We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."Among its most valuable features is how it quickly and easily connects everyone to the VPN service."
"Our users find the interface very comfortable to use."
"This platform has developed a reliable communication infrastructure that employees can use to communicate with remote workers."
"The initial set up is not complex."
"The security of the solution is a good feature, the stability is a valuable feature, and the customization is also a nice feature."
"Setting policies allow, block, and limit users' access."
"I found the MEP feature the most valuable. This has improved users' latency allowing the users to connect to the nearest Azure Check Point VM."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN is a stable solution."
"The solution offers a simplified network infrastructure and security functions and it enables secure remote access for the users"
"The most valuable features of Zscaler Private Access are its ability to integrate with multiple IDPs and application segmentation."
"Yes, it is very stable. I have never seen it go down, not once."
"We don't need to connect anymore. It is automatically connected when you log on in Windows."
"The ZPA is a unique feature which offers VPN along with all the additional security needed."
"I like the web filtering capabilities."
"It is easy to use."
"The product's most valuable features are cloud-based services and secure internet access. We don't have to set up any physical appliances."
"The client-side UI is fundamental, and there is nothing to see."
"The Linux version may have an app (similar to Windows) instead of a shell script."
"The product’s architecture is a bit distributed."
"The maximum it is giving us is only 5 licenses and if you need more, they must be purchased separately."
"I cannot see the full effect of the endpoint solution because it relies on having access to the DNF queries, which might not go through the Check Point firewall when you're using it for perimeter networks. Check Point will not identify the actual source of the net queries. This may be related to the architecture, however, and not poor product issues. I don't know if it can be improved on the Check Point side or not."
"Generally, the license is included with the Check Point gateway licensing, however, in terms of the number of users that can be activated for use, it is generally five users."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's connectivity and establishment takes time and needs to be faster."
"Improvements for Check Point Remote Access VPN could include enhancing mobile connectivity for a smoother user experience."
"The menu for the ZIA portal could be organized a little bit differently. The most-used modules should be at the top of the menus, not somewhere near the bottom, some of them are not organized well in my opinion."
"SCMP support would be one of the biggest improvements in my opinion. More speed improvements are also required."
"An area for improvement would be the ease of configuration."
"Sometimes applications crash on some machines, and we’d like Zscaler to give us some information as to why that may have happened. We’d like more detailed reports."
"There is some issue while accessing the portal. It takes too long."
"I can't speak to any missing features."
"There is improvement in enhancing proper manageability, policies, and logs. So, log management could be improved."
"We'd like to have two-factor authentication that is quite simple."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 4th in Remote Access with 60 reviews while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is ranked 1st in ZTNA as a Service with 34 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange writes "Allows for strict access control, granting access to specific applications at a URL level rather than at the physical IP level". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and Symantec VIP Access Manager, whereas Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Axis Security, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Jamf Connect.
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