Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) vs Cisco Meraki MX comparison

Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) vs. Cisco Meraki MX

October 2026

Download the complete report

Helped 920,939 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

7.0

Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) provides value by enhancing security, increasing efficiency, and justifying investment through operational and financial benefits.

Sentiment score

4.9

Cisco Meraki MX offers long-term cost-effectiveness through operational savings, improved efficiency, and reduced equipment and training expenses.

This is a time-saving measure because we don't need to deploy a cluster or a firewall each time; we just create a virtual system on the management server using the same appliance.

reviewer2678856

Security Engineer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees

Not having major security incidents has been far less expensive than dealing with data that could cost us hundreds of thousands or even millions in recovery and downtime.

For more quotes and insights, download the Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) report

Network Security Engineer at Connecting Cyber Networks

Incident response time has reduced significantly, and downtime due to network issues has been minimized, leading to an improved return on investment.

Durgesh K.

Ot Security Network Specialist at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

I have seen a return on investment with Cisco Meraki MX because of the time saved through cloud management.

For more quotes and insights, download the Cisco Meraki MX report

Presales System Engineer at Logicom Sales Inc

You can eliminate some positions because it manages itself.

Lester Perrin

Enterprise Networking Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

It greatly helps out when I am moving away from the expensive MPLS circuits or MPLS hardware.

JasminPatel

Senior Manager Networking at David Yurman

Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.2

Check Point Quantum Force support is knowledgeable but varies in efficiency, with advanced support offering priority assistance.

Sentiment score

8.2

Cisco Meraki MX customer support is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness, despite occasional issues with Level 1 support.

If we have an urgent security problem, it would be nice to get a faster response.

For more quotes and insights, download the Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) report

Network Security Engineer at Connecting Cyber Networks

The support team we engaged was knowledgeable and well-versed with the application.

Thomas Gadson

Sr. Cyber Security and Solutions Architect at a consultancy with 201-500 employees

We have escalated issues to Check Point technical support multiple times and have received timely and very good responses.

Asif Ash-Hal

Solution Architect at Techbridge Distribution

The support is excellent, earning a rating of ten out of ten.

GireeshRamamurthy

Principal Consultant at Epitome Infotech Solutions (P) Ltd

Every time I got a hold of someone, I was always able to resolve my issues.

ChrisYankajtis

Systems Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

When we raise a ticket with Meraki MX, they instantly become available to support us for configurations or troubleshooting.

For more quotes and insights, download the Cisco Meraki MX report

Managing Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.9

Check Point Quantum Force offers scalable architecture for growing demands, with easy expansion and effective workload management, though costs may rise.

Sentiment score

6.6

Cisco Meraki MX is scalable for SMEs with easy deployment but may face limitations in high-bandwidth or large-scale scenarios.

If specified correctly, even the smaller boxes offer high session and bandwidth rates, making the solution highly scalable, even up to telco-level requirements.

HardyVan Wyk

Solutions Architect at NTT DATA

It is easy to scale up by adding capacity through clustering or upgrading the license, and it effectively handles spikes in remote user connections or increased east-west traffic without noticeable bottlenecks.

reviewer2751468

Assistant Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

While the performance itself scales well technically, you need to be prepared for the financial side of the growth.

For more quotes and insights, download the Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) report

Network Security Engineer at Connecting Cyber Networks

When you have hundreds of thousands of people it is very difficult to scale in Meraki.

Managing Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The scalability of Cisco Meraki MX is rated 10 out of 10; you can scale up and scale down with no effort.

For more quotes and insights, download the Cisco Meraki MX report

Presales System Engineer at Logicom Sales Inc

Cisco Meraki MX scales with my growing needs for my organization very well because they are easy to deploy.

reviewer2847897

Network Engineer at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees

Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.2

Check Point Quantum Force is highly stable with minimal downtime, offering reliable performance and robust security, minor patch issues exist.

Sentiment score

8.2

Cisco Meraki MX is considered stable with high ratings, minor issues, and generally meets expectations despite some VPN concerns.

We have not experienced major crashes or unexpected downtime that affected our network security.

For more quotes and insights, download the Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) report

Network Security Engineer at Connecting Cyber Networks

While the solution is generally stable, there are complications, such as requiring SmartConsole for deployment and upgrades, which can be time-consuming.

