Check Point DDoS Protector vs Radware DDoS comparison

Check Point Software Technologies and Radware are both solutions in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category. Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.0, while Radware is ranked #1 with an average rating of 9.0. Check Point Software Technologies holds a 1.1% mindshare in DDOS, compared to Radware’s 6.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Check Point Software Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Radware users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

Check Point DDoS Protector and Radware DDoS products are designed to protect against distributed denial-of-service attacks. Radware DDoS holds an advantage through advanced features and better ROI, while Check Point offers competitive pricing and strong customer support.

Features: Check Point DDoS Protector includes a comprehensive suite of security modules such as Anti-DDoS and Network Behavior Analysis (NBA), offering zero-day protection and efficient threat mitigation at low latency. Radware DDoS specializes in advanced threat detection and behavioral analysis, providing real-time attack mitigation, geo-blocking capabilities, and a multi-layered defense strategy.

Room for Improvement: Check Point could enhance customization options, improve analytics functionalities, and expand behavioral analysis capabilities. Radware might benefit from simplifying its deployment process, reducing the need for expert configuration, and speeding up customer support response times.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Check Point DDoS Protector is noted for its straightforward deployment and reliable customer service, which is accessible and supportive. In contrast, deploying Radware DDoS typically requires more configuration time and technical expertise, though its customer service is effective but sometimes slower.

Pricing and ROI: Check Point DDoS Protector is praised for its balanced pricing and cost-effectiveness, providing solid ROI. Radware DDoS incurs higher initial costs but offers significant ROI through advanced security features, making it ideal for enterprises prioritizing robust protection over initial costs.

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Cloudflare

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection category, the mindshare of Cloudflare is 12.9%, down from 19.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point DDoS Protector is 1.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Radware DDoS is 6.7%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Protection Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Radware DDoS	6.7%
Cloudflare	12.9%
Check Point DDoS Protector	1.1%
Other	79.3%

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Featured Reviews

M.A. Faisal

General Manager at bKash Limited

Advanced protection has secured critical web workloads and provides clear traffic visibility

From a security perspective, there remains a security loophole, as some browsers in the market can bypass the Turnstile solution, which requires approximately 40 seconds to do so. From a performance perspective, this is acceptable. We also tried Google reCAPTCHA, and that can also be bypassed. From a security perspective, I would say neither solution is completely secured. Regarding uptime, we have faced a couple of incidents due to Cloudflare in recent years, so I cannot say we receive 100% uptime for our region. We sometimes face challenges, including downtime and other issues. As a result, we are not receiving 100% uptime from Cloudflare's solution. Since most of our customers are in this region, we need alternatives. We need something more competitive than Cloudflare. Unfortunately, in Bangladesh, Cloudflare has three points of presence already, and we cannot find any other solution provider in Bangladesh as an alternative, which presents another challenge. Competitor solutions have more attack signatures, which ensure better security compared to Cloudflare's predefined configurations. Customers do not have options to modify any configuration parameters in Cloudflare, whereas other competitor solutions, such as F5 Distributed Cloud, allow customers to tune configurations according to their requirements. Cloudflare could improve in this area. Additionally, regarding visibility, Cloudflare has static visibility, but they could adopt dynamic graph features for their customers.

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Cyber Security Solution Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Ensures service availability and handles attacks effectively though initial setup needs expertise

The best features that Check Point DDoS Protector offers, which stand out to me the most, are real-time detection and mitigation of application-layer DDoS attacks, easy integration with the existing Check Point security infrastructure, and low latency protection that does not disrupt legitimate traffic. The centralized console makes it easy to manage policy across devices, and the integration is straightforward since it works seamlessly with Check Point firewall and management and other security products. Check Point DDoS Protector has positively impacted my organization by improving uptime, reducing incidents, and providing cost savings. It will reduce the incidents up to 30%.

