We performed a comparison between Check Point Security Management and Datadog based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point Security Management is praised for its centralized management features, user-friendly interface, and extensive monitoring capabilities. Datadog users like its customizable displays, error tracking, and advanced AI/ML capabilities. Check Point Security Management could improve by simplifying the migration of security policies, optimizing performance, and expanding its management API. Other pain points include threat tracking and documentation. Datadog could enhance its usability and reduce its learning curve. Users said integration was another pain point.
Service and Support: Check Point Security Management's customer service is widely praised for being knowledgeable, supportive, and reliable. Although some users had problems with inexperienced agents and coordination issues, the overall support experience is positive. While many users spoke highly of Datadog’s support team, others reported slow support, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point Security Management is generally seen as easy to set up if the user has some expertise. Datadog’s setup is considered straightforward, and users often receive help from a partner or vendor.
Pricing: Check Point Security Management is seen as a solid investment, offering flexibility and a good value for the price. Opinions about Datadog's price are divided. Some users found it costly, but others thought it was acceptable. Some said the pricing model could be clearer and better explained.
ROI: Check Point users said the solution offers a steady ROI over time. Users said Datadog saved them time and improved visibility into security blind spots.
"The compliance is great."
"Having the possibility to use Smart Event to check for threats on a broader scale helps after a security incident and also makes it easier to check - instead of looking through different logs."
"This solution is easy to install and deploy. It is also user-friendly."
"It is good when it comes to access control, which is the basic feature that we use in a firewall appliance or solution. Check Point is effective when it comes to security control and threat prevention."
"The firewall cleverly handles such attacks without compromising on performance."
"The solution is easy to use and comes with few vulnerabilities. You don't have to worry about release upgrades. Life cycle management is very easy."
"It's a great solution for management. We can manage a lot at the same time with one security management system. Also, each gateway depends on the other, which is helpful."
"The layered architecture is really understandable and easy to use."
"Because of our client focus, it is easy for us to sell. This is because it is easy to use and easy to set up."
"Datadog helps us detect issues early on and helps in troubleshooting."
"The integration into AWS is key as well as our software is currently bound to AWS."
"We really like the charts and visualization."
"The application performance monitoring is pretty good."
"The feature I have found most valuable is when I can reuse existing monitors and alerts for new dashboards."
"Thanks to the logs, we manage to make better reports through Jira and also to trace the request with more facility than we would be able to do otherwise."
"It is easy to implement and scale applications with standardized visibility, monitoring and alerting"
"Being a security appliance, there should be the ability for the Security Management server to send email alerts via authenticated email."
"The tracking of new threats could be improved."
"Even though the platform is simple, and creating security policies is a fairly quick task, creating a bulk of policies at once (ie. for a migration) could be a useful tool. This is probably possible through scripting, however, having an easy-to-use "import CSV" button would be beneficial."
"The upgrade procedure already made huge improvements, yet it remains more challenging compared to other products."
"Check Point's hybrid cloud integration needs significant improvements. These resources need to evolve as data transfers to the cloud increase, so hybrid cloud models are easier to implement. Better hybrid cloud integration would improve how we manage our security logs and provide our administrators with a low-cost solution that enables them to meet all our essential requirements."
"Some costs are ridiculously high."
"I've found the solution was a bit unstable."
"For those not familiar with the Command Line interface, there should be an option in the GUI for operating backups."
"Some of the interface is still confusing to use."
"The product could be improved by providing remote control to agents, enabling them to execute automation and collections without requiring another automation tool or integration."
"I would love to see more metrics or analytics in IoT devices."
"Datadog isn't as mature as some of the established players like Dynatrace or Splunk. It's a new product, so they are constantly releasing new features, and I don't have much to complain about."
"We have asked technical support questions, and sometimes they don't get back to us right away. Or when they do, it is not the right answer."
"We need to learn more about the session reply feature inside of DD."
"The product could do better with its notifications."
"The parallel editing of the dashboards should not cause users to lose the work of another person."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 55 reviews while Datadog is ranked 2nd in Log Management with 136 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while Datadog is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point Security Management writes "Great DDoS protection, high availability, and useful firewall rule implementation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Datadog writes "Very good RUM, synthetics, and infrastructure host maps". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM and VMware Aria Operations for Logs, whereas Datadog is most compared with Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, New Relic, AWS X-Ray and AppDynamics. See our Check Point Security Management vs. Datadog report.
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