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Check Point Infinity vs Groundcover Observability Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point Infinity
Ranking in AI Observability
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (9th), AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms (6th), AI Security (5th)
Groundcover Observability P...
Ranking in AI Observability
27th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (44th), Log Management (37th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI Observability category, the mindshare of Check Point Infinity is 0.8%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Groundcover Observability Platform is 0.7%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Check Point Infinity0.8%
Groundcover Observability Platform0.7%
Other98.5%
AI Observability
 

Featured Reviews

RL
TI at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Helps prevent advanced threats and reduce incident response times through unified security policies
The best feature Check Point Infinity offers for me is threat prevention, which is effective at blocking malware, ransomware, and phishing, as well as preventing zero-day attacks before they reach users or systems. For our team, the threat prevention in Check Point Infinity works by layering multiple defenses that stop attacks before they reach users or systems, and the most effective feature for us is the specific SandBlast Zero-Day Prevention, which uses advanced sandboxing and threat emulation to detonate suspicious files in a safe environment. Check Point Infinity has impacted my organization positively, as I have seen a reduction in security incidents and response times, with threats that used to slip through different point solutions now being blocked automatically thanks to the unified prevention layers.
EO
Software Engineer at FairMoney
Centralized observability has improved transaction monitoring and now reduces errors through faster troubleshooting
Groundcover Observability Platform is already very vast, and improving it requires proper training for even a software developer to be able to use it. A person in tech needs training to navigate the system. The UI is better, but it can be improved to include a more intuitive design that easily explains itself to users so that navigation is simpler. Many features are hidden, and you need someone who is experienced with the platform to direct you on how to view certain information or complete specific tasks and walk you through the process. It would be better if Groundcover focused more on simplifying the user interface and improving human-computer interactions of the dashboard to make it so easy for a new developer or specialist to navigate and get what they need quickly. Querying data from Groundcover is not easy if you do not have specific information. You cannot perform a wildcard search in the text box. If you go to the log and enter an error message, it will not bring any results for you. You must first specify the workload or pods you are looking for, then enter the error. You need to add tags and put in your strings to be able to search for your particular logs or errors. If you just put a wildcard search in the text box, it will not work and will appear as if there are no logs that relate to that search, when in reality the logs exist. Making it easier for developers, users, and specialists using Groundcover to navigate and get what they need without the help of an experienced person walking them through is very important. This improvement is not about functionality but more about making navigation easier.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The detection and reaction rates are good."
"The all-in-one management feature of Check Point Infinity saves time because I can manage everything and deploy everything from one place."
"We are fully satisfied with the abilities it provides and the general approach of the Check Point solutions."
"Check Point Infinity's threat prevention capabilities benefitted our organization."
"The solution is very stable. I would estimate it's 99.9% stable, if not more."
"It is a scalable product."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. Stability is always important. I haven't faced any issues with the Infinity Portal in the last six or seven years."
"The advanced threat prevention feature has significantly helped my organization; for example, Check Point Infinity flagged a suspicious file that had bypassed our email filters, and it turned out to be a zero-day malware—the threat prevention engine blocked it before it reached the user and gave us an alert instantly, saving us from a potential data breach."
"Groundcover Observability Platform has impacted my organization positively as it is the primary way we use observability in our company, so it has a significant impact."
"Groundcover Observability Platform scales effectively with our organization's growth as we add new environments and everything works great, and the migration from our old product went very smoothly, allowing us to deprecate it rather quickly."
"Groundcover Observability Platform has positively impacted my organization by allowing me to pay only for what I use since it is stored in the cloud, and I do not need to pay for buckets of 1 gigabyte, 5 gigabytes, or other options."
"Troubleshooting is very fast compared to manual investigation or using the other forms of logging that we used to have, and downtime and errors have decreased because we are able to see our performance and workload pods performing better, increase CPU and memory resources as soon as usage goes above the threshold, and make our application more scalable and improve performance metrics, reducing the number of errors in the application by at least 70%."
"We switched to Groundcover Observability Platform primarily because of the difficult query syntax in our previous solution, and we chose Groundcover for their business model as they don't charge based on log storage, they provide the infrastructure, and from a security perspective, the data stays in-house, which wasn't the case with our previous tool."
 

Cons

"One area for improvement in Check Point Infinity is the user interface, as it can feel complex for new users."
"We need improvement around the Smart-1 cloud solution."
"The improvements needed for Check Point Infinity include that the documentation is not intuitive, and we needed more pictures or steps to make it more intuitive for all people when deploying it for the first time."
"Check Point Infinity is not compatible with Windows 8."
"Another improvement that would make our experience smoother with Check Point Infinity is simplifying the initial setup and configuration process; while powerful, it can feel overwhelming for smaller teams without dedicated security engineers, so more guides, wizards, or automatic best practice templates would be helpful."
"There is an issue with high agent size, which impacts performance."
"The customer support is average because I need to create different things in the portal to create a ticket."
"They need to update the guides."
"I would appreciate the ability to eliminate incident.io and have all the alerting in one place."
"Querying data from Groundcover is not easy if you do not have specific information."
"I think it would be beneficial to see the body and content of API calls in the traces as a possible improvement."
"I would assess the stability and reliability of Groundcover Observability Platform as an eight out of ten; while I haven't experienced issues personally, I am aware they occasionally encounter some challenges."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's price is quite high, and the licensing model requires extra licenses for various features like SD-WAN."
"Check Point should provide an enterprise-wide license where the organization should be provided free hand of using any license or services for an agreed period of time (EULA)."
"I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"When it comes to price, the paramount consideration is the strength of the security. If the security measures provided by the product, such as Check Point Infinity, are robust and meet our requirements, price becomes a secondary concern."
"The product has good pricing considering the features and a global approach."
"Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."
"The flexibility in pricing is advantageous, and being a special partner allows for negotiating special rates based on the project requirements."
"The pricing of Check Point Infinity could be better. There is a license needed to use the solution and we pay annually."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Security Firm
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Educational Organization
8%
Construction Company
34%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise10
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity could be improved with more intuitive documentation.
What is your primary use case for Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity is used primarily for consolidating security across networks, including cloud and on-premise, and endpoints under one architecture. It is relied upon most for unified threat pr...
What advice do you have for others considering Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity offers easy management, a centralized security tool, and excellent pricing. The review rating for Check Point Infinity is 9 out of 10.
What needs improvement with Groundcover Observability Platform?
Groundcover Observability Platform is already very vast, and improving it requires proper training for even a software developer to be able to use it. A person in tech needs training to navigate th...
What is your primary use case for Groundcover Observability Platform?
My main use case for Groundcover Observability Platform is for application logs, insights, workload observability, and visibility.
What advice do you have for others considering Groundcover Observability Platform?
Groundcover Observability Platform is a good platform and very good to use. I would rate this review as highly positive.
 

Also Known As

R80, Infinity
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