Manikandan Kannan

Head of Technology at Techfruits

I have worked with Check Point products for 15 years and haven't found any stability or performance issues.

Asif Ash-Hal

Solution Architect at Techbridge Distribution

There have been no outages, no stability issues, and we have not found any vulnerabilities during security audits.

Sanjay Gaiswal

Technical Presales at Vcom Technologies

I have had zero downtime at all with Cisco Meraki MX.

Lester Perrin

Enterprise Networking Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I assess the stability and the reliability of Cisco Meraki MX as good, and I have experienced no downtime, crashes, or performance issues.

reviewer2847897

Network Engineer at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees

For more quotes and insights, download the Cisco Meraki MX report

Room For Improvement

Check Point Quantum Force NGFW needs interface improvements, simpler pricing, better support, and enhanced features for ease of use.

Cisco Meraki MX requires improvements in reporting, flexibility, cost, control, scalability, language support, connectivity, and setup complexity.

AI-driven features would be highly valuable—particularly those that enable bulk operations and efficient handling of large numbers of objects or object groups.

Mayur Wadekar

Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited

One thing that would help in improving Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) is having more flexible dashboards that I can tailor without relying on templates.

Ricardosilva Silva

system administrator at Orbcom,Lda.

Other products, like FortiGate, are perceived as more intuitive because they are easier to configure from the start.

HardyVan Wyk

Solutions Architect at NTT DATA

For more quotes and insights, download the Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) report

It should automatically remediate and find out the issue and then resolve it on its own without interrupting the work of the employees.

For more quotes and insights, download the Cisco Meraki MX report

Managing Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Data is the only path, so optimization is essential.

Mayur_Patel

Chief Commercial Officer at InnovAge Home Care

An improvement would be to use Cisco Meraki MX as a software solution as well, which might reduce the cost.

Sanjay Gaiswal

Technical Presales at Vcom Technologies

Setup Cost

Check Point Quantum Force offers strong security, with higher costs, complex licensing, but great value for mid-to-large enterprises.

Cisco Meraki MX pricing is valued for cloud management but is costly, with potential discounts available through negotiation.

In comparison to Fortinet and other products, the pricing may be considered high.

Manikandan Kannan

Head of Technology at Techfruits

licensing is very pricey

San Naing Htun

Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Compared to other solutions, the pricing of Check Point NGFW is high.

Asif Ash-Hal

Solution Architect at Techbridge Distribution

For more quotes and insights, download the Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) report

I get it for $25,000, a device that can connect up to 75-100 users, whereas in Meraki MX, it goes to 75,000-80,000 per access point.

Managing Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The price could be reduced by around 30% to make it more comfortable.

Sanjay Gaiswal

Technical Presales at Vcom Technologies

If Cisco can make the pricing less, customers can purchase more licenses.

For more quotes and insights, download the Cisco Meraki MX report

Presales System Engineer at Logicom Sales Inc

Valuable Features

Check Point Quantum Force offers advanced cybersecurity features, enhancing network protection, user productivity, and threat management through AI-powered intelligence.

Cisco Meraki MX offers centralized management, security, easy configuration, and robust performance, enhancing usability, connectivity, and deployment efficiency.

The firewall's default behavior of blocking all traffic, including a cleanup rule that blocks everything from external to internal sources, is highly valuable for protecting our network.

Sunny-Kumar

Cyber Security Analyst at airtel

The most valuable features in my experience include perimeter firewalling, cloud and mobile security, application control, URL filtering, DLP, threat prevention, intrusion protection, and safeguarding against malware, botnets, and zero-day attacks.

HardyVan Wyk

Solutions Architect at NTT DATA

Since implementing it, we have noticed a lot less getting through that maybe other antivirus within firewalls had failed to catch.

Devon Bingham

Network Administrator at POET, LLC

For more quotes and insights, download the Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) report

Meraki MX is among those top solutions in their exceptional approach towards VPN-less, Zero Trust client access to office private networks.

Managing Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Advanced security is the second tier of Cisco Meraki MX. It brings you the main next-generation firewalling features such as URL filtering, advanced malware protection, and threat protection.

