Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs Check Point CloudGuard Network Security comparison

Akamai and Check Point Software Technologies are both solutions in the Cloud and Data Center Security category. Akamai is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.8, while Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.5. Akamai holds a 20.8% mindshare in CDCS, compared to Check Point Software Technologies’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Check Point Software Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security compete in the field of network security solutions, specifically targeting data center and cloud environments. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has the upper hand in ease of deployment and support, while Check Point CloudGuard is strong in unified threat prevention and management across hybrid environments.

Features: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation excels in micro-segmentation, providing enhanced visibility into data centers and supporting active defense with deception. Its centralized management simplifies security policy implementation, saving time and facilitating rapid policy creation. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers robust threat prevention, seamless auto-scaling, and high scalability within public clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with unified management across hybrid and on-premises environments, offering consistency and flexibility in security policy deployment.

Room for Improvement: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation clients point to licensing costs and suggest enhanced integration with major appliances. There's also a call for improved customization for honeypots and better netflow analytics for anomaly detection. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security users recommend clearer deployment models, reduced licensing complexity, and better support for dynamic cloud resource integration. Both solutions face user demands for cost reductions, but Check Point's licensing and integration need refinement.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation supports on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud deployments, with its support team consistently praised for responsiveness and knowledge. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security also offers various cloud deployment options, though users mention complexity in setup. Guardicore's support stands out for adaptability, while Check Point needs to streamline its deployment process for improved user experience.

Pricing and ROI: Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, though deemed pricey, offers a flexible licensing structure contributing to rapid ROI via real-time threat intelligence and cost savings. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, while expensive, provides flexible licensing with discounts for large commitments, offering a balanced value proposition with its stable, premium security for critical cloud infrastructure.

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (12th), Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (8th), Microsegmentation Software (3rd)

Check Point CloudGuard Netw...

Ranking in Cloud and Data Center Security

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

155

Ranking in other categories

Firewalls (8th), Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) (2nd), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (4th), WAN Edge (3rd), Unified Threat Management (UTM) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Cloud and Data Center Security category, the mindshare of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is 20.8%, down from 24.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is 2.2%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud and Data Center Security Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation	20.8%
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security	2.2%
Other	77.0%

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Featured Reviews

Uday Varma

Solution Architecht at Inspira Enterprise

Offers granular control and ease of policy creation with features like telemetry and micro-segmentation but incident tagging is missing

Our customers use the solution for micro-segmentation within the data center or cloud environments. One customer uses it for their on-premises infrastructure, deployed at the code level across their massive network. Another customer uses it in a data center to monitor microsegmentation for their 500-node workload. Moreover, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation has helped our customers manage and secure traffic between different applications or workloads. Earlier, they were using VMware NSX-v, which offered good logging for distributed services on an analytical level. However, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation provides them with better overall visibility and granular control over-segmentation, even for inter-application and inter-routing traffic.

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Martin Raška

Senior Security Engineer & Instructor at Arrow Electronics

Unification of security features strengthens network protection

The overall network security is good. It's big-picture, all in one bundle. It's valuable to have everything in one place instead of spreading across different products. Unified security management positively affects a company's security operations. They have one unified view of the security. I can connect multiple gateways to the management and have it in one place. I can have reporting and views in a single pane of glass on the consolidated platform. It's easy to use. The management is the best on the market. It's very easy to work with, read, understand, and navigate. It helps increase our customer's security posture. We can see in some cases CloudGuard improves our customers' posture overall.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features of the solution are the maps and ring fencing that help monitor events."

"The real bonus is the fact that we can secure applications, all the way down to the individual services, on each host. It's actually more granular security than we can get out of a traditional firewall."

"Its deception features are great, providing a rich telemetry of lured origins, and are a great resource for any active defense strategy."

"We like the centralized management of the firewalls. Until we installed Guardicore Centra, we managed all our firewalls individually, so making changes was complicated, difficult, and time-consuming."

"Guardicore makes its own rule set automatically, so we can work fast when creating a rule set."

"The solution is very scalable, especially when connected to the cloud resources."

"I found the solution to be stable."

"Initially, I liked the telemetry part. But later, we used the microsegmentation features that we were able to deploy and found that they really stood out from other vendors. It allows us to see microsegmentation as distributed services."

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"Check Point helped me a lot to know that I have a solution that is stable and answers my needs."

"CloudGuard's intelligent tools help us automate many manual security tasks, guaranteeing our customers' environments will be secure."

"The tool's most valuable features are threat prevention and protection mechanisms."

"I have no problems with stability. There is no downtime."

"Check Point is one of the best in the market."

"The visibility is most valuable. It allows us to see all of our devices from one place, and it gives us the ability to manage push updates and things like that from one place."

"The solution is very stable. I can honestly say that I trust it."

"I like how straightforward it is and simple it is to implement in the cloud."

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Cons

"Customers would want to see the cost improved."

"Supports become difficult when it's for a big organization. For a small organization, medium organization, it still makes sense, however, for a big organization, it makes life difficult."

"Needs more customization of honeypots and a vaster catalog of systems able to be mimicked."

"The product needs a few features like enhanced user policies and payload-level inspection to improve the offering."

"The maps could go a bit faster. They are useful but slightly slow."

"It doesn't support a PAAC solution (Platforma as a service) in the cloud."

"The long-term management of the security policies could be improved with some kind of automation platform, something like Chef or Puppet or Ansible, to help you manage the policies after day-one... to then manage the policies and changes to those policies, going forward, through some type of automation process is not turning out to be really easy."

"Clients would like to see that the security policies of GuardiCore can continue to be comparable to all the major firewall players out there."

