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Check Point Security Management vs Falcon LogScale comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

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
6.2
Check Point Security Management boosts ROI by enhancing efficiency, reducing incidents, and consolidating operations for better financial outcomes.
Sentiment score
4.9
Falcon LogScale boosts ROI by 20-40%, enhancing efficiency with faster queries and reduced manual log collection efforts.
I have seen a strong ROI from using Check Point Security Management through unified policy management, reduced misconfigurations, and faster incident response.
Senior Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
The time to resolve issues is very much better now with Check Point Security Management.
Network Cyber Security Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I have seen a hundred percent return on investment with Check Point Security Management.
IT admin at Tonboimaging india pvt ltd
You save man hours, and man hours convert to business time and money time as well.
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
Falcon LogScale helps ease this process and sends logs to XDR for further verification.
IT System Administrator at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
I have definitely seen ROI with Falcon LogScale so far.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Check Point Security Management support is praised for expertise but criticized for delays and mixed issue resolution satisfaction.
Sentiment score
6.1
Customer opinions on Falcon LogScale vary, praising support and updates, but noting delays and inconsistent experiences.
When we face technical issues, they are ready to help us.
Inside Sales Manager at Digitaltrack Solutions Pvt Ltd
Customer support for Check Point Security Management is excellent
Senior Network Engineer at Anthology
We have partner support that helps us mitigate vulnerabilities reported by our infrastructure team.
Information Security at Synechron
I would rate the customer support a 10 on a scale of one to 10.
Developer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
I raised a customer support request, and in response, they released a new version with a fix for that problem.
IT System Administrator at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
The information contained in Falcon LogScale's documentation is very clear.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Check Point Security Management is scalable, supporting organizational growth with centralized management and expansion through Quantum Maestro and Multi-Domain systems.
Sentiment score
7.5
Falcon LogScale excels in scalability and performance, efficiently managing high data volumes with ease and adaptability.
It can be a multi-domain Security Management server and can manage large or segmented environments with multiple domains or customers.
Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
When you upgrade multiple times, you leave many files that are useless. They are dated, so it's always better to create a new machine every few versions, for example, three or four major versions.
Security Support Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
The scalability of Check Point Security Management is excellent.
Network Security Engineer at Digitaltrack
If there is a critical incident with an associated IP, associated user, endpoints, or whatever factor it is supposed to associate, it associates it by default and makes our life easier, making the SOC life easier.
Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
You could integrate as many endpoints as you want within a fraction of seconds, and it accommodates the number of resources that you integrate with it while maintaining the same response time.
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
When we add new log sources or suddenly increase our ingestion volume, the performance does not dip.
Soc L1 Engineer at Softcell Technologies Limited
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Check Point Security Management is stable, especially with updates, despite minor issues like process restarts and occasional console crashes.
Sentiment score
8.4
Falcon LogScale is praised for its stability, reliability, efficient data handling, and robust real-time log search capabilities.
Check Point Security Management is really stable, and I have not experienced any downtime or issues with reliability except for when we do upgrades.
Network Engineering and IS Access at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees
The SmartConsole used to administrate the security management is somewhat unstable.
Network Cyber Security Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Check Point Security Management is very stable in my experience, ensuring that our operations run smoothly without interruptions.
TI at a security firm with 51-200 employees
It uses an index-free architecture, it does not suffer from index corruption or the complications that other legacy tools face.
Soc L1 Engineer at Softcell Technologies Limited
Falcon LogScale is very strong in real-time log search.
Soc Analyst at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
We did not have any problems with Falcon LogScale in terms of stability and reliability.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
 

Room For Improvement

Enhancements needed in usability, stability, integration, cost, log management, support, rule creation, cloud capabilities, documentation, and GUI for Check Point Security Management.
Falcon LogScale needs better query language, documentation, UX, integration, scalability, AI features, support speed, and affordability improvements.
When the logs are too heavy for the security management server, the CPU spike will be high, causing our management day-to-day activity to lag or become difficult.
Cybersecurity Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Refining reports and automation capabilities to make it more intuitive and scalable for diverse enterprise environments could improve Check Point Security Management.
IT Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Engaging role-based access control is essential; granular permissions for more flexible RBAC will allow the organization to delegate tasks.
Support at a security firm with 51-200 employees
For the ease of use for Falcon administrators, the same documentation on the Falcon LogScale portal should be on the CrowdStrike dashboard.
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
KQL is simpler when compared to SQL. However, SQL is faster and quite efficient, but the language is a bit tough.
Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
What they have done now is added what is called Charlotte AI, which is their new AI capabilities that can help with this.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
 

Setup Cost

Check Point offers competitive, high-value security management with flexible, cost-effective licensing, despite higher initial pricing than some competitors.
Falcon LogScale offers cost-effective and flexible pricing, praised for ease of deployment and competitive with major competitors.
Since we are using it extensively, we get significant discounts during procurement.
Information Security at Synechron
Licensing is quite expensive.
Security Support Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
We pay on a three-year base.
Network Cyber Security Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I believe when it comes to log ingestion, it is comparatively low compared to any other services like Microsoft, Trend Micro, or Splunk.
Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
For us, it is a very cost-effective solution.
CTO at Trust-IT Solutions
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is straightforward, and the cost is quite low.
Developer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
 

