We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"It's very easy to configure."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"All policies can be deployed and managed in a very simple way."
"It offers a range of models to enhance network security and it can be customized to secure endpoint client machines or user devices by deploying features like malware detection, antivirus, and mail security blades."
"The overall security of the environment has been greatly improved by the Check Point NGFWs. Before implementing this solution we have to rely on the Cisco ACLs and Zone-Based firewall that we had configured on switches and routers, which in fact a simple stateful firewall, and currently not an efficient for protecting from advanced threats."
"We can precisely determine who has access rights and who is granted permission, regardless of their connection point."
"It is user-friendly and straightforward to manage, which simplifies our overall network security management."
"The firewall feature and DDoS Protector, when turned on, keep away attacks from the outside. They also prevent users from accessing things on the Internet that they are not supposed to access."
"The documentation is simple to understand and is easily available."
"The packet inspection capabilities are great."
"The most valuable feature is that we didn't have any problems with Meraki MX."
"They have very good technical support and I have relied heavily on them."
"It prevents us from being hacked and delivers information about who and where the attack came from."
"Easy to deploy with a simple configuration."
"The solution is good for load balancing."
"The simplicity of configuration is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"I think cloud management is key. The cloud management and support are the two things that make the product great."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"Hopefully, in the future, these will be much more plug-and-play and orchestrated from a single administration console."
"Support cases have been generated several times, and it takes time for the case to be resolved."
"Log queries are slow and take time to load."
"The SmartUpdate interface is a little bit crowded if your company has a lot of software items."
"It's too expensive for mid-market companies."
"I would like to see better Data Leakage protection options and easier-to-understand deployment models for this."
"It would be nice to add more features to the WatchTower app to be able to perform certain administrative functions without the need for local access."
"It would be nice to have comprehensive documentation and training resources that can help users and administrators to better understand and utilize the full range of Check Point's capabilities."
"Management can be improved in Meraki MX."
"Right now, you can postpone the update but eventually, if you don't do the update, it will install the updates automatically for you and that's something that is not working for me."
"The whole Cisco Meraki range requires easier access for cameras. For a security center, it would be helpful to have easier access to cameras through the portal. Its licensing cost could also be better."
"The security is not as strong as it could be"
"It would be nice to get detailed logging information without third-party software."
"The configuration options for firewall and IPS have limitations."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Meraki MX report.
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