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."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"Check Point has strong security features as well as some decent monitoring and management capabilities."
"The characteristics on offer have come to give an added value under a single investment, thus offering many advantages."
"Check Point has an awesome price-to-benefit ratio, netting you an awesome throughput of IDS/IPS capability compared to Palo Alto, Cisco, and so on."
"Sandboxing is the most valuable feature."
"The Smart Dashboard allows for rule creation and administration and management and is user-friendly."
"The management in Check Point is exceptional."
"When applying application control, we can ensure user access to the internet in accordance with company policy and easy implementation if some users need exception access."
"The packet inspections have been a strong point."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"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."
"Most of the features that Zscaler has to offer, we will deploy."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"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."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"The product’s firewall and VPN package are fantastic compared to any other solution."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"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."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"At the moment it is not easy to configure some VPN S2S in Check Point."
"It should be user-friendly from an implementation point of view. Its setup is a little bit difficult."
"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."
"Check Point needs to work on hardware problems also."
"I would like less CPU-intensive features to be introduced to replace the existing heavy-duty processes."
"The client for the central tools is very big - maybe using web access in future releases, similar to other vendors should be possible."
"One area for improvement in Check Point NGFW is the support process."
"The setup is a little complex compared to its competitors."
"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."
"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."
"Its technical support services could be better."
"It would be better if they improved their policy, package visibility, and flexibility while we're creating rules for inspection. It could also be cheaper or more things could be included in the basic package. In the next release, I would like better coverage in the Asia Pacific region and better quality of service."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
"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."
"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."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 278 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, Cisco Secure Firewall, OPNsense and Netgate pfSense. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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