We performed a comparison between Check Point Infinity and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The Check Point Infinity security architecture enables organizations to fully implement all of the Zero Trust Principles."
"The sandblast threat emulation is great."
"The detection and reaction rates are good."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point Infinity is the ease of use and navigation."
"It has come to reinforce the security architecture of the organization since it covers all the necessary pieces of security."
"The initial implementation was accomplished easily and without deployment problems."
"We have full control over what our employees can do with the devices we provide them, to provide a secure and reliable network infrastructure."
"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 most effective features for threat prevention are application-based prevention and WildFire. These features cover various threats, such as ransomware, malware, etc. They provide real-time visibility. By applying appropriate policies, threats can be blocked."
"Using Palo Alto Networks Panorama, we were able to deploy a single point of management and visualization of the firewall infrastructure in cloud, on-premise and integrated with Azure to automate scale up. Its security features, i.e. anti-malware, threat prevention, URL Filtering, VPN, and antivirus are the most valuable. The ID-User integrated with AD and 2FA features are also very useful to provide secure access to servers and some users in the company. "
"In Palo Alto the most important feature is the App-ID."
"In terms of security breaches, the product aids in categorizing and monitoring traffic, allowing for the identification of potentially malicisous or incorrectly formatted applications."
"It is very stable. It is fairly easy to use."
"I like the UI. Most things are accessible from the user interface and it is quite user-friendly. With respect to both VM-based firewalls and physical firewalls, it's easy to create updates."
"You already can scale it if you put it in Auto Scaling groups. If you put it in a load balancer, it should already be able to scale."
"The most valuable feature is that you can launch it in a very short time. You don't have to wait for the hardware to arrive and get it staged and installed. From that perspective, it is easy to launch. It is also scalable."
"While Check Point Infinity is a robust and innovative solution, some areas could benefit from improvement. One area is the user-friendly integration of privacy-focused features."
"The portal is provisioned in AWS. They should improve the cloud to make it faster."
"One of the main improvements that can be made is the latency in the portal."
"Alert fatigue is a common issue with platforms that have strong detection capabilities. Implementing more filtering and prioritization mechanisms can help address this issue, ensuring that security teams can focus on the most critical threats."
"They need to update the guides."
"The updates could be less frequent."
"The management console has given us some trouble, and the documentation is a little bit rigid in its solution paths."
"In the future, I would like to see new developments that allow us to centralize the cloud."
"There are various reports that come with the box or with the VMware, but you can only run them daily."
"It is not very easy to scale up the solution."
"All areas need improvement: manufacturing, education, financial, etc."
"Palo Alto is that it is really bad when it comes to technical support."
"The tool is very costly."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"There is no proper support channel to follow up on cases."
"The product needs improvement in their Secure Access Service Edge."
Check Point Infinity is ranked 14th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 23 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 52 reviews. Check Point Infinity is rated 8.6, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point Infinity writes "Provides robust cybersecurity with a comprehensive suite of features, expert support, and scalable cloud-based architecture, ensuring effective threat detection and continuous improvement ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Check Point Infinity is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Skybox Security Suite, Proofpoint Email Protection and Microsoft Defender for Office 365, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Check Point Infinity vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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