For more quotes and insights, download the Cisco Meraki MX report

Presales System Engineer at Logicom Sales Inc

Cisco Meraki MX API makes it really easy for me to automate a lot of changes over several thousand devices.

reviewer2847915

Technology Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Quantum Force (...

Ranking in Firewalls

6th

Ranking in Unified Threat Management (UTM)

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

346

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Cisco Meraki MX

Ranking in Firewalls

8th

Ranking in Unified Threat Management (UTM)

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Unified Threat Management (UTM) category, the mindshare of Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) is 8.3%, up from 7.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco Meraki MX is 8.3%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Unified Threat Management (UTM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)	8.3%
Cisco Meraki MX	8.3%
Other	83.4%

Unified Threat Management (UTM)

Featured Reviews

San Naing Htun

Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Has improved threat prevention and protection but presents deployment and licensing challenges

The best features Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) offers are AI-powered threat prevention, zero-day protection, unified management, and scalability. These features have helped me in my daily work or my organization by allowing us, as a SAAS company operating across AWS, Azure, and handling external partner access or a multi-tenant model, to preemptively stop unknown attacks, which is critical. Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) has positively impacted my organization as it is a high-end enterprise grade firewall. I have noticed that it is very good if your SAAS business has high traffic volume, serious threat prevention requirements, and you are ready for the investment.

Read full review

ChrisYankajtis

Systems Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Cloud-managed firewalls have simplified clinic networks and have empowered rapid remote deployment

If there was anything I can say I don't about it, I wish the automation was a little bit more friendly. If someone doesn't know too much about automations, I wish it had the ability within the platform to say, 'I want to run this automation within this network. Here's the new network that's coming on board. I'm utilizing the same firewalls, the same switches, same MVs. Here's the subnet that I'm going to use. Here are the IPs for the devices.' It should be able to give me that run book and configure it. That would be my main thing within the automation. I don't have much else to complain about. Everything is pretty straightforward. Back in the day, about five years ago, I tried to run 10 terabytes of data on an MX95 with a gig fiber coming in. The firewall was doing all the routing at the time and all the Layer 3. I did see some degraded performance trying to push that data through my MS350 10 gig switch. Once I moved the Layer 3 off the firewall and placed it on my core switch, I saw a better improvement. However, that was five years ago, and I'm not pushing that type of data out now. If the splash page was a little bit more appealing and more configurable, I think that would be nice.

Read full review

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

920,939 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

10%

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	164
Midsize Enterprise	93
Large Enterprise	199

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	50
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	20

Questions from the Community

How does Check Point NGFW compare with Fortinet Fortigate?

I have experience on both from Disti and channel experience. Please find below my comments (nothing new as such). -Check Point GUI is a bit complicated, -Application and Web filtering are better t...

Which would you recommend - Azure Firewall or Check Point NGFW?

Azure Firewall is easy to use and provides excellent support. Valuable features include integration into the overall cloud platform, autoscaling, and the ability for users to create virtual IP addr...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point NGFW?

Our experience with pricing for Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) has been mixed. The initial setup costs were fairly significant because we needed to buy the hardware appliances and then pay for th...

Fortigate 60d vs. Meraki MX67 for a small company without a dedicated IT Department

We have Meraki Mx devices now, we are looking to replace them. But that is because the Meraki MX platform lacks SSL Inspection, Granular Firewall rules (Block only, no allow setting), client vpn re...

Which is better - Meraki MX or Cisco ASA Firewall?

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software is the operating software for the Cisco ASA suite. It supports network security and firewall options. We researched both Meraki and ASA. We liked t...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Meraki MX?

I find the pricing for Cisco Meraki MX reasonable and competitive given the features provided and the target market. I believe it is acceptable.

