We performed a comparison between Check Point IPS and Fortinet FortiGate IPS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its event analysis and centralization features are very important for any organization."
"Real-time protection has blocked most threats that could affect system operations."
"Check Point is one of the best security brands worldwide."
"Check Point offers DDoS and endpoint protection called EDR or XDR, so it provides a holistic security architecture for any organization."
"The notifications are the most valuable feature of the solution."
"IPS can protect our organization with any old vulnerabilities or if any vulnerability detected minutes ago IPS can protect us as per our configured policy."
"The solution's IPS functionality and firewall functionality are the solution's most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is that it protects us against hundreds of different attack vectors, like ransomware. The protection is always being triggered. People try to access websites that are categorized as malware, so when the users do a DNS request for the IP of those malware websites, the IPS Blade replaces the real IP of the website that is malware with a bogus IP. The user gets an IP that doesn't exist and when he tries to access, it won't work."
"FortiGate IPS is really easy to use. I don't have any problems with this."
"The product has an inbuilt IPS software. We can configure it to block specific anonymous attacks that are happening."
"The Fortinet FortiGate IPS has a good interface and integration."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution effectively blocks unwanted traffic."
"I like the solution's stability."
"We use it to avoid unwanted traffic."
"This solution has a unique range of features that are not available with any other product."
"There is an issue with precision."
"We want the solution to continue to move towards cloud-based and portability focused for telecommuting users."
"It requires a lot of people to maintain the solution."
"We have a lot of false positives and the list of IPs are not up to date in terms of their location."
"What I would like to improve in IPS would be the capacity of the hardware. I would also like to be able to sort signatures by severity. This would greatly impact how well I can manage my environment."
"I would like the product to provide us with intelligence to understand what we really have in our environment."
"Occasionally there are glitches and errors like false positives, which would be a nice area of this solution to improve upon."
"The price has room for improvement."
"Integration with the antivirus companion Webroot is not seamless on Mac computers."
"They can probably improve the reporting feature. Reporting and report alerting are the main key features of this solution. They can always find ways to improve these."
"Deploying FortiGate is hard."
"I have contacted the support from Fortinet FortiGate IPS. The service was good but the speed could be better."
"I have used technical support and they could improve."
"The solution could improve the integration."
"While the security is good, we'd always prefer if it was even better to ensure protection."
"The customization is a little bit difficult."
Check Point IPS is ranked 3rd in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 44 reviews while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is ranked 4th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 53 reviews. Check Point IPS is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiGate IPS is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point IPS writes "Great for detection and access with the capabilities of defining specific rules". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate IPS writes "Very stable with good network protection". Check Point IPS is most compared with Darktrace, Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention and Vectra AI, whereas Fortinet FortiGate IPS is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Cisco NGIPS, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB. See our Check Point IPS vs. Fortinet FortiGate IPS report.
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