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Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP vs SUSE Rancher comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP
Ranking in Container Security
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (11th), Cloud and Data Center Security (9th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (6th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (5th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (7th), Compliance Management (6th)
SUSE Rancher
Ranking in Container Security
33rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP is 2.2%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SUSE Rancher is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP2.2%
SUSE Rancher0.5%
Other97.3%
Container Security
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2751468 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Boosts security and compliance in multi-cloud environments while real-time threat detection enhances risk management
Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP flagged a misconfiguration in our AWS S3 bucket that had overly permissive access settings. That configuration could have exposed our sensitive data to the public internet. The platform not only identified the issue but also provided remediation that our team was able to apply immediately. This prevented a potential data exposure. Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP offers a unified, modular platform that combines CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, code security, and cloud detection and response. The agentless workload posture, real-time threat detection and response, multi-cloud coverage and visibility, compliance automation, and one-click remediations stand out as its best features. I find myself relying on the risk management engine and prioritization the most day-to-day. In any cloud environment, you are flooded with findings, misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps. Without prioritization, it is overwhelming for our team to take care of the posture. CloudGuard's risk scoring helps us cut through incidents. This makes remediation faster and focused instead of wasting time checking every alert. We get to fix the issues that pose real business risks. Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP has positively impacted our organization at a significant level. We get greater visibility and control across all our cloud environments. Some biggest benefits we have seen are faster detection and remediation of misconfigurations, improved compliance posture, reduced risk exposure, operational efficiency, and cost savings. Overall, it has made our cloud environment more secure, compliant, and easier to manage while freeing up our teams to focus on projects instead of chasing alerts.
reviewer2785698 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solutions Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 501-1,000 employees
Centralized management has unified multi‑cluster operations across clouds and data centers
There are multiple areas where SUSE Rancher can improve. The most pressing issue that I found in SUSE Rancher is that it is a bit slow. Compared with Komodor, it is very slow. Maintenance is also very high, and we require regular maintenance. Non-experts in Kubernetes cannot handle this application. It is a bit less stable compared with other tools in the market. In most regions, there is scope for improvement. There is a lot of scope for improvement, and there are a lot of issues in the tool, such as addressing the errors, addressing the stability, and addressing the reliability. It is a very good tool, so that is why I gave it a nine. However, it is not a great tool to get a ten. It is a bit costly compared with other tools in the market.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management is the training."
"We like the GSL Builder feature. When you're running a security operations center, you spend a lot of time monitoring endpoint activity to ensure there is no malicious traffic or anonymous access in the environment. The GSL Builder is helpful for deep investigations of a particular reason for an incident. You can use it to get more information."
"The two most valuable features for us are the central firewall administrator and the real-time cloud compliance monitoring."
"This solution has saved the company from unnecessary data loss that occurs due to cyber attacks."
"The dashboard is intuitive. You know if you're compliant or not, and then it gives you a remediation plan."
"The most valuable feature is posture management, which gives you complete visibility of all your assets in the cloud and allows you to do governance and compliance."
"Helps identify and correct misconfigurations in cloud environments, ensuring that infrastructure and applications are secure and optimized."
"Most of the features are pretty valuable, whether that's a description of the attacks or the attack graph showing the vulnerabilities. If a single tool does all this work, the value is centralizing all these functions on a single tool. These are the cloud-native applications we talk about — containers, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure — and all those things are the primary focus of the CNAPP solution."
"Rancher Desktop provides support for Kubernetes setup on local machines."
"The most valuable features of SUSE Rancher include the user interface and the display features."
"SUSE Rancher has positively impacted my organization as productivity is the main point, and the productivity has improved because the main project goal was to finish the project faster, which was particularly important since we have many applications."
"SUSE Rancher has made things easier for my team and organization by reducing errors, as I use it every day of the week, and it shows us issues through dashboards."
"SUSE Rancher is best used for large-scale applications such as ours; it manages very high-end infrastructure, has very good customer support, and is very easy to understand in terms of usage."
"SUSE Rancher has positively impacted my organization with increased efficiency in a 10x manner."
"Rancher Desktop provides support for Kubernetes setup on local machines."
"SUSE Rancher is best used for large-scale applications such as ours; it manages very high-end infrastructure, and it has very good customer support, and it is very easy to understand in terms of usage."
 