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Program Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Advanced protection has optimized web and API performance while reducing infrastructure costs

From the features perspective and functionality-wise, there are areas of Radware DDoS that I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future. Version upgrades are being provided, but they should communicate with clients about these new features being available so clients can test them and deploy them on the disaster recovery system before moving to the live segment. There should be a test report that will provide confidence that the version is stable and everything will work properly. Last time we faced an issue with a version upgrade, and we faced extensive troubleshooting with littile bit more time in the troubleshooting process. It turned out to be a small issue that was resolved by the engineering team. I would like to see improved support from Radware DDoS. Sometimes in support, we have to log the call with their support partners rather than Radware. After ten years of experience, we know exactly what the issue is, and we understand that it cannot be handled by their support channel or partner level. Radware team always asks us to go through the partners, but sometimes we have found that the issue cannot be handled by the partners. After the partners fail to resolve the issue, it goes to the Radware team. At that time, one to two days of required timeline gets increased by one to two days. If Radware came into immediate action and resolved the issue rather than relying on their service partners, it would be better. After ten years, we have the knowledge of troubleshooting, and we understand that the issues we are facing with Radware can only be resolved by their team. However, due to their policy, they insist we move through the partner first, and only after the partner fails do they escalate to Radware. During that troubleshooting period of twenty-four to forty-eight hours, we remain in an unresolved state with the reported issue.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The most valuable feature of Cloudflare DNS is security."

"The technical support on offer is excellent; they are very helpful and responsive, and we are quite happy with the level of service they provide to their customers."

"Its most significant benefit to date is the speed with which it refreshes DNS records on the internet once you change it. If you are changing a website or registering a new record, it is very quick."

"The solution is very good at mitigating threats."

"The attacker won't have details since my public IP is anonymous. It offers us good privacy."

"The solution is a great fit for customers who want unlimited bandwidth."

"DDoS attacks target unprotected machines. Cloudflare detects and stops these attacks using internal systems. It identifies incoming DDoS attacks, issuing challenges or blocking them immediately."

"We're partners with Cloudflare; this solution is the best product and it does not charge you for any kind of attack on your traffic, only for good traffic, and it can mitigate up to 30 TBPS of DDoS attacks."

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"Check Point detects and automatically mitigates attacks, which helps our organization protect our infrastructure."

"The initial setup takes two hours."

"This solution has improved our internet security and external security; Check Point is a good product that has improved a lot of security rules, resulting in fewer security incidents and fewer viruses while improving our operations and overall security."

"Currently, we have fewer incidents with viruses. We improved our IQ operations and security using this solution. Our company's better after using Check Point."

"Now, all the ISP lines are protected and we can switch the users back and forth between them with the same level of security."

"Check Point DDoS Protector has positively impacted my organization by improving uptime, reducing incidents, and providing cost savings."

"The is a really low level of the false-positive alerts (when the clean traffic is marked as DDoS) due to some advanced techniques used by Check Point under the hood."

"Check Point is one of the solutions that give us the most value, and they are constantly innovating."

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"The initial setup is simple, the deployment should take no more than one or two days, and the support from Radware is very helpful."

"The pricing is reasonable. It's not overly expensive."

"Radware DDoS's behavior-based detection technology is the best thing I have, as I do not need to worry about any new forms of attack that are not pre-configured for filtering because it can create its own signatures based on the quota values I set for each protocol."

"The product is very effective and performs well on devices."

"The solution is stable and reliable; there are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze."

"Now, after installing the Radware DefensePro anti-DDoS solution, they are 99% secure."

"Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service goes beyond the essential Layer Three and Layer Four protection, which are practically mandatory these days."

"The most important thing for me right now in the Radware portfolio, is that Radware went to the cloud and has a flexible model based on virtual machines that can be delivered in our data center model, which could be delivered via the public cloud."

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Cons

"Cloudflare could offer a better view or maybe dashboards of the main resources used in the client."

"The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Cloudflare are a bit on the higher side overall."

"There are some issues with the CDN services."

"Sometimes their more advanced caching tools can cause higher first-byte times and problems with JavaScript."

"The solution could work at being less expensive. It costs a lot to use it."

"The installation was complex until I learned what I had to learn."

"Yes, there were a few times when some of their CDN nodes would fail, creating serious speed issues with the site without any warning or notification from their side."

"Flexible SSL is nothing more than an illusion of security that you're presenting to your visitors."

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"It does not provide the capability to upload data for blacklisting/whitelisting in bulk."

"Check Point should develop a DDoS solution because they don't have one and we need to use another solution, in our case, Imperva. This is a problem because we need to have two firewalls. We would like to only have one solution because it would improve the management, we would have fewer incidents, and we wouldn't need to talk to more than one person for support."

"For a long time, there was no software version of R80.10 available for the Check Point DDoS Protector software appliances, and we had to stay on the quite outdated R77.30 version."

"The product is expensive."

