We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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."It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"On the firewall side, the security efficacy is good."
"We like the way it protects our network, how easy it is to see and filter logs, and how easy it is to manage next-generation firewall policies."
"Now we can add application signature in the same rule base & don't have to create a different policy for that."
"The solution can scale."
"The configuration is one of the best features of this product."
"Check Point's most useful feature is threat prevention and extraction. It was tough to manage seven firewalls and a perimeter solution for IPS, anti-malware, anti-bot, and sandboxing."
"It is always on the top of the list of best firewall solutions."
"The detection rate for any cyberattacks/suspicious activity is very high (more than 90%)."
"It provides in-depth visibility into your network, ensuring that traffic flowing into your organization, be it from offices or individual users, is effectively filtered and secured through multiple layers of protection."
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"The product’s firewall and VPN package are fantastic compared to any other solution."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The improvement could come from better monitoring of traffic data in and out of the firewall."
"With the version we're on, it's a bit time-consuming if you have multiple IP addresses to add. But in the later versions, which we're moving to, it makes it a lot easier to add IP addresses with dynamic objects, as they call it."
"One feature I have yet to see implemented is authenticated email support for alerts generated via the GW or SMS."
"While it does enhance network security, it tends to consume substantial resources, including CPU, memory, and storage."
"When installed on Windows, the system with low storage space slows down."
"SmartEvent Settings and Policy GUI, and the rest of external apps should be improved."
"No product is perfect and there is always room for improvement."
"Heavy load causes a higher CPU to peek which causes us to need to reboot the device. Malicious activity database corrupts the directory or path and restoring it takes a lot of time."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
"There are some areas it could improve when it comes to blocking, we have to block some things manually. For example, if we block a top-level domain we have seen that the new IPs come through, the IPs are not blocked. There should be some more granular way of doing it. My only request is if you're blocking something at a top level, the sub-level sub-domains and all those other IPs should be blocked too automatically."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"We are having some issues with internet access being denied when organizational ID-based policies change. For example, a lower level employee ends up getting the same level of access as that of a higher level employee."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall should have a better understanding of all dynamic cloud applications."
"Certain criteria need to be met if you want to scale this solution."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Its technical support services could be better."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 279 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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