We performed a comparison between Check Point Security Management and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Check Point Security Management Server offers a wide range of security features, including firewall, intrusion prevention, VPN, application control, and threat prevention capabilities."
"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."
"HA Structure provides good coverage and works fine."
"The firewall's blades are the solution's most valuable feature."
"I love the URL filtering as well as the identification capabilities which link with the Active Directory and work for me even with bandwidth regulation. These allow me to select to whom to do what, and when."
"The features we like and find the most valuable are the ways we can manage the policy, create objects, and drag and drop objects in our daily operation. It makes our daily operation on the firewall management much easier than going, for example, to one firewall, then going to the other."
"Check Point has been very effective in terms of threat management and comprehensive protection against vulnerabilities, and it has given us confidence that our data is not going anywhere."
"Check Point Security Management has a great feature that allows you to automate the request of the automated server."
"Embedding it into my application development lifecycle prevents data loss and business disruption, allowing the adoption to operate at the speed of my AWS Cloud."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability, ease of implementation, ease of operation, and security."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"The filtering feature is good."
"It provides complete security posture from end-to-end. This has given us better visibility into what our security aspects are."
"The VM-Series scalability is fast and easy to implement, improving our security posture as our Azure network grows."
"It has the ability to create Palo Alto VM-series using software."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"In the future, I would like the platform to be able to integrate or manage appliances or third-party equipment."
"The upgrade procedure already made huge improvements, yet it remains more challenging compared to other products."
"I would like this solution to be integrated directly into the Cluster XL equipment."
"It would be helpful if the documentation and good practice guides are updated. Many are still from R77."
"The tracking of new threats could be improved."
"It would be helpful if we could enable URL and application traffic control remote access."
"I would like the ability to have an overview, cross-site: One portal that does all firewalls. Also, the user interface is overly complicated."
"The usability of the solution could be improved."
"The current licensing model can be a sore point as we're paying for features we're not fully utilizing."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration between the endpoints and the firewalls."
"From time to time, they have released some content updates that have some issues, maybe twice a year."
"The solution needs to improve its visibility. It's not straightforward to use. Understanding the policies, authorizations, and initializing features requires careful review. The product needs to offer proper training."
"AWS doesn't integrate well with third-party firewalls."
"Palo Alto is that it is really bad when it comes to technical support."
"There are various reports that come with the box or with the VMware, but you can only run them daily."
"There are some delays that I have observed when my company communicates with Palo Alto's support engineers."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 13th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 55 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 53 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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 Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM and Splunk Cloud Platform, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Check Point Security Management vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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