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ArcSight Logger vs Check Point Security Management comparison

 

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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:
 

Categories and Ranking

ArcSight Logger
Ranking in Log Management
31st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Check Point Security Manage...
Ranking in Log Management
10th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (15th), Threat Intelligence Platforms (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Log Management category, the mindshare of ArcSight Logger is 0.8%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point Security Management is 0.4%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Log Management
 

Featured Reviews

Geraldo Freitas - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhances our security incident investigation but not good for correlation
Investigation is good when you know what you want to search for in Logger. The most difficult part is parsing the logs and configuring the parsers. For investigation, it's good. For correlation, it's not good. We use Sentinel, and Sentinel has pre-built use cases that are much easier to configure. So, it enhances our security incident investigation. We have inbound integration, but configuring the parsers is sometimes very difficult. We only have two use cases where we have a correlation set up. We send the information to Check Point to block IP addresses when we see a lot of blocks from the same source. We have a trigger. So, Logger automatically blocks these IP addresses. We could have Logger put them on a blacklist. So, it offers the ease of integration.
Ozan Durmus - PeerSpot reviewer
Good documentation and proxy support with a helpful community available for troubleshooting
It's useful that we can find unused objects. This helps us to get rid of unused objects in our database, Proxy support is valuable for us. We can apply centralized proxy settings to get additional databases when we need them. Revision history and detailed audit log is a good feature with this we can always feeling safe if somethings go wrong, I'm sure that I can go back the old one. Smart Event is a very good feature. It provides a graphical view of the traffics and provides history. The filter syntax is very good and helps control when we need it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution provides information about the risk factors."
"The most valuable feature is the search capability, which is simple to use."
"We have a trigger. So, Logger automatically blocks these IP addresses. We could have Logger put them on a blacklist."
"The technical support team is good...It is a scalable solution."
"ArcSight's robustness is its most valuable feature."
"It's a robust, mature product and you can do some really complex operations and analytics."
"It's a brilliant log collection tool, and it can handle hundreds of thousands of servers in a single shot to ingest the data."
"The most valuable feature is the level of detail that you can see about certain events, even when they do not come up in the console."
"Key features include the ability to include logs for everything that you do for admin. Also, it has web filtering built in and VPN."
"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."
"It has a central management log server that helps us to easily identify faults and issues in the environment, especially during outages and incidents during the implementation of policy rules."
"The most valuable feature for me is Identity Awareness."
"We are now able to monitor the different VPN communities in real-time."
"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."
"The interface also makes it easy for us to configure the VPN from the GUI rather than the command line, which makes it easy even for less experienced engineers to work with."
"It is good when it comes to access control, which is the basic feature that we use in a firewall appliance or solution. Check Point is effective when it comes to security control and threat prevention."
 

Cons

"I would rate the technical support only 5 out of 10. The technical support is not satisfactory."
"It would be better if the product is cheaper."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex."
"The solution could be improved in maintenance settings."
"The solution must provide readymade connectors for different applications."
"The speed of Logger indexing and searching for certain bugs for some queries that we provide could be improved. It can handle a huge number of logs but it can be improved."
"The platform is quite expensive. They should reduce its cost."
"The solution should make it possible to integrate network analysis features."
"Sometimes the security system slows down when it is overloaded."
"In the future, I would like the platform to be able to integrate or manage appliances or third-party equipment."
"It could improve by showing DNS-specific information for connections to unknown public IPs."
"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."
"In future releases I'd like to see better integration with other applications and solutions. Also, the cost of the license is too high, it's too expensive."
"Being a security appliance, there should be the ability for the Security Management server to send email alerts via authenticated email."
"Installing a policy takes a very long time to complete."
"In order to work management console, you need some good appliance or you need to provide more CPU and Memory to the appliance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's not cheap at all as it's a big product and has been in the market for quite some time now."
"ArcSight Logger is very expensive compared to their competitors, but when we talk to the customer and explain what the features are and how we can scale, they understand. Still, ArcSight is more expensive than the competition."
"ArcSight is an expensive solution."
"The pricing is quite harsh."
"I would rate the product a seven out of ten since it's an enterprise product."
"We have a lifetime license, so we don't pay a monthly fee."
"I rate the product’s pricing a seven out of ten, where one is inexpensive, and ten is expensive."
"Pricing is reasonable compared to similar tools on the market. They offer perpetual licenses."
"Check Point is much cheaper than the competition ($4/server as compared to $17/server)."
"If one will be very expensive, and ten means low price, I rate the tool's price as a three out of ten."
"Do the homework because Check Point is rather expensive."
"Price-wise, it is an expensive solution."
"This product can be used for 25 security gateways on a basic license."
"The solution is expensive."
"The solution is expensive and there is an annual license."
"The pricing can be estimated around 3 or 4 out of 10 in terms of expense."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ArcSight Logger?
We have a trigger. So, Logger automatically blocks these IP addresses. We could have Logger put them on a blacklist.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ArcSight Logger?
The pricing isn't the problem. We have a lifetime license, so we don't pay a monthly fee.
What needs improvement with ArcSight Logger?
The solution has room for improvement. We're currently upgrading to the newer version, where they have something like Kafka, a hub for all solutions feeding information into Logger. However, I thin...
What do you like most about Check Point Security Management?
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...
What needs improvement with Check Point Security Management?
One case I saw was with the logs, which gave me the transfer and the vibration. There's a lot of logs, and I'm unsure about their validity, however, they take up a lot of space. We had to provision...
What is your primary use case for Check Point Security Management?
This is the Wi-Fi documentation. I work with the service, and we are partners with Check Point. One of our clients, Parliament, required an upgrade from physical to virtual implementation. This was...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Arcsight Logger, HPE Arcsight Logger
R80.10, R80, R77.30, R77, Check Point R80.10 Security Management, R80 Security Management
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

China Merchants Bank, Bank AlJazira, Banca Intesa
Hedgetec, Geiger
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