We performed a comparison between Check Point Security Management and Wazuh 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. Wazuh stands out for its effortless integration, excellent log monitoring capabilities, and ELK-based investigation. 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. Wazuh needs improvements in event source coverage, threat intelligence integration, and real-time monitoring of Unix systems.
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. Wazuh's customer service is generally deemed satisfactory, and many customers noted that they could easily find answers from community forums.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point Security Management is generally seen as easy to set up if the user has some expertise. Some users said that Wazuh’s setup is easy and fast, while others perceived it as complicated and said it required a significant amount of time.
Pricing: Check Point Security Management is seen as a solid investment, offering flexibility and a good value for the price. Wazuh is a cost-effective option as it is open-source and completely free to acquire.
ROI: Check Point users said the solution offers a steady ROI over time. Wazuh's MSP program and partnerships offer opportunities to generate revenue from the platform.
"Check Point Security Management has improved our organization because all corporate firewalls can be managed with a single interface."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point Security Management is the high level of visibility"
"The reporting system provides real-time insights into the security situation and shows measures that can be taken to protect our data."
"The compliance is great."
"The most valuable feature for me is Identity Awareness."
"As the security administrator, who is responsible for the day-to-day tasks (e.g. creating new firewall rules, monitoring the security alerts and incidents etc.) and the maintenance (e.g. installing the new Jumbo Hotfixes), I find the Check Point Security Management R80.10 to be the great solution."
"The layered architecture is really understandable and easy to use."
"Mobile access has helped us cater to more than 4000 users so that they can work from home."
"Wazuh offers an enhanced HDR version that outperforms its competitors."
"The deployment is easy and they provide very good documentation."
"I find the PCI DSS feature the most valuable, along with the feature that monitors the compliance of Windows and the CIS benchmarks on other devices like Unix or Linux systems."
"The configuration assessment and Pile integrity monitoring features are decent."
"The product’s interface is intuitive."
"The log monitoring and analysis tools are great in addition to SIEM file activity monitoring."
"Wazuh is simple to use for PCI compliance."
"Wazuh is free and easy to use. It is also adjustable, and we can use it on the cloud and on-premises."
"There is room for improvement in reliability."
"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."
"Check Point could improve by enhancing the networking in their solution in order to align it with the existing network architecture."
"SD-WAN functionality could be added."
"The upgrade procedure already made huge improvements, yet it remains more challenging compared to other products."
"Installing a policy takes a very long time to complete."
"You need some technical expertise to use the solution. I don't think it's accessible to the typical end-user. You need to access the box and use some command lines or the web interface. It would be nice to have a user-friendly dashboard and comprehensive reporting."
"It sometimes blocks safe sites when I am researching, affecting the overall output and wasting time."
"They could include flexibility and customization capabilities by modifying for customers based on partner agreements."
"We would like to see more improvements on the cloud."
"While it is scalable, it can suffer from reduced latencies."
"A lack of certain features creates limitations."
"Wazuh is missing many things that a typical SIEM should have."
"The only challenge we faced with Wazuh was the lack of direct support."
"Since it's an open-source tool, scalability is the main issue."
"There could be a hardware monitoring tool for the solution."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 55 reviews while Wazuh is ranked 3rd in Log Management with 38 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while Wazuh is rated 7.4. 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 Wazuh writes "It integrates seamlessly with AWS cloud-native services". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM, Splunk Cloud Platform and Graylog, whereas Wazuh is most compared with Elastic Security, Security Onion, Splunk Enterprise Security, AlienVault OSSIM and Graylog. See our Check Point Security Management vs. Wazuh report.
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