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"There is room for improvement in how it handles deployment itself, but I am not sure. It could be due to Azure's limitations, not Check Point's. Deploying a new firewall is quite bulky and not straightforward, especially in managing the resource group and networks. These issues seem to come more from the Azure part."

"The migration to TerraForm is a little more complicated, but we made it work."

"More integration into one solution with increased automation would be beneficial."

"Check Point CloudGuard is not a feature-centric product because Check Point concentrates on security."

"I would focus on the implementation in the cloud, as it relies on third-party vendors like Azure and AWS. It's not seamless; the solution should be more straightforward for complicated environments."

"What I would like for future updates would be faster updates to apply, and perhaps a greater presence in the local language for the regions of Latin America."

"The product needs to offer multi-tenancy."

"Better documentation would be welcome."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is reasonably priced and I would rate it a six out of ten. The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"Compared to the pricing we were seeing from both Illumio and Edgewise, Guardicore was very competitive."

"The customer would complain about the cost."

"This is not a cheap solution but you have to consider the bigger picture, which is what it is giving you."

"GuardiCore has made some new changes to the license now. We've seen monthly and annual licenses based on a subscription. We have a few clients that pay anywhere from $25,000 a year."

"Guardicore Centra provides better value for money than NSX, was the other solution that we looked at, which was too expensive for what it does."

"The price is the same as other products in the market. There's no price argument to choose one or the other product, it will cost the customer approximately the same."

"The pricing is too high."

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"Although I am not in sales and cannot comment extensively on pricing, it is known that Check Point’s licensing can be complex. However, it is a similar experience to other gateways and not particularly unique for cloud protection."

"I do not know the exact price, but it is fairly priced. It is neither cheap nor costly."

"CloudGuard Network Security is not too cheap."

"As a partner and solution provider for the last fifteen years, I have distanced myself from specific numbers. However, customer trust in the product is evident due to its comprehensive protective capabilities."

"Handling costs is not my department. Licensing has been quite acceptable. It is a bit easier now, but when I began working with CloudGuard, it was a bit too technical."

"The pricing and licensing have been good. We just had to do a license increase for our portion of it. We had that done within a couple of days. Given the fact that it's purely a software-based license, it ends up being even quicker than doing it for an on-prem firewall."

"The price of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is very high compared to other solutions, such as Fortinet FortiMail. For the over 2,000 mailboxes we use with the solution it is very expensive."

"We are using our BYOL. We are using our existing Check Point discounts to work with licensing. Overall, it is very competitive. Its pricing is reasonable to me."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

21%

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	9

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	61
Midsize Enterprise	38
Large Enterprise	76

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Guardicore Centra?

I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive. I know other micro-segmentation tools like Cisco or Illumio, and so I think they are in the middle.

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What do you like most about Guardicore Infection Monkey?

Initially, I liked the telemetry part. But later, we used the microsegmentation features that we were able to deploy and found that they really stood out from other vendors. It allows us to see mi...

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What needs improvement with Guardicore Infection Monkey?

When we have more than one interface, we can only have one policy for both interfaces. Normally, you have assets with a production interface and a server interface that are only for management. But...

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What do you like most about Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

The tool's most valuable feature is its management console.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is that it was good.

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What needs improvement with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

I think Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is an ideal product, so I see no improvements needed. If I had to think of one area where it could be improved or made easier, I would say that suppo...

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Comparisons

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Compared 44% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

Trend Micro Deep Security vs Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

Trend Micro Deep Security vs Check Point CloudGuard Network Security

Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

Guardicore Centra, GuardiCore

CloudGuard IaaS, Check Point vSEC, CloudGuard IaaS, Check Point Virtual Systems, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security

Overview

Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a software-based microsegmentation solution that provides the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. It enables you to prevent malicious lateral movement in your network through precise segmentation policies, visuals of activity within your IT environment, and network security alerts. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation works across your data centers, multicloud environments, and endpoints. It is faster to deploy than infrastructure segmentation approaches and provides you with unparalleled visibility and control of your network.

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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers centralized management, robust threat prevention, and seamless integration with major public clouds, ensuring consistent security for cloud and on-premises environments. It combines ease of use with flexibility across diverse IT infrastructure.

Check Point CloudGuard Network Security provides comprehensive protection for IT infrastructures in AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. It ensures firewall security, managing traffic and securing cloud infrastructures while maintaining network protection and compliance enforcement. Organizations benefit from its centralized security governance, enhanced visibility, and threat prevention for both perimeter and internal security. It offers seamless integration with leading cloud platforms, allowing for efficient deployment and scalability, aligning with modern cloud requirements.

What are the key features of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

Ease of Setup and Use: Provides a user-friendly setup process and intuitive operation.
Robust Threat Prevention: Offers advanced capabilities to safeguard against potential threats.
Auto-Scaling: Adjusts resources dynamically to meet demand without manual intervention.
Centralized Management: Ensures uniform security policies across cloud and on-premises environments.
Integration with Major Public Clouds: Seamlessly works with AWS, Azure, and other leading platforms.
Intuitive ACL Menu: Simplifies access control list management with an easy-to-navigate interface.
Customizable Policy Options: Allows for personalized security settings suited to specific requirements.

What benefits should companies look for in Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?

Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Through automation and comprehensive reporting, organizations streamline operations.
Consistent Security Management: Offers uniform policies across different environments, reducing complexity.
Improved Threat Detection: Increases the ability to identify and respond to threats quickly.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing or changing infrastructure needs without compromising security.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and tech, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is vital for protecting sensitive data, managing compliance, and safeguarding daily operations. Its robust integration capabilities support diverse infrastructure setups, assisting companies in maintaining high-security standards efficiently.

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Sample Customers

Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE

Physicians Choice Laboratory Services, Helvetica Insurance

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