We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"One of the best features is that it natively integrates with Azure Services and tools. When you have a third-party offering, that is not the case. But Azure Firewall provides a comprehensive and seamless security solution for your Azure resources."
"The most valuable feature is the integration into the overall cloud platform."
"One of the notable advantages of Azure Firewall is its user-friendly interface, which closely resembles or shares similarities with other Azure components."
"The most valuable feature is threat intelligence. It is based on filtering and can identify multiple threats."
"Azure Firewall's feature that I have found most valuable is its scalability."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"We secure the entry point to the virtual data center with the firewall."
"I like its order management feature. It doesn't have the kind of threat intelligence that Palo Alto has, but the order management makes it much simpler to know the difference."
"The program is very stable."
"The ease of deployment has been nice. It is like managing any of our on-prem firewalls."
"The scalability is very good; again, very user-friendly. I wouldn't even say "user-friendly" because, as long as you deploy it properly, you can kill an EC2 and it will spin up another one right away, within about a minute and a half. And it will be ready for production right away."
"The solution's most valuable feature is scalability. We can increase the number of CPUs, memory, and firewall throughput easily. Using CloudGuard Network Security for managing cloud firewall rules is considered easier than using the normal security groups provided by Azure or AWS."
"The versatility is the solution's most valuable feature."
"It is dynamic and agile, and its features and utilities continuously improve and evolve."
"The capability to auto-scale in or out, depending on the resource demand is great."
"I like the firewall and the virtual machine. I also like that it's compatible with Amazon Web Services and Azure."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"My only complaint about FortiGate is a lack of QinQ VLAN tunneling. I haven't found this feature in any Fortinet product. You can do this on all Cisco routers, including the smaller models. However, QinQ isn't available on the biggest, most expensive Fortinet units. They still don't have that. I think now we're on software version 6.0, and they still haven't found a solution for QinQ. It isn't a dealbreaker, but that's my main complaint."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Its customer service could be better."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The threat intelligence aspect of this particular firewall is not at par with other providers."
"The solution doesn't offer the same capabilities of Fortinet. It should offer intrusion prevention and advance filtering. These are two very useful features offered on Fortinet that Azure lacks."
"This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing."
"Azure Firewall definitely needs a broader feature base. It should be able to go all the way up to layer 7 when looking at applications and things like that."
"The product could be made more customizable."
"They can improve the pricing of Azure Firewall."
"It needs a lot of improvement, especially on intruder detection. They are working hard on that."
"It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls."
"The initial deployment using the ARM template in Azure was straightforward, but migrating to Terraform added complexity, although we managed to make it work."
"Zero touch removes any independence for configuring."
"The migration to TerraForm is a little more complicated, but we made it work."
"Check Point CloudGuard is not a feature-centric product because Check Point concentrates on security."
"I haven't used CloudGuard Network Security in the past couple of years as I moved out of the network security role. However, based on my previous experience, there were improvements, especially in in-place upgrades. Regarding cost, it might be potentially cheaper considering resource utilization in Azure and VM costs, but licensing could be improved, possibly moving towards a simpler model."
"Micro-Segmentation functionality for EAST-WEST traffic is not native and requires integration with a third-party OEM."
"If you compare the GUI with the Palo Alto and Forcepoint in the Cisco, they're very easy. Check Point, due to its design, is a little bit complex. They should make the GUI easy to use so that anyone can understand it easily, like Fortinet's GUI. Many companies end up using Fortinet because the GUI is very easy, and there's no need for training. They just deploy the box and do the configuration."
"Check Point could show us use cases that would help us in Czech and could help us with security threats in our specific country."
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Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 121 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "Highly reliable, great visibility, and centralized management". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Check Point NGFW, whereas Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. See our Azure Firewall vs. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security report.
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