We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Perimeter 81 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 provides valuable features like VPN Blade, IPS Blade, URL filtering, and Applications Control Blade. Perimeter 81 is commended for its single sign-on capability, effortless configuration, multi-networks functionality, and user-friendly interface.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security needs enhancements in the support system, cluster creation on AWS, data protection visibility, DLP feature, user interface, integration with other security solutions, and cost reduction. Perimeter 81 could improve country/location definition, login instance, UI customization, tutorials, session timeout notification, login/logout process, dashboards, QoS, traffic shaping, agent connection, network traffic balancing, login page access, security capabilities, dashboard console, and Chrome extension. Additionally, faster upload and download speeds would also be beneficial.
Service and Support: The opinions on Check Point CloudGuard Network Security's customer service vary, as some users appreciate the technical assistance while others express dissatisfaction with the time it takes to receive a response. Perimeter 81's customer service is generally praised for being fast and supportive.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security's deployment is considered user-friendly and straightforward, although it may require technical expertise. Perimeter 81's setup is highly praised for being easy, not complex, and a breeze, with an intuitive user interface and plug-and-play connectors. However, it may become complex when dealing with hybrid environments.
Pricing: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is perceived as costly, however, it provides commendable security and value. Conversely, Perimeter 81 is regarded as budget-friendly.
ROI: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security consistently delivers an ROI range of 80% to 85%, offering valuable benefits and cost savings throughout the organization. Perimeter 81's ROI has received varied feedback, but it does have the potential to generate favorable returns and cost-saving advantages.
Comparison Results: Perimeter 81 is the preferred choice when compared to Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. Users appreciate the user-friendly setup process and the ease of configuration and troubleshooting. The single sign-on feature is also highly valued. Perimeter 81 is praised for its efficient customer service, convenience, and productivity-enhancing capabilities. It is also considered affordable and provides valuable software capabilities.
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"The product gives analytic reports."
"It was very easy to install the solution, and the architecture meant we didn't have to worry about exceeding the solution's capacity."
"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."
"SSL/TLS traffic inspection features are used for advanced threat prevention against secure SSL traffic."
"Its blades and VSLS (Virtual System Load Sharing) work fine."
"Additionally, the centralized reporting and management, accessible through a single pane of glass, offer consistency and efficiency across multi-cloud environments."
"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."
"Check Point has pretty simple solutions, like the virtual appliance which you just download and it is imported into VMware and you just start using it."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"The benefits are really built into the underlying protocol, however, Perimeter81 makes these available in a user-friendly way."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"Logging back into Perimeter 81 is relatively user-friendly as I just need to re-type my Windows credentials in to access the VPN."
"Our operators can work from home without any problems."
"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."
"Providing access and security allows our company employees to work from home and remotely."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Backup can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"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 complexity to deploy should be decreased."
"Check Point support, beyond CloudGuard, does need some improvement."
"The licensing structure is unclear, so a transparent and flexible licensing structure would be preferable."
"If you compare the GUI with the Palo Alto and Forcepoint in the Cisco, they're very easy. Check Point, due to its design, is a little bit complex. They should make the GUI easy to use so that anyone can understand it easily, like Fortinet's GUI. Many companies end up using Fortinet because the GUI is very easy, and there's no need for training. They just deploy the box and do the configuration."
"This application can be more integrated with web application firewalls. Better integrations would provide more granularity, which would be helpful for focusing on the application itself and preventing attacks. It would be good to include the cross-domain search. If you have multiple firewalls that are managed on the same platform and you want to check who is using some particular objects or where a specific ID is being used, it should provide an option for this kind of search instead of having to check one by one on each firewall."
"The initial setup is complex and could be made simpler."
"The cost needs improvement as it is currently quite expensive."
"What would be useful would be a notification/warning that a session is due to timeout after exceeding the default connection limit."
"There is a very small amount of downtime."
"In the future, maybe P81 can improve the network traffic balancing and redundancy."
"The solution's speed of upload and download is an area where it lacks"
"One of the more negative experiences using Perimeter 81 is the fact that I am logged off after a pre-determined amount of time which cuts off access to some of my company's resources."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"There are a few areas where the solution could be improved. For instance, we sometimes encounter connectivity issues, which can be problematic. Recently, I experienced a connectivity issue while trying to move to Azure. Connectivity issues can be quite frustrating."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 119 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. 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 Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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