We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and OPNsense based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers a range of valuable features including VPN, IPS, URL filtering, and Applications Control Blade. OPNsense provides scalability, guest access capabilities, dashboards, IDS and IPS features, and easy configuration.
The feedback for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security suggests that it could enhance its support system, introduce features like cluster creation on AWS and a managed web portal, improve visibility on data protection, and upgrade its documentation and support services. OPNsense requires improvement in its user interface, bandwidth management, high availability feature, logging, integration capabilities, IPS solution, hardware updates, reporting, SSL inspection, and installation process.
Service and Support: While some customers have praised Check Point's technical support, there have been complaints about their response time. OPNsense has a combination of positive and negative reviews. Some users have found their support to be excellent, while others believe there is room for improvement.
Ease of Deployment: The initial setup for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is considered to be user-friendly and straightforward, although it may necessitate technical knowledge. Deployment time can differ, and proper guidance and support are essential. OPNsense's initial setup is simple and can be accomplished by non-technical clients. It typically takes a few hours to complete, but additional configuration might be necessary for certain environments.
Pricing: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is known for its high setup cost, but it provides excellent security and value. OPNsense has a moderate price for the appliance, with the hardware being the main expense. It is a cost-effective solution that offers unbeatable pricing when compared to other firewalls.
ROI: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security provides a significant ROI of 80% to 85%, along with added advantages and simplified administration. OPNsense ensures a return on investment within a short span of less than three months and eliminates the need for ongoing fees.
Comparison Results: Based on user feedback, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is the preferred choice when comparing it to OPNsense. Users appreciate the ease and simplicity of the initial setup process with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security stands out for its valuable features like VPN, IPS, URL filtering, and Applications Control Blade, which are highly valued by users.
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has a beautiful threat emulation different from the market."
"We find all the features valuable, particularly the firewall, application control, URL filtering, and HTTPS detection."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its scalability. You will only have to pay less for scaling up. Its notable benefit is deployment complexity. Regional deployment is simpler compared to on-premise setup."
"This solution brings us closer to having a better security score, which helps us a lot in complying with information regulations based on security."
"It is a good-to-use tool that is also flexible."
"We have found the overall functionality of the product to be exactly similar to the physical product. The one good advantage is that it is cloud-based and can be deployed either as a part of a scale set or one can shut down the virtual machine and adjust the physical parameters of the virtual machine easily and bring it right back up."
"The endpoint VPN is super stable. The routing is also very good. We tried a competing product first, but we could not make it work. We came across CloudGuard. The network routing across different virtual networks in Azure and AWS was way ahead of any of the other technologies. That helped us be able to cover the whole network using one single cluster."
"It is scalable. It's a cloud solution, so it's easy to implement and manage."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"The graphic user interface is very good and it is user-friendly which makes the product easy-to-use."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"It's open source."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"The VPN server feature is the most valuable. It is integrated with Radius and AAA for doing accounting and authentication. Insight view is also an important feature for me at this time. It allows me to assess our network traffic. I also like the firewall feature. The BSD kernel has a packet filter. It is one of the most solid frameworks for firewalls. Its user interface is one of the best interfaces I have used."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The licensing structure is unclear, so a transparent and flexible licensing structure would be preferable."
"CloudGuard Network Security's pricing is expensive. We have encountered issues with its licensing."
"Lacks the ability to integrate with other security solutions."
"Having a web UI in the VSX (or something similar) would be nice."
"It's meeting our needs at this time. If I could make it better, it would be by making it more standalone. That would be beneficial to us. I say that because our current platform for virtualization is VMware. The issue isn't any fault of Check Point, it's more how the virtualization platform partners allow for that partnership and integration. There has to be close ties and partnerships between the vendors to ensure interoperability and sup-portability. There is only so far that Check Point, or any security vendor technology can go without the partnership and enablement of the virtualization platform vendor as it relies on "Service Insertion" to maintain optimal performance."
"The product needs to improve technical support."
"CloudGuard Network Security could be improved in the area of upgrading in place."
"The solution needs to improve the interruptions that happen during gateway upgrades."
"The interface isn't so friendly user. But we have some technicians here who are quite confident with this tool. OPNSense could maybe add sets of rules so it's simpler to manage different groups with particular needs."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 121 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "Highly reliable, great visibility, and centralized management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. OPNsense report.
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