We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Zscaler Internet Access 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."We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"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."
"The scalability is very good."
"There are several ways to implement it."
"The SmartView monitor and SmartReporter help us to monitor and report on traffic."
"There are also additional features, compared to a Layer 4 or Layer 3 firewall, such as AV signatures and devices, which are very helpful for securing the company's network."
"We found a very successful implementation of the virtual private network client, since, for some time now, everyone has been working from home."
"I think the VSX has been the most valuable feature for us."
"It is always on the top of the list of best firewall solutions."
"In the four years I have worked on the five firewalls we have not had any downtime caused by stability issues."
"The protection is most valuable."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"We use ZIA for outbound internet connectivity. The internet traffic of on-prem users will be directed to the ZIA cloud for security checks and web filtering."
"We don't have to buy equipment to use it. And when our engineers set it up on our side, we just configured a few settings and we were in."
"Whether you are in a hotel somewhere, or in Africa, it does not matter. You will get the Zscaler protection presence anywhere."
"The solution is scalable and stable."
"One on the main benefits is protection all time from anywhere."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine and a half out of ten...The setup phase was easy."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"If you have the standard support level, sometimes they take a long time to understand or even give you a solution or good workaround to a problematic situation."
"The only reasons we are looking at other solutions are price and integration."
"Check Point solutions have always been more complex to deploy than their competitors."
"It should allow more than two internet providers in its configuration of "ISP Redundancy"."
"The predefined reports are limited and should provide more information. Check Point should provide a greater number of defined reports and produce reports for each division of the organization."
"At the moment it is not easy to configure some VPN S2S in Check Point."
"Of the areas of improvement that I want to see in this product, without a doubt, one is the technical support. In this time of globalization, with so many cyberattacks and risks, the Check Point support staff take a long time to attend to incidents due to the high demand."
"I'd like to see more use of applications and URLs in security policies moving forwards."
"Currently, the solution's interface is not that user-friendly."
"Zscaler should continue to make the user interface better. They should also improve the backup network and continue to expand it so that it can handle larger numbers of customers."
"The tool should improve the predefined dictionaries."
"I would like to see the ability to choose a pool of IPs for my company, set up rules based on them, and know that those IPs are not used by other companies."
"We'd like for them to include some sort of antivirus tool."
"One thing that they could improve is the ability to import rules from other platforms."
"Do not expect to pay for the service and start using it, like Gmail. Zscaler requires a proper implementation to be done to make it successful."
"The OS capabilities and WSL support could be improved."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 277 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. 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 Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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