We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"I haven't had any data leaks or vulnerability situations."
"They utilize various gateway features, including Identity as a Service (IDaaS), anti-spam, antivirus, and other security measures, effectively creating a robust defense against a wide range of potential risks."
"The solution can scale."
"The tool has solid firmware with very few vulnerabilities."
"It has allowed us to grow in a safe way and in accordance with our particular needs."
"Check Point NGFW has helped the company in the prevention of cyber attacks that could affect operations and slow down production."
"The Check Point architecture and packet are very good."
"The user interface is very cool and easy to use."
"The main advantage of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series stems from the fact that you can access it with the help of cloud services."
"We can monitor the traffic manually and detect threats. Additionally, we can block different IP addresses and URLs."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series has everything centralized. You have the VPN solution, firewall, routing, UDR, flexibility, updates, and full visibility of your traffic."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series's most valuable feature is the visibility of the environment."
"The tool's cloud version makes application migration easy."
"Palo Alto’s Panorama centralized management system simplifies our security posture based on our requirements. Instead of manually pulling logs, then generating them into readable formats, it gives us the console in a readable format to view."
"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."
"It is an easy-to-scale product."
"The pricing could always be better."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"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."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Check Point should add additional management choices."
"We'd like an option that can convert other vendors' NGFW configurations to supported Check Point NGFW config for ease of migration."
"Complex and not very easy to use."
"Error logs can be more specific."
"The firewall can improved to make it more user-friendly."
"Log queries are slow and take time to load."
"It could greatly improve our customer experience by centralizing management."
"There is no clear way to report incorrect classification to support and a business is neither happy nor forgiving when they cannot receive mail from a crucial business partner."
"It would be helpful if we had a direct number for the support manager or the supporting engineer. That would be better than having to email every time because there would be less wait."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"With Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, it is hard for me to manage its network configuration part."
"The utilization monitoring and GUI have room for improvement."
"Recently, they introduced their Prisma Cloud solution. Compared to the previous technologies, like Panorama, which is used for centralized firewall management, or even the individual firewalls, it's a bit challenging to integrate the traditional firewall policies into Prisma Cloud."
"There's room for improvement in terms of integration with the load balancer. It isn't like Fortinet, which has a load balancer built into its firewall. It is effortless to integrate within the load balancer-plus-firewall solution."
"The product could be better in terms of performance than one of its competitors."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 103 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 13 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Robust control and security that enables a comprehensive application management". 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 NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and KerioControl. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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