Cons

"The security of Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management could improve. There are always new security issues coming out."
"In Dome9, there should be a policy validation option where we can validate the policy before we push it into production."
"I would like to see some AI on the back-end, just to assist with doing analysis and making recommendations."
"The tool has a lot of potential, but today, it lacks a lot of Scripts/Bots for Azure."
"The biggest thing is the documentation aspect of Dome9 is a little lacking. They were purchased by Check Point about a year and a half to two years ago. When they integrated into Check Point's support system, a lot of the documentation that they had previously got mangled in the transition, e.g., linking to stuff on the Dome9 website that no longer exists. There are still a lot of spaces with incomplete links and stuff that is not as fully explained as it could be."
"The software configurations theory is complicated, and without proper planning and a well-skilled technical team, it cannot perform its tasks properly."
"Integration could be improved."
"The guidelines to implement or to link with the clouds are not complete."
"There are a lot of issues in the tool, such as addressing the errors, addressing the stability, and addressing the reliability."
"Some initial setup and configuration were required by the admin side for enabling security policies, which were not supported initially."
"I wish the container could be more lightweight so that anyone can test and verify SUSE Rancher Prime."
"There are a lot of issues in the tool, such as addressing the errors, addressing the stability, and addressing the reliability."
"Additional features for a paid solution should be included, such as more detailed insights, better graphics, and an improved user interface."
"Some initial setup and configuration were required by the admin side for enabling security policies, which were not supported initially."
"I have noticed that SUSE Rancher's GUI is slow because we have more than 1,000 pods, and when searching for a pod name, the page takes some time to load."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have the enterprise-level license and we renew it annually because it is worth the cost."
"​They support either annual licensing or hourly. At the time of our last negotiation, it was either one or the other, you could not mix or match. I would have liked to mix/match. ​"
"Its price is very fair."
"The license for CloudGuard Posture Management is about $80 a year, and it's based on your cloud footprint, not the number of users. So you could have a million users, and it doesn't matter."
"The licensing part still needs some work. The issue that I have is that we do not use all the services in the cloud, but sometimes, CloudGuard identifies them as an asset."
"It is difficult to contextualize the pricing because we are used to Indian pricing and licensing."
"Everything in this field is very expensive."
"It is a very straightforward licensing model that is based on the number of assets you are discovering and managing with the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Outsourcing Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise57
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudGuard Workload Protection?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been reasonable for the value it delivers. The initial setup cost was fair. Understanding the right modules and tiers took a bit of plannin...
What do you like most about CloudGuard for Cloud Intelligence?
The new scanning function is a valuable feature that wasn't available until recently.
What needs improvement with CloudGuard for Cloud Intelligence?
One area that Check Point CloudGuard CNAPP could use improvement is the navigation when switching between modules. A more streamlined interface and a quicker drill-down into findings would make the...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SUSE Rancher?
I do not know about the pricing, setup cost, and licensing information because another segment is responsible for this.
What needs improvement with SUSE Rancher?
I think SUSE Rancher can be improved, particularly because SUSE Manager, SUSE Rancher Manager, or SUSE Rancher Prime runs on containers. I wish the container could be more lightweight so that anyon...
What is your primary use case for SUSE Rancher?
My main use case for SUSE Rancher is managing multi-clusters, such as Kubernetes platform-based Kubernetes, GKE, AKS, and EKS. That was the main purpose. For managing those clusters with SUSE Ranch...
 

Also Known As

Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management, Dome9, Check Point CloudGuard Workload Protection, Check Point CloudGuard Intelligence
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Sample Customers

Symantec, Citrix, Car and Driver, Virgin, Cloud Technology Partners
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