Fortinet FortiGate vs Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)

Comparisons

Compared 14% of the time

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)

Compared 13% of the time

Cisco Secure Firewall vs Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)

Compared 11% of the time

Sophos UTM vs Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)

Compared 4% of the time

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual vs Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)

Compared 2% of the time

More Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) Competitors

Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs Cisco Meraki MX

Compared 33% of the time

Fortinet FortiGate vs Cisco Meraki MX

Compared 9% of the time

Cisco Secure Firewall vs Cisco Meraki MX

Compared 6% of the time

Sophos Firewall vs Cisco Meraki MX

Compared 4% of the time

Sophos UTM vs Cisco Meraki MX

Compared 3% of the time

More Cisco Meraki MX Competitors

Product Reports

Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW)

November 2026

Download Check Point Quantum Force (NGFW) product report

Download Cisco Meraki MX product report

Cisco Meraki MX

November 2026

Also Known As

Check Point NG Firewall, Check Point Next Generation Firewall

MX64, MX64W, MX84, MX100, MX400, MX600

Overview

Check Point Quantum Force NGFW is a robust next-generation firewall offering advanced threat prevention, application control, and unified management capabilities, making it a preferred choice for securing network infrastructures for organizations.

Famed for its centralized management and scalability, Check Point Quantum Force NGFW provides comprehensive protection with features like deep packet inspection, VPN management, and threat emulation. Organizations benefit from its user-friendly design, efficient network performance improvement, and strong AI-driven threat prevention capabilities. However, configuring the system can be complex, and licensing remains unclear for some users. Experienced personnel are often required due to slow policy installations and costly expenses. Administrators face challenges with VPN setup and demand better support response times, centralized management, and real-time updates for antivirus. Enhancements in third-party integration and automation are also sought after.

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

Application and Identity Control: Offers precise management of network access and user activities.
Threat Prevention: Provides multi-layered security against cyber threats using AI-driven technologies.
Unified Management: Streamlines administrative tasks through a centralized system interface.
Deep Packet Inspection: Enhances traffic assessment by scrutinizing data packets for security risks.
VPN Capabilities: Supports secure communication and connections for remote access.
Threat Emulation: Identifies exploits by simulating potential attacks in a virtual environment.

What benefits should users expect in reviews?

Robust Protection: Guards against prevalent cyber threats, ensuring data and network safety.
Improved Network Performance: Optimizes traffic handling, enhancing speeds and connectivity reliability.
Scalability: Adapts easily to expanding infrastructures with simplified configuration processes.
Enhanced AI Capabilities: Utilizes AI for proactive threat detection and prevention strategies.
Streamlined Management: Centralized control increases operational efficiency and reduces complexity.

Industries deploying Check Point Quantum Force NGFW often use it as a perimeter firewall across multiple devices and sites for securing corporate data and controlling network traffic. It is instrumental in safeguarding critical infrastructure such as servers and end-user equipment while supporting seamless remote worker VPN access. It's commonly implemented across healthcare, finance, and governmental organizations, enhancing their security frameworks and protecting sensitive data.

Check Point Software Technologies

Cisco Meraki MX offers centralized management for network security and SD-WAN, featuring advanced threat protection, VPN capabilities, and seamless integration with other Cisco products. It enhances operational efficiency through cloud management and intuitive interface.

Cisco Meraki MX is designed for ease of use with a user-friendly cloud management platform that provides real-time insights through a centralized dashboard. It includes AutoVPN for secure remote connections and advanced threat protection to ensure consistent policy enforcement. Its integration capabilities with Cisco products streamline network administration. Users highlight the need for improvements in advanced reporting, detailed alerts, and enhanced API flexibility. Cost concerns are noted, alongside desires for better security analytics and improved customer support.

What are the key features of Cisco Meraki MX?

Centralized Dashboard: Provides real-time network insights.
User-friendly Cloud Management: Simplifies network administration.
Advanced Threat Protection: Ensures consistent policy enforcement.
AutoVPN: Simplifies secure remote connections.
Easy Configuration and Deployment: Enhances operational efficiency.

What benefits should be expected from Cisco Meraki MX?

Efficient Network Control: Streamlines management across sites.
Secure Internet Access: Provides advanced protection features.
Seamless Integration: Enhances user experience with other Cisco products.
Improved Connectivity: Facilitates remote troubleshooting and secure connections.

Cisco Meraki MX is implemented in industries like telecommunications and healthcare for secure network management and centralized control. It supports zero-touch deployment, dynamic routing, and traffic shaping, making it ideal for ISPs and multi-site environments, as well as managing Wi-Fi networks and guest security for wireless users.

Cisco

Sample Customers

Control Southern, Optimal Media

Hyatt, ONS