We compared Cisco ACI and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security based on our users' reviews in six categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Cisco ACI and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, Cisco ACI has a more intricate setup process, but provides ease of configuration and management once deployed. However, it is expensive and has a non-user-friendly GUI, as well as licensing and technical support issues. On the other hand, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has an effortless initial setup, valuable compliance and security features, and good customer support. It needs improvement in the support system, integration with other solutions, and cost.
"The scalability is very good; again, very user-friendly. I wouldn't even say "user-friendly" because, as long as you deploy it properly, you can kill an EC2 and it will spin up another one right away, within about a minute and a half. And it will be ready for production right away."
"Additionally, the centralized reporting and management, accessible through a single pane of glass, offer consistency and efficiency across multi-cloud environments."
"The Identity Awareness blade and dynamic tagging in Azure are valuable because they make access management automatic. Instead of manually setting up access for each new resource, it happens automatically based on the same access policy. This dynamic setup is scalable."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"It's a high-performance device. The network performance is also really good. We check how much time it takes for the servers. Our network performance has increased since using this solution."
"The comprehensiveness of the CloudGuard’s threat prevention security is great, especially once they integrate Dome9 in the whole thing. That really ties the whole thing together, so you can tie your entire cloud environment together into one central location, which is nice. Previously, we had three or four different tools that we were trying to leverage to do the same stuff that we are able to do with CloudGuard."
"It's possible to sync the Check Point Management with the cloud portal, therefore allowing automated rules to be set in place whenever creating a new VM."
"The tool's most valuable features are threat prevention and protection mechanisms."
"The product works very well with our virtual environment."
"It has reduced our day-to-day operations by at least half."
"Because of its automation feature, when you configure scripts for Cisco ACI, it reduces human error."
"Cisco technical support is great."
"It is a complete re-write of everything that you've ever thought of from a networking standpoint."
"It is more scalable than our previous products."
"With Cisco ACI, I can deploy things with a script, then run it in five minutes."
"The ability to integrate with other systems is the most valuable feature."
"I would like to see more focus on east-west traffic inspection and AWS."
"They can improve their security features to the next advanced level so that their efficiency in catching the malware can become 100%, and there is no scope for any data loss or leakage from the system due to any issue."
"A threat categorization system can be added to give users the authority to define vulnerable attacks and classify areas that can threaten the workflow system."
"It is a very expensive program and there are additional costs despite the standard licensing fees."
"The documentation has been rough. Being able to do it yourself can be hit or miss given the constraints of the documentation."
"The solution needs to improve the interruptions that happen during gateway upgrades."
"The user interface can be improved."
"Clustering in Azure is a bit different, not using the Check Point cluster but relying on load balancing. It's not as instant as I'm used to; in Azure, it might take around half a minute to a minute, and during this time, services could be down. The delay is attributed to Azure using its load balancing mechanisms instead of the Check Point cluster."
"The product needs to be more visible on the Internet and have the ability to be integrated into more software developments."
"The integration has room for improvement. There should be a drag-and-drop interface for configuring the integration where you connect some arrows to boxes, and the system takes care of the configuration. Right now, they have something similar, but it's limited. You have to take care of some things yourself. That is one area that the solution can work on. It's easy now, but it's much easier in other solutions."
"I would like to see more troubleshooting apps."
"We would like to have faster services and problem monitoring for our customers."
"Deploying Cisco ACI was a little complex because we needed to add a lot to the fabric. You need to configure some servers, connect everything, make templates, and deploy switches. It takes five people to deploy and maintain."
"It would be great if ACI would include the next generation firewall feature."
"They should improve the GUI, make it simpler. They also need to improve its integration with other automation tools."
"We faced some issues while configuring the microsegment."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 5th in Cloud and Data Center Security with 119 reviews while Cisco ACI is ranked 2nd in Cloud and Data Center Security with 96 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Cisco ACI is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco ACI writes "Stable, easy to extend, scalable, and has a host-based routing feature". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco Secure Firewall and Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, whereas Cisco ACI is most compared with VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Nuage Networks, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Juniper Contrail Networking. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Cisco ACI report.
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