We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Fortinet FortiDDoS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It is quite easy to handle."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The product offers very good security."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"It's very easy to configure."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"This software is great in overall performance since it can locate any trouble across the networking system and provide solutions before it affects workflows."
"A unique architecture makes this product stand out from other solutions."
"The ease of administration with the cloud management extension and the cloud licensing model is valuable."
"The VPN features in CloudGuard Network Security have been the most valuable for us."
"What's most valuable to me is that it's a contiguous solution that aligns well with the components that we've relied on and trusted from a traditional hardware, firewall, and unified threat management system. My engineers and analysts don't have to learn another platform. We have already entrusted our security controls to Check Point for perimeter and physical security, and now we can do so at the virtual layer as well, which is key to us."
"We consolidated from three management consoles and three clusters to only one, which is a big improvement."
"The SSL spectrum proved to be the most valuable for our incoming connections."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"Among its key features: Detects and mitigates DDoS attacks at L3 to L7; negligible to zero false-positives; Generates and sends reports without the need for an expensive third-party solution."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud DDoS scrubbing capability."
"The product's initial setup phase was really easy."
"The solution already has security profiles and it can protect from DDoS attacks and other kinds of attacks."
"It is a user-friendly product in terms of monitoring and updating policies."
"I find the interface easy to use."
"The product allows the users to adjust the thresholds."
"We have researched them all, and it's a good solution all around."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The pricing could always be better."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"I think they have pretty much mastered what can be done. There are some nuances like when you fail over from one cluster member to the other, the external IP address takes about two minutes to fail over."
"It is a very expensive program and there are additional costs despite the standard licensing fees."
"The initial setup was a bit complex."
"The solution’s technical support, DNS security and training could be improved."
"The challenge mainly revolves around the slower functionality of virtual IP switching in Azure Virtual Network compared to on-premise solutions. On-premise, switching between clusters is faster, taking only a few seconds, while in Azure, it can extend up to five minutes. The downtime is a concern for us."
"Regarding CloudGuard Network Security's integration with various resources like application gateways and application-based security groups, there's room for exploring dynamic access in those areas. A significant concern is the upgrade process. Unlike an in-place upgrade, upgrading the tool in Azure requires deploying a new resource, which can be hectic and less reliable. We have to spend something new to have the tool's latest version."
"The solution lacks the capability to scale effectively."
"Lacks the ability to integrate with other security solutions."
"I would like to see analytics, big data."
"The web interface could be much better."
"I find that there have been issues in the past year with the solution hanging. It freezes often."
"The solution can be a little more user-friendly and it can be more affordable."
"Alerts and reporting features must be improved."
"The tool needs to focus more on the area of application traffic management, where it currently has some shortcomings."
"The product’s pricing needs improvement."
"All the thresholds that need to be configured should be included in the default so that user will not forget or misconfigure."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 119 reviews while Fortinet FortiDDoS is ranked 16th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 12 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiDDoS is rated 8.4. 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 Fortinet FortiDDoS writes "Offers good technical support but has poor scalability". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Fortinet FortiDDoS is most compared with Arbor DDoS, Radware DefensePro, VMware NSX, Fortinet FortiWeb and Edgio Global CDN.
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