We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Waterfall Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"Check Point NGFW has helped the company in the prevention of cyber attacks that could affect operations and slow down production."
"While not being cheap, their pricing models are competitive."
"The application control and URL filtering features are valuable since they allow very granular control of what is coming in and out of a network."
"It provides access to the Internet for corporate resources in a secure manner."
"One of the most valuable features is the data center object integration with Azure. We are using Azure a lot and there is very nice synchronization between the objects in Azure, and it's very easy to implement rules using this feature."
"The firewalling feature and the VPN functionality are excellent."
"The overall security of the environment has been greatly improved by the Check Point NGFWs. Before implementing this solution we have to rely on the Cisco ACLs and Zone-Based firewall that we had configured on switches and routers, which in fact a simple stateful firewall, and currently not an efficient for protecting from advanced threats."
"The Threat Management feature makes it very easy to detect the vulnerabilities and other factors. We can make new policy according to it. Policy creation is very simple in Check Point. Because the logs are very good in Check Point Firewall, this reduces our work with the reports that we are getting from the Threat Management. It is very convenient for us to use the reports to make new policies for security and other things."
"This is a professional solution which has been the most valuable aspect of its use."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"FortiLink is the interface on the firewall that allows you to extend switch management across all of your switches in the network. The problem with it is that you can't use multiple interfaces unless you set them up in a lag. Only then you can run them. So, it forces you to use a core type of switch to propagate that management out to the rest of the switches, and then it is running the case at 200. It leaves you with 18 ports on the firewall because it is also a layer-three router that could also be used as a switch, but as soon as you do that, you can't really use them. They could do a little bit more clean up in the way the stacking interface works. Some use cases and the documentation on the FortiLink checking interface are a little outdated. I can find stuff on version 5 or more, but it is hard to find information on some of the newer firmware. The biggest thing I would like to see is some improvement in the switch management feature. I would like to be able to relegate some of the ports, which are on the firewall itself, to act as a switch to take advantage of those ports. Some of these firewalls have clarity ports on them. If I can use those, it would mean that I need to buy two less switches, which saves time. I get why they don't, but I would still like to see it because it would save a little bit of space in the server rack."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"The interface can be more user-friendly in terms of design and the location of critical and commonly used icons."
"One of my issues with Check Point is the stability. There have been too many bugs, over the years, when I compare them with other vendors. Their QA team should do better work before releasing their GA versions."
"There is no clear way to report incorrect classification to support and a business is neither happy nor forgiving when they cannot receive mail from a crucial business partner."
"The pricing could be better."
"The price of this product could be improved."
"The naming in the inline layers and ordered layers needs improvement. It makes things very complicated. I've seen quite a lot of people saying that. For audit policies, it is okay since it's very simple to see. However, this area is for very large organizations, which have too many policies, and they need to share all these policies. For small to medium-sized businesses, they don't need it. Even if somebody has 500 rules, if they try to use it, it can be very confusing."
"Potential improvements could be made around simplifying VPN functionality and configuration."
"One of the biggest disappointments is the GUI."
"The interface of this solution could be more user friendly. The initial set up could also be made more simple."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 279 reviews while Waterfall Security is ranked 5th in Operational Technology (OT) Security with 1 review. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Waterfall Security is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Waterfall Security writes "Cyber security solution used for data transmission that requires training to make use of all of its powerful features". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Waterfall Security is most compared with Nozomi Networks and OPSWAT MetaDefender OT Security.
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