We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Zscaler Internet Access 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 most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"The technical support is great."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"In the four years I have worked on the five firewalls we have not had any downtime caused by stability issues."
"There is modern protection against current threats."
"After introducing this NGFW, we have improved our security posture, and now, have peace of mind."
"Advanced logging capabilities: Check Point generates extensive logs which may be very useful to figure out the issues. Its logs also contain too much information which can be used to modify the policy as per user need and organizational security environment. The same can be used to figure out probable attack surface or necessary steps for mitigation."
"The threat emulation blade and user identity awareness feature has helped us a lot in terms of perimeter security and have given us granular visibility of user access."
"The Smart Dashboard allows for rule creation and administration and management and is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the highly integrated NGFW features such as the IPS or Check Point Identity Awareness, which makes Check Point the best choice on the market."
"Many problems have been solved with these firewalls and we've largely been very satisfied."
"SSL inspection is a valuable feature."
"The solution has reduced cyberattacks."
"The scanning feature is impressive, because they do not introduce a big latency to the traffic."
"The solution replaces multiple vendor technologies with one which makes it worth the cost."
"For our needs, the cloud-native proxy architecture is a very good solution. We are moving away from on-prem appliances and moving more toward cloud-based solutions. Zscaler is a good fit for our strategy. This architecture helps with cyber threats because we inspect most of the traffic and we can see that a lot of threats are stopped directly in the secure web gateway."
"The solution’s customer service is good."
"Zscaler Web Security protects our users in remote locations from internet threats - even if they are not connected to our network."
"After a proper implementation, the maintenance is very low."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"The web UI for VSX could be better."
"Support cases have been generated several times, and it takes time for the case to be resolved."
"The pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered - we found it to be quite expensive to purchase, and to maintain (the licenses and the support services need to be prolonged regularly)."
"It's expensive, but its price is reasonable looking at its functionality and power"
"The antivirus Check Point offers could be better when compared to competitors' firewalls. Updates should be more frequent."
"Debugging is very complex when compared to Fortinet, for example. That's the worst thing about Check Point. The deployment of the solution is harder than it is with the competitors. But after you've deployed it, the operation is easy."
"I have had some issues in the past with the desktop client being slow to come up for logging in, and then slow to respond to screen changes, however, overall, it really hasn't been too bad."
"Until you have some experience, the installation and configuration are difficult."
"We'd like for them to include some sort of antivirus tool."
"One thing that they could improve is the ability to import rules from other platforms."
"The pricing is an issue. It is expensive if you have all of your users in the same location. It is expensive compared to other firewalls on the market."
"They could provide more time for the onboarding the training of an IT person."
"The solution is expensive. They recently revised the pricing and packaging. Some of our existing customers have been asking for alternate solutions for a lower price."
"They should enhance the audit reporting feature."
"There are a few features that are not compatible with the Azure cloud."
"The main issue with Zscaler Internet Access is proxy IP detection, which sometimes makes sites inaccessible."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Zscaler Internet Access 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 Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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