Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) vs Stormshield Network Security comparison

Check Point Software Technologies and Stormshield are both solutions in the Unified Threat Management (UTM) category. Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.6, while Stormshield is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.0. Check Point Software Technologies holds a 7.9% mindshare in UTMU, compared to Stormshield’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Check Point Software Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Stormshield users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 17, 2025

Stormshield Network Security and Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) are competitive products in network security. Data indicates Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) is the superior option due to its comprehensive features and robust performance, despite Stormshield's pricing and customer support advantages.

Features: Stormshield Network Security is noted for its versatility and advanced intrusion prevention capabilities. Other key features include a comprehensive web user interface and effective clustering. Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) provides exceptional threat intelligence and scalability, with superior threat detection and performance analytics. Its content filtering, advanced IPS/IDS, and user-friendly interface solidify its position in the market.

Room for Improvement: Stormshield Network Security could enhance its threat intelligence database and expand scalability options. Users may also benefit from more advanced analytics. Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) can improve its deployment complexity, refine its reporting features for deeper insights, and streamline its licensing model to enhance customer experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Stormshield Network Security excels in offering simple deployments and responsive customer support, ensuring smooth integration with existing systems. Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW), while having a more complex deployment, provides extensive support resources that facilitate advanced configurations and long-term strategic planning.

Pricing and ROI: Stormshield Network Security generally has a lower initial setup cost and offers faster ROI for budget-sensitive organizations. Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW), although demanding a higher initial investment, justifies this with long-term gains through its advanced security features and comprehensive risk management strategies.

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Fortinet FortiGate

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Unified Threat Management (UTM) category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiGate is 35.1%, down from 39.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) is 7.9%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Stormshield Network Security is 3.7%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Unified Threat Management (UTM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Fortinet FortiGate	35.1%
Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)	7.9%
Stormshield Network Security	3.7%
Other	53.3%

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Featured Reviews

Vasu Gala

Manager, Information Technology Operation/Presales at TechMonarch

A stable solution with an intuitive interface and quick customer service

I have been working with Fortinet FortiGate, WatchGuard, Sophos, and SonicWall. I'm not as comfortable with SonicWall because of their UI and limitations. I prefer Fortinet above all other options. When it comes to configuration, I am confident in my ability to handle various tasks, including creating policies such as firewall rules, web policies, and application policies. Additionally, I can configure VPNs and implement load balancing, among other tasks. Overall, I feel much more comfortable working with Fortinet. Fortinet has made significant improvements by integrating AI with firewalls for threat analysis and prevention. In the past 2-3 years, they have launched FortiSASE and SIEM, and they also provide SOC services. Both Palo Alto and Fortinet FortiGate are excellent. While Fortinet FortiGate comes at higher prices, the functionality and support justify the cost. They promptly resolve firmware issues and inform all support providers about configuration changes.

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Raxit Manandhar

Team Lead, Network & Security at Max international

Has strengthened threat detection and reduced incident response efforts with advanced inspection and secure architecture

A place where Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) can improve is in the VPN configuration. It does not provide seamless VPN failover between other devices. Since R80, in R82, they have provided enhanced link failover for VPN failover, but it is not widely used, and we have not been able to achieve VPN failover with it. Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) needs to work in this field. Another area for improvement is during the upgrade process. When we try to upgrade from the Gaia portal and download a certain hotfix during the standalone upgrade, it needs to automatically delete the previous hotfix to provide enough space for the upgrade, which other firewalls do.

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Benjamin

Network Engineer at ACS2I

The intrusion detection system helps our organization by automatically detecting and responding to potential threats

The tool's most valuable feature is its dashboard, which helps you manage different aspects of a single page. The intrusion detection system helps our organization by automatically detecting and responding to potential threats. It operates similarly to Darktrace, which detects and responds automatically based on the security rules you apply. Initially, you configure everything to block, and then you can whitelist specific items as needed.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is easy to install. There is not much complexity involved."

"The FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall is always updating. For example, if there is a big attack, they fix it in their firmware. They release new firmware with the necessary patches to address the vulnerabilities."

"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."

"The solution effectively blocks unwanted traffic."

"The usability of the solution is its best feature."

"Fortinet FortiGate offers several valuable features, particularly as an interface-based solution. Its design makes it easy to understand both incoming and outgoing network traffic through its interface."

"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."

"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."

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"One of the most advantageous features of Check Point firewall is its multi-interface capability."

