We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Waterfall Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The solution is very user-friendly."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"The solution can scale well."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"It provides end-to-end resolution."
"It's enabled us to move away from basic LAN to LAN segmentation to a more powerful user separation approach."
"With the new SmartTask offered in R80.40, we will be happy to configure some automatic control-functions."
"Making configuring numerous layers of security policies easy to use was always one of the things I liked most about their firewall solution."
"HTTP forwarding is something I haven't seen elsewhere."
"It is easy to configure and it is a valuable antivirus protection. I especially like the IPS feature of this product."
"The most valuable feature is the IPsec VPN."
"Check Point is more expensive but easier to manage, and their presales and after-sale support are way better than Fortinet's."
"This is a professional solution which has been the most valuable aspect of its use."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"The complexity involved in the solution's initial setup phase and deployment process is an area of concern where improvement is required."
"The interface could be better."
"We need east/west Check Point firewalls in order to do micro-segmentation."
"Interoperability with other vendors is not the strongest when it comes to setting up VPNs."
"The current model is predominantly hardware appliance-based, which can incur substantial costs"
"The SmartUpdate interface is a little bit crowded if your company has a lot of software items."
"The antivirus feature is a little bit weak and should be improved."
"It can be expensive, especially for small businesses."
"The interface of this solution could be more user friendly. The initial set up could also be made more simple."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while Waterfall Security is ranked 5th in Operational Technology (OT) Security with 1 review. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Waterfall Security is rated 9.0. 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 Waterfall Security writes "Cyber security solution used for data transmission that requires training to make use of all of its powerful features". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Waterfall Security is most compared with OPSWAT MetaDefender OT Security and Nozomi Networks.
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