"Check Point DDoS Protector does not provide the ability to upload data for the blacklist/whitelist in bulk, which is one of the big points that need to be improved to facilitate configurations."

"The public documentation is a detail that must be improved in order to have greater implementations with the best practices in this case of the Check Point manufacturer."

"Monitoring and reporting are the things that can be introduced in the future."

"The mitigation part could be improved."

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"I suggest improvements to the user interface to make it easier to use and to find the necessary data for analysis."

"I think Radware DDoS Protection Service could be improved by enhancing the network analytics features."

"The dashboard could be updated."

"Better integration with the automated incident response platform, and the ecosystem in general, would be an improvement."

"As price increases based on the volume of net traffic, it can get expensive."

"They didn't listen to what we were asking for and what we needed."

"I believe Radware DDoS could be improved for cloud deployments with more granular controls that could provide valuable gains for the company, especially by verifying whether the client is genuine or not with additional metrics."

"When the core services and the ERP are exposed to the internet, Radware DDoS has not managed to mitigate any specific attack with major impact that I can recall."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost primarily depends on the size of the organization."

"There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."

"The product's pricing is cheap."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"The product's pricing is minimal compared to other products."

"It's a premium model. You can start at zero and work your way up to the enterprise model, which has a very high pricing level."

"The pricing for the service is reasonable, neither excessively cheap nor prohibitively expensive. It aligns well with the value of their solution."

"We are using the free tier of the solution."

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"The appliance comes with a loaded hardware license, and additional options such as SSL can be purchased and enabled."

"It's an expensive solution. It's one of the most expensive solutions in the world. It's cheaper than Palo Alto and Cisco but these are expensive solutions. Fortinet is cheaper."

"I don't deal with the pricing, but it seems that you need to get basic support in order to upgrade the DDoS database for new attacks and so on."

"Radware DefensePro is a bit on the expensive side."

"Its pricing is competitive. The licensing model is also very competitive. It is customizable, so there is no issue at all. They have given us whatever we have asked in terms of the pricing model and SLA."

"The pricing is okay, and I do not have any concerns about the price."

"Radware's switch to a pay-as-you-go model last year provides great flexibility."

"I didn't check pricing of other providers in depth but verified with two, and found Radware to be significantly cheaper compared to F5."

"Radware DefensePro is expensive when considering the issue we have and its limitations."

"The price varies by use case and there are monthly and annual licensing options. If you deploy on-premise, there is an annual license with the amount dependent on the throughput you need and which features you will be using - i.e. IPS, behavioral, etc."

"The pricing is based on the amount of network traffic and the number of packets being inspected."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Comms Service Provider

37%

Construction Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	46
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	26

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Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	5

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	23

Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?

Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GR...

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Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?

Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudflare DNS?

The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Cloudflare are a bit on the higher side overall.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point DDoS Protector?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is straightforward with no challenges.

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What needs improvement with Check Point DDoS Protector?

Check Point DDoS Protector can be improved in that initial fine-tuning of policies can be complex and may require exp...

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What is your primary use case for Check Point DDoS Protector?

My main use case for Check Point DDoS Protector is to protect our network perimeter against DDoS attacks, ensuring se...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?

For Radware Cloud DDoS Protection, the pricing model can vary based on a number of factors such as the scale of the b...

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What needs improvement with Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?

The time it takes to upload a site to the cloud is critical when under attack. If a site is down, a quick response to...

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What is your primary use case for Radware Cloud DDoS Protection Service?

We use Radware's Cloud DDoS Protection Service to safeguard Cloud Graph with Layer Seven protection. To mitigate Laye...

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Also Known As

Cloudflare DNS

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Radware DDoS Protection Service, Radware DefensePro, Radware DefenseFlow

Overview

Cloudflare enhances web performance and security with features like CDN caching and DDoS mitigation while providing easy DNS management and intuitive setup through its user-friendly dashboard.

Cloudflare is recognized for its comprehensive web security and performance solutions. Speed improvements are achieved through caching mechanisms and DDoS protection, combining ease of DNS management with flexible page rules. The robust analytics and threat insight tools provide valuable data, assisted by a user-friendly dashboard allowing quick setup and configuration. An API offers dynamic DNS settings ensuring low latency and high performance across the globe.

What are Cloudflare's key features?

