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Check Point Antivirus vs Check Point NGFW comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.0
Check Point Antivirus significantly boosts business ROI and security, simplifying management and preventing data loss with robust protection.
Sentiment score
7.5
Check Point NGFW enhances security, boosts productivity, reduces costs, and offers significant ROI through consolidated tools and efficient management.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Check Point Antivirus offers responsive customer service, though some users suggest improvements with quicker response times and more experienced engineers.
Sentiment score
7.0
Check Point NGFW's support has skilled staff but inconsistent response times, with reliance on resellers for faster assistance.
Even challenging issues like those with VPNs have been resolved efficiently with their help.
We have escalated issues to Check Point technical support multiple times and have received timely and very good responses.
The support team we engaged was knowledgeable and well-versed with the application.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Check Point Antivirus is praised for scalability, centralized management, seamless integration, but resource consumption may affect performance.
Sentiment score
7.8
Check Point NGFW offers scalable, flexible performance, integrating easily into infrastructures and supporting seamless expansion with minimal complexity.
Proactive features help guard against data breaches and vulnerabilities.
If specified correctly, even the smaller boxes offer high session and bandwidth rates, making the solution highly scalable, even up to telco-level requirements.
They offer multiple solutions from SMBs to enterprise data centers, making it an easily scalable solution with no issues in scalability.
Scalability must be carefully planned for, considering future growth and user base increases.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Check Point Antivirus is stable, reliable, with high ratings, occasional update issues, and widely praised for long-term protective performance.
Sentiment score
7.6
Check Point NGFW is generally stable with high availability, though version-specific bugs and updates may cause occasional issues.
I have worked with Check Point products for 15 years and haven't found any stability or performance issues.
While the solution is generally stable, there are complications, such as requiring SmartConsole for deployment and upgrades, which can be time-consuming.
I have encountered stability issues primarily with VPN, which required a code upgrade.
 

Room For Improvement

Check Point Antivirus needs cost reduction, support improvements, better threat detection, and enhanced UI and performance features.
Check Point NGFW faces high costs, complex setup, integration issues, and needs improvements in stability, support, and user-friendliness.
Check Point should improve on their patch management by releasing patches more frequently, such as on a weekly basis, to stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities.
Other products, like FortiGate, are perceived as more intuitive because they are easier to configure from the start.
The graphical user interface (GUI) could benefit from some updates.
Check Point NGFW should concentrate more on the SMB market, as solutions in this space are not as strong in security.
 

Setup Cost

Check Point Antivirus is moderately priced, with seamless licensing, but requires careful budgeting due to high setup and subscription costs.
Check Point NGFW offers robust security features but is often seen as expensive with complex, negotiable licensing and pricing.
In comparison to Fortinet and other products, the pricing may be considered high.
In the medium-sized business market, it can be seen as expensive, leading to switches to alternatives like Fortinet.
Compared to other solutions, the pricing of Check Point NGFW is high.
 

Valuable Features

Check Point Antivirus offers seamless integration, efficient logging, real-time scanning, and enhanced malware protection with minimal performance impact.
Check Point NGFW excels in security, ease of use, and scalability with features like VPN, intrusion prevention, and automation.
Check Point Antivirus is valuable due to its autonomous threat prevention system, which is consistently up-to-date and highly reliable with excellent performance at scale.
The most valuable features in my experience include perimeter firewalling, cloud and mobile security, application control, URL filtering, DLP, threat prevention, intrusion protection, and safeguarding against malware, botnets, and zero-day attacks.
The firewall's default behavior of blocking all traffic, including a cleanup rule that blocks everything from external to internal sources, is highly valuable for protecting our network.
One of the most valuable features is the ability to whitelist and blacklist sources to control access to our ecosystem, ensuring secured SaaS application access.
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Antivirus
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
Anti-Malware Tools (6th)
Check Point NGFW
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
307
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (6th), Unified Threat Management (UTM) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Check Point Antivirus and Check Point NGFW aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Check Point Antivirus is designed for Anti-Malware Tools and holds a mindshare of 1.1%, down 1.3% compared to last year.
Check Point NGFW, on the other hand, focuses on Firewalls, holds 3.0% mindshare, down 3.3% since last year.
Anti-Malware Tools
Firewalls
 

Featured Reviews

Shyam Lal Navatiya - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effective with real-time and proactive detection
While features are really good and promising to use and implement, a certain level of improvement is required in terms of software deployment across different business environments. It is highly advisable to create multiple child logins to operate the running of the software across multiple interfaces in one go without any trouble. Also, it is advised to incorporate the features like round-the-clock, 24/7/365 scanning of the system in the background without disturbing the routine front-end work. This ensures no lapses or threat entry into the system at all.
Manikandan Kannan - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined management through dual-interface configuration capabilities with excellent support
We use Check Point NGFW for security purposes. Our clients use it for security reasons, as mentioned during the call The most valuable feature is the availability of two consoles. In the normal GA login, I can create interfaces and configure interface IPs, while in the SmartConsole, I manage the…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
University
18%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Educational Organization
59%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Government
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Antivirus?
Check Point Antivirus ensures our organization's security posture by ensuring that everyone accessing the internet does so securely. It performs packet inspection, enabling all security blades to m...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Antivirus?
I pay ninety dollars annually for Check Point Antivirus, which is reasonably priced.
What needs improvement with Check Point Antivirus?
Check Point should improve on their patch management by releasing patches more frequently, such as on a weekly basis, to stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities.
How does Check Point NGFW compare with Fortinet Fortigate?
I have experience on both from Disti and channel experience. Please find below my comments (nothing new as such). -Check Point GUI is a bit complicated, -Application and Web filtering are better t...
Which would you recommend - Azure Firewall or Check Point NGFW?
Azure Firewall is easy to use and provides excellent support. Valuable features include integration into the overall cloud platform, autoscaling, and the ability for users to create virtual IP addr...
What do you like most about Check Point NGFW?
Check Point NGFW provides essential security, featuring no-obligation access for secure connections, strong intrusion prevention, and comprehensive antivirus protection.
 

Also Known As

Check Point Antivirus Software Blade
Check Point NG Firewall, Check Point Next Generation Firewall
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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