qualys TotalCloud provides unified vulnerability and threat assessment across both IAS and SaaS. This solution provides a single prioritized view of risk, which helps reduce the work I would have to do. We are no longer based on CVSS; we are based on Qualys risk scoring, which is based on CVSS plus internal findings made by Qualys, and then assigns its own score. The TruRisk insight feature has found a small number of assets with high vulnerability scores, though I am cautious since some information is classified. Qualys TotalCloud has positively impacted our bank's performance, and we have definitely seen benefits after implementing this solution.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

16%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

13%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	132
Midsize Enterprise	54
Large Enterprise	138

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	30

Questions from the Community

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

Since we use a unified standard for using policies and modules in Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security), we can clearly plan which modules we need to activate on a parti...

What needs improvement with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

What is your primary use case for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is the main manager that provides network security in different forms in my organization. The primary task that Check Point solves ...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Qualys TotalCloud?

The price is very expensive, actually.

What needs improvement with Qualys TotalCloud?

To be totally honest, I do not have any best features because I have had a bad experience using this tool, especially regarding vulnerability management and exposure management. Getting all the inf...

What is your primary use case for Qualys TotalCloud?

My main use case for Qualys TotalCloud is vulnerability management and exposure management. I use this tool to evaluate the exposure risk of the environment and identify all the weaknesses present ...

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Qualys TotalCloud

July 2026

Also Known As

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

Qualys TotalCloud with FlexScan

Overview

Check Point Cloud Firewall, previously known as CloudGuard Network Security, provides advanced threat prevention, centralized management, and VPN capabilities, enabling robust cloud security across various platforms including Azure and AWS.

Check Point Cloud Firewall delivers seamless cloud integration with advanced automated threat prevention and centralized management to enhance security posture. It offers auto-scaling for dynamic environments and a comprehensive policy enforcement framework in hybrid settings. The unified interface streamlines administration across cloud infrastructures, ensuring consistent protection and reducing risk.

What important features does it offer?

Advanced Threat Prevention: Safeguards against sophisticated threats.
Centralized Management: Simplifies control for cloud infrastructures.
Auto-scaling: Adapts to changing workloads seamlessly.
VPN Capabilities: Enables secure connections across environments.
Integration with Azure and AWS: Ensures compatibility with leading cloud services.
Visibility Tools: Enhanced monitoring and management for security enforcement.

What benefits can users expect?

Enhanced Security: Comprehensive threat management reduces risk.
Operational Efficiency: Automation capabilities streamline processes.
Cost Management: Efficient resource usage with auto-scaling reduces expenses.
Integration Flexibility: Adapts easily into existing cloud platforms.
Simplified Administration: Unified management reduces complexity.

In manufacturing and conglomerate sectors, Check Point Cloud Firewall is utilized for protecting cloud environments and implementing network segmentation. It supports secure cloud migration on AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring compliance, perimeter defense, and traffic inspection, facilitating sophisticated threat prevention strategies.

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Qualys TotalCloud enhances security posture across cloud environments with continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and risk visualization, ensuring efficient threat assessment and automated remediation for improved cyber risk reduction.

Qualys TotalCloud offers a robust suite of security tools essential for organizations managing multi-cloud infrastructures. By integrating cloud accounts and automating workflows, it supports AWS, Azure, and GCP, offering comprehensive vulnerability management and zero-day detection. The platform's user-friendly design, combined with its extensive risk management and unified threat assessment capabilities, enables organizations to prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities effectively. TruRisk Insights provides clear insights on cyber risks, while the automation options streamline patch management and scanning processes. API integration across IaaS and SaaS environments further enhances resource allocation efficiency and saves time, addressing misconfigurations across cloud environments.

What are the most important features of Qualys TotalCloud?

Accurate Vulnerability Reports: Delivers precise and actionable insights for risk mitigation.
Zero-Day Detection: Identifies and addresses zero-day vulnerabilities proactively.
Unified Threat Assessment: Offers comprehensive evaluation of threats across the environment.
Extensive Risk Management: Manages risks effectively with advanced insights and prioritization.
Continuous Monitoring: Provides non-stop surveillance for vulnerabilities and threats.
Cloud-Native Automation: Streamlines processes and reduces manual efforts using automation.
FlexScan for Internet-Facing VMs: Scans external VMs efficiently to detect vulnerabilities.
Dashboard Risk Visualization: Clear visualization helps prioritize vulnerabilities.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Improved Security Posture: Enhances threat detection and response across clouds.
Time Savings: Automation reduces time spent on manual vulnerability management.
Resource Efficiency: Better allocation of resources through streamlined workflows.
Enhanced Risk Prioritization: Focus on critical vulnerabilities for effective mitigation.
Integrated Cloud Accounts: Facilitates seamless cloud management and security.

Qualys TotalCloud is deployed in sectors needing rigorous vulnerability management, such as finance and healthcare. Companies utilize it to secure multi-cloud environments like AWS, Azure, and GCP, focus on compliance, and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines to detect and remedy threats pre-deployment.

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Sample Customers

Physicians Choice Laboratory Services, Helvetica Insurance

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