"Check Point offers excellent security."

"We can manage which users have access to certain websites."

"It improves user productivity and frees up system resources."

"The performance has been very good."

"The most valuable features are the security blades and the ease of managing the policies, searching log for events, and correlating them."

"The central management makes it easier, and is a time-saver, when implementing changes."

"What I found very valuable in Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) is the possibility to share everything with the ThreatCloud; for example, when a customer encounters a new virus, malware, or signature, it gets uploaded into the ThreatCloud and shared among all other customers."

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"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."

"I can see what traffic is going on. I can easily block any programs from attacks."

"Our organization's main concern is stability, and this is a stable solution."

"I like how you can configure the rules. There is the task for the rules and a task for the network configuration. It also provides SMD filtering, and it can be integrated with the active directory for the users, their mission, and the VPN configuration. We are here in Sudan, and Stormshield didn't work in Sudan for more than a decade. Stormshield is a very strong firewall and very easy to configure and maintain. I am just working with the firewall solution, and we don't have any other solutions like endpoint solutions or something like that."

"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."

"It's an easy, straightforward management platform to use."

"I like that it works fine. Stormshield is a very good solution."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its dashboard, which helps you manage different aspects of a single page. The intrusion detection system helps our organization by automatically detecting and responding to potential threats. It operates similarly to Darktrace, which detects and responds automatically based on the security rules you apply. Initially, you configure everything to block, and then you can whitelist specific items as needed."

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Cons

"During a recent upgrade from old devices to the latest ones, corporate IT faced challenges as there was no straightforward migration process, requiring many manual steps."

"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."

"It's one of the more expensive brands."

"Lacks training for new features."

"The captive portal could be improved."

"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."

"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."

"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."

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"The support team should be faster."

"The only thing that we've seen is instances where console and administrative interfaces get locked up or freeze, and we have to get the machine rebooted."

"The current reporting capability needs to be parsed and edited to be appreciated by leadership."

"The need to offer scheduled policy pushes in Smart Console."

"Check Point should include additional management choices; for example, Check Point does not offer full management support via browser."

"The source package is a bit more expensive than its competitors."

"The SmartUpdate interface is a little bit crowded if your company has a lot of software items."

"There is no email security."

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"Not all the fields are activated yet and we were informed that it will take at least one month."

"Improvement is needed in terms of the technical support of the manufacturer."

"The SD card could be more secure."

"The product must improve its pricing."

"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."

"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."

"Stormshield Network Security is quite expensive."

"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution requires a license annually, it is not a user license, you can have as many users as your want. I must renew the license regularly per device."

"The price of Fortinet FortiGate could improve, it is expensive."

"They are more expensive than others."

"When I look around at other products, such as Sophos, Fortinet FortiGate is 20% to 30% more expensive with our current cost."

"It is too expensive for us. My organization is very small, and we have a total of ten users. We have three internal users and seven external users. The FortiGate 100D series is too expensive for renewing the licenses."

"If you compare the price of Fortinet FortiGate IPS to other firewalls, Check Point is priced very high followed by Palo Alto and Sophos. Fortinet FortiGate IPS price is more reasonable."

"The pricing is justified. It's a little pricey, but what you pay for is what you get."

"It is a good product from a price perspective versus functionality."

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"The licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis and I am happy with the pricing."

"Palo Alto is somehow not as good as Check Point, budget-wise and performance-wise. Palo Alto is more costly than Check Point."

"It's reasonably priced, but competitors offer much cheaper options."

"I rate the pricing of Check Point NGFW a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is high price, and ten is low price."

"The licensing includes the cost of support."

"The price of Check Point is lower than Palo Alto but higher than Cisco ASA."

"The pricing for Check Point depends on your environment."

"The pricing is good. It is less than Palo Alto's firewalls. Check Point has the same features as Palo Alto, but the licensing and cost of these firewalls are not too expensive. It is one of the best firewalls in the market in this range."

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"The SN200 series costs between $500 USD and $600 USD per year, whereas the SN700 series costs approximately $1,000 annually."

"The pricing could be better."

"For mid-sized companies, they sell their appliances for good prices."

"I think the price is good."

"We chose Stormshield for its price, as the Azure firewall was too expensive."

"We bought a three-year license, and we renew it whenever it expires. The price could be better. It's always very expensive."

