We performed a comparison between Check Point Security Management and Palo Alto Networks WildFire 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."The most beneficial features for us are the alert classifications, which help us prioritize critical issues, and the detailed reports that provide insights into attack origins and purposes, such as TLS violations or content violations."
"The product has done a great job in protecting our business network and SCADA systems."
"This solution is easy to install and deploy. It is also user-friendly."
"The fact that everything starts from the same unified management console makes it very easy to integrate new equipment or functionalities once the operator has become familiar with it, as everything will follow similar management or operation mechanisms."
"The rulebase management and the shared layers concept is implemented well."
"The firewall's blades are the solution's most valuable feature."
"Each department can easily share data with the management without fear of data compromise."
"Check Point Security Management Server offers a wide range of security features, including firewall, intrusion prevention, VPN, application control, and threat prevention capabilities."
"It gives a more accurate assessment of a virus in terms of whether it's truly a virus, malware, or a false positive. We have some legacy software that could pop up as being something that is malware. WildFire goes through and inspects it, and then it comes back and lets us know if it's a false positive. Usually, when it finds out that it's not a virus, it lets us know that it's benign, and it can exclude it from that scan, which means I don't even have to worry about that one popping up anymore."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"The analysis is very fast."
"What I like about Palo Alto is that it is a complete product, with everything in it."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks WildFire are the good URL and file analysis that uses artificial intelligence. It has different interfaces, such as rest, SMTP protocol, and HTTPS. The Security incidents and event management are very good. Additionally, there are many file types that are supported and there is no limit to the number of files it can handle simultaneously. It integrates well with SIEM solutions."
"The solution is easy to use and the Panorama feature is good. The software management or the malware blocking and some authentication management system are good."
"The solution is scalable."
"I would like this solution to be integrated directly into the Cluster XL equipment."
"It also offers compatibility with third-party security solutions, however, it is not a lot. This needs to be improved."
"The tool is expensive."
"Check Point could possibly lighten up the software code so that it is not as resource-intensive and will run more smoothly on a variety of hardware and cloud or virtual machine platforms."
"If the SmartView monitor can be integrated in the R80.40 and R81 versions, that would be ideal in understanding the trends and graphs of how traffic is observed hitting the different Check Point Firewall Gateways that the Security Management controls."
"Check Point could improve by enhancing the networking in their solution in order to align it with the existing network architecture."
"The management API can be further developed so that all functions offered by the dashboard are also available via the API (for example, Network Topology)."
"The migration from R77 Manager to R80 is a major upgrade. It's not very easy to do. There should be some kind of Wizard for a direct upgrade from the R77 to the R80. There should be an easy way for the customers to do the upgrade."
"They can keep on doing more updates. As new malware and viruses are coming out, they can make sure that WildFire is up to date."
"I don't think it needs to improve anything, except maybe the speed to deploy the changes."
"Many years back an update caused an issue with the firewall. However, Palo Alto not only informed us of said issue, they also sent an update that fixed the issue before I even had time to log in to determine if the issue affected our services."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
"High availability features are lacking."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"I would give this product a rating of 9 out of 10 due to some slight issues of performance."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 13th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 55 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. 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 WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM and Splunk Cloud Platform, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection and Fortinet FortiSandbox. See our Check Point Security Management vs. Palo Alto Networks WildFire report.
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