We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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."We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"The solution is stable."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"Check Point NGFW generates very helpful reports based on the logs of the activated features."
"Its usability is the best for me. As compared to Palo Alto, Juniper, or Cisco firewalls, Check Point firewall has the best user interface for management, reading logs, looking for some objects, and looking for policies."
"On the firewall side, the security efficacy is good."
"The solution is easy to use. I like the monitoring the most."
"The different hardware models focus on a wide spectrum of the market, so any company can choose a model that makes sense for them from the range."
"Check Point's rule management helped us simplify access control. At one point, we had more than 1,000 access control policies, and it was challenging to manage them all. We cut it down to 300 policies using Check Point's management features, and we are still working on reducing this further to achieve the best way to manage policies. Its logging and monitoring enable us to trace and investigate suspicious traffic."
"The Check Point API let me make 100 net rules in just 10 minutes, which saved us time."
"By deploying Check Point, it has made it easier to manage everything from a single interface. The management dashboard and policies are on its single pane of glass."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"It is a stable solution."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Most of the features that Zscaler has to offer, we will deploy."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"The web UI for VSX could be better."
"Currently, some prices are very expensive."
"One feature I have yet to see implemented is authenticated email support for alerts generated via the GW or SMS."
"Check Point could improve the time for delivering requested features from customers."
"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."
"The end-user VPN could be improved. It could benefit from some modification."
"The interface could be better."
"One area for improvement in Check Point NGFW is the support process."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
"When it comes to customer support, there is room for improvement in Zscaler's service."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
"It would be better if they improved their policy, package visibility, and flexibility while we're creating rules for inspection. It could also be cheaper or more things could be included in the basic package. In the next release, I would like better coverage in the Asia Pacific region and better quality of service."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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