"The price of this solution and the price of support are ok."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

18%

Comms Service Provider

18%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	350
Midsize Enterprise	130
Large Enterprise	187

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	148
Midsize Enterprise	94
Large Enterprise	199

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	2

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What advice do you have for others considering Stormshield Network Security?

The tool is like a firewall and works well. I don't have any issue with it. I rate it an eight out of ten.

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

Cisco Secure Firewall vs Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)

Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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NETASQ Firewalls

Overview

Fortinet FortiGate excels in providing integrated VPN, firewalling, and Unified Threat Management (UTM) with centralized management and high availability. It supports remote access and comprehensive threat protection, making it a preferred choice for securing networks.

Fortinet FortiGate offers a robust security platform with features such as strong intrusion prevention, application control, and web filtering. Its integration with Active Directory and SD-WAN functionality provides scalable solutions for large networks. Users appreciate its ease of use through centralized management interfaces, ensuring robust security with flexible configurations. However, FortiGate could enhance its graphical interface and technical support responsiveness, address firmware bugs and costly licensing, improve logging, integrate better with third-party tools, and strengthen scalability and memory for log storage. Complexity in configuration and the need for intuitive features are noted challenges, and there's a demand for advanced security, zero-trust capabilities, and AI integration.

What are the key features of Fortinet FortiGate?

VPN: Secure remote access and connectivity.
Firewalling: Protects networks from unauthorized access and attacks.
UTM: Offers a comprehensive approach to threat management.
SD-WAN: Optimizes traffic routing for efficient network performance.
Web Filtering: Controls and monitors web access and ensures Internet security.

What benefits or ROI should be considered?

Centralized Management: Simplifies administration and monitoring.
High Availability: Ensures consistent security and network availability.
Scalability: Adapts to the needs of growing networks.
Comprehensive Threat Protection: Provides robust security measures.
Ease of Use: Minimizes the complexity of security management.

Fortinet FortiGate is widely implemented across industries like education, finance, and government. Companies use it for firewall protection, VPN, and SD-WAN capabilities, ensuring secure perimeter and data center security. It facilitates remote access management and traffic routing optimization, offering reliable security and connectivity solutions.

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Check Point Quantum Force NGFW provides centralized management with scalable security for network perimeters. As a reliable firewall, it ensures advanced threat prevention and offers seamless integration, making it suitable for various network environments.

Offering comprehensive security, Check Point Quantum Force NGFW helps control ingress and egress traffic, secures data center firewalls, and integrates seamlessly with cloud and on-premises setups. Users appreciate its application control, deep packet inspection, and identity awareness features for enhanced protection against cyber threats. Despite pricing issues and interface complexity, its IPsec VPN and robust logging provide valuable insights into network activities.

What are the key features of Check Point Quantum Force NGFW?

Centralized Management: Simplifies administrative tasks across different environments.
Advanced Threat Prevention: Shields against evolving cyber threats with real-time protection.
Deep Packet Inspection: Analyzes traffic to prevent intrusions without impacting performance.
Application Control: Manages access to applications, enhancing security policies.
IPsec VPN: Secures remote connections with encrypted tunnels.

What benefits should users consider for Check Point Quantum Force NGFW?

Scalability: Adapts to the changing needs of organizations of different sizes.
Integration Capabilities: Works alongside existing systems for a comprehensive defense strategy.
Logging and Reporting: Offers detailed insights into network activity and threats.
User-Friendly Interface: Streamlines management with intuitive controls despite initial complexity.

Check Point Quantum Force NGFW is deployed across industries for securing network boundaries, supporting critical data center operations, and enabling secure VPN connections. In finance, it helps meet stringent compliance standards, while in healthcare, it's crucial for protecting sensitive patient data through robust security protocols.

Check Point Software Technologies

NETASQ's integrated intrusion prevention engine uses protocol conformity analysis, application filtering and antivirus analysis to inspect authorized traffic flows and strengthen application security. NETASQ enables you to establish and configure user-based security policies, giving you greater control over which network resources each user is authorized to access.

Stormshield

Sample Customers

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Dell, HP, Oracle, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Vodafone, Orange, BT Group, Telstra, Deutsche Telekom, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, CenturyLink, NTT Communications, Tata Communications, SoftBank, China Mobile, Singtel, Telus, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, Telkom Indonesia, Telkom South Africa, Telmex, Telia Company, Telkom Kenya

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