CDN Caching: Enhances website speed through content delivery network caching.
Web Application Firewall: Protects websites from online threats.
DDoS Mitigation: Shields against distributed denial-of-service attacks.
DNS Management: Offers easy-to-use and flexible domain management.
SSL Certificates: Ensures secure connections between users and servers.
Analytics: Provides insights with robust analytics tools.

What benefits and ROI should users evaluate?

Enhanced Security: Strengthening web security with DDoS and firewall protection.
Speed Improvement: Faster content delivery with CDN caching.
Operational Simplicity: Simplifies website optimization through a user-friendly interface.
Scalable Solutions: Scales with global reach, lowering latency for improved performance.
Cost Efficiency: Offers layers of valuable functionality with pricing options.

Cloudflare finds utility across industries for DNS management and defense mechanisms. Its content delivery network assures fast content distribution and fortified security. Businesses integrate features like web application firewalls, load balancing, end-to-end SSL, and zero trust to protect websites from cyber threats while ensuring resilience and reliable performance.

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Check Point DDoS Protector offers robust defense against DDoS attacks, ensuring seamless service availability by integrating advanced threat detection and mitigation strategies for diverse network infrastructures.

Businesses utilize Check Point DDoS Protector for comprehensive security by leveraging its firewall and antivirus capabilities, hardware-based SSL engine, and machine learning for traffic analysis. It seamlessly integrates with existing systems to provide real-time attack identification and mitigation, addressing both cloud and on-premise threats. While it maintains low latency and reduces false positives, the dashboard's complexity and need for improved real-time traffic information are areas requiring refinement. Support for modular upgrades, enhanced reporting, and better application layer mitigation are also prioritized by users.

What are the key features of Check Point DDoS Protector?

Firewall and Antivirus: Protects against a wide range of threats with integrated security features.
Low Latency Traffic Processing: Ensures responsive network performance even under attack.
Hardware-Based SSL Engine: Enhances SSL encryption processing without compromising speed.
Scalable Protection: Adapts to various network sizes, providing consistent defense across infrastructures.
Machine Learning Analysis: Uses behavioral analysis to detect and mitigate threats effectively.

What benefits can organizations expect from Check Point DDoS Protector?

Improved Uptime: Reduces service disruptions, supporting continuous business operations.
Reduced Incidents: Minimizes the frequency and severity of attacks on network perimeters.
Comprehensive Security: Offers broad protection with integrated modules that handle diverse threats.
Seamless Integration: Works well with existing infrastructures, ensuring smooth integration and functionality.

Industries depend on Check Point DDoS Protector to safeguard network perimeters against DDoS attacks. It is instrumental in protecting data centers and managing web services, addressing volumetric and low-and-slow attacks, and supporting high DNS packet rates. By integrating with scrubbing centers and enabling traffic management by geolocation, organizations can ensure security for both cloud and on-premise environments, including Azure. This proactive defense capability is highly valued for its impact on scalability and management within these sectors.

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Radware DDoS provides robust multi-layer protection against distributed denial of service attacks, featuring real-time monitoring and anomaly detection. Its scalable cloud-based and on-site deployment options ensure effective safeguarding of critical infrastructure.

Offering comprehensive defense, Radware DDoS includes features like data scrubbing, signature updates, and SSL-based mitigation. Integrated platforms and a user-friendly interface streamline its deployment. With advanced reporting, analytics, and behavioral analysis powered by machine learning, users experience fewer false positives. Despite these strengths, users highlight the need for improved scalability, seamless deployment, and enhanced machine learning capabilities. Better documentation, pricing, and customer service remain areas of improvement.

What features does Radware DDoS offer?

Data Scrubbing: Filters malicious data from incoming traffic.
Signature Updates: Keeps threat signatures current.
SSL-Based Mitigation: Protects against SSL attacks.
Auto Mitigation: Quickly responds to detected threats.
Multi-Layer Protection: Defends across several attack vectors.

What benefits should users expect?

Scalable Protection: Adaptable to increasing demands.
Proactive Notifications: Alerts in real-time to threats.
Live Attack Insights: Provides real-time analytics.
Enhanced Security: Shields diverse sectors.
Reduced False Positives: Enabled by machine learning.

In industries like banking, telecom, and government, organizations employ Radware DDoS to protect networks from DDoS attacks. It ensures server, web service, and mail security while enabling traffic monitoring and unauthorized access blocking. Its cloud-based options serve entities seeking infrastructure security and network traffic analysis.

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