Valuable Features

Check Point Security Management excels with centralized control, user-friendly interface, advanced security features, and efficient automation.
Falcon LogScale integrates easily, offering real-time log ingestion, fast search, scalability, and powerful AI-driven security insights.
Check Point Security Management has positively impacted my organization by providing centralized control, allowing us to manage all security policies and gateways from a single console, reducing complexity and saving time.
Senior Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
After deploying Check Point Security Management, we improved our productivity by integrating all devices into a single console instead of managing separate log-ins for each branch's gateways, making our admin team's tasks easier.
Technique at Digitaltrack
The monitoring is exceptional as it provides consolidated logs, signals, and any alerts that come from the security gateway in real time.
Technical Specialist at VDA Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd.
You can describe what you want to do in English, and it converts it to a query language for you to use.
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
Traditional SIEM tools index logs, which is slow and expensive. Falcon LogScale stores logs without heavy indexing and searches directly, making it very fast.
Soc Analyst at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
Falcon LogScale has positively impacted my organization by providing visibility of the logs, making it easier for us to troubleshoot any issues.
Developer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Security Manage...
Ranking in Log Management
10th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (13th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (4th)
Falcon LogScale
Ranking in Log Management
13th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of Check Point Security Management is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Falcon LogScale is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Check Point Security Management1.0%
Falcon LogScale0.9%
Other98.1%
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

RL
TI at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Simplified threat detection and reduced policy deployment time
The standout features of Check Point Security Management are unified policy management, real-time visibility, and automation capabilities, making it a powerful tool for security management. Consistency across environments with Check Point Security Management helps me ensure that instead of maintaining separate rules for firewalls, cloud workloads, and data centers, we apply one unified policy that covers them all. This reduces misconfigurations and ensures compliance, proving to be a time-saver because rolling out a new rule or updating an existing one takes minutes, not hours, because it is propagated everywhere automatically. Automation is one of the most valuable aspects of Check Point Security Management, and it often does not get enough attention compared to headline features like unified policies or visibility. With policy automation, routine tasks such as rule creation, compliance checks, or policy updates can be automated, reducing human error and saving hours of manual work. Check Point Security Management has simplified administration in my organization because instead of juggling multiple consoles, everything is managed from a single pane of glass. This has reduced complexity and saved significant time for our IT team, improving our operational efficiency. For a policy update, I used to spend two or three hours across multiple consoles. Now, with unified management in Check Point Security Management, it takes thirty to forty minutes, resulting in about a seventy percent reduction in effort, greatly boosting productivity.
Oluwajuwon Olorunlona - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at eprocessconsulting
Advanced threat hunting has improved visibility and has simplified custom query automation
CrowdStrike is ahead of the game. If I may say anything about Falcon LogScale to improve the services, I would talk about the way you develop parsers. The documentation should be more straightforward. It is not easy to quickly find the documentation, especially if you are using CrowdStrike. Most customers use Falcon LogScale because of CrowdStrike. The documentation of Falcon LogScale is not on the CrowdStrike portal just like the rest of Falcon documentation. I usually find that the main Falcon LogScale documentation is found on the Falcon LogScale website itself. I think there should be a link or direct documentation within the CrowdStrike pages. It is not necessarily a fault. If you find where the documentation resides, you can trace it to what they are doing. However, for the ease of use for Falcon administrators, the same documentation on the Falcon LogScale portal should be on the CrowdStrike dashboard.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
8%
Security Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Media Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business54
Midsize Enterprise32
Large Enterprise43
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Check Point Security Management?
Based on my experience with Check Point Security Management, I do not see anything lacking. It is currently managing all the gateways, and we are able to achieve what we want from our perspective. ...
What is your primary use case for Check Point Security Management?
I am using Check Point Security Management in our day-to-day operations to centrally manage all Check Point Security Gateways within my organization. All of these Check Point Security Gateways are ...
What advice do you have for others considering Check Point Security Management?
I advise anyone having multiple security gateways that are managed stand-alone to deploy Check Point Security Management and manage all security gateways from a central console and central team. Th...
What needs improvement with Falcon LogScale?
The main area for improvement in Falcon LogScale is the learning curve for the query language. Since I am heavily accustomed to SPL from my work in Splunk, adjusting to the syntax in Falcon LogScal...
What is your primary use case for Falcon LogScale?
I primarily use Falcon LogScale for heavy-duty threat hunting where I need sub-second results, particularly when working deep in tickets that we use for SIEM purposes. I do not want to wait for a S...
What advice do you have for others considering Falcon LogScale?
Falcon LogScale does require some maintenance. Compared to other tools, its maintenance is low. However, I have noticed that managing a SIEM environment in our infrastructure means conducting healt...
 

Also Known As

R80.10, R80, R77.30, R77, Check Point R80.10 Security Management, R80 Security Management
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Hedgetec, Geiger
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