We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and Check Point NGFW based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Azure Firewall seems to be a superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Check Point NGFW to be rather expensive to purchase. Users of Check Point NGFW feel that the stability of the product could be improved. Additionally, some users are not so impressed by the technical support and training that it offers.
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"In terms of the reporting, it's beautiful. It integrates with Azure monitoring and with Azure policies. That piece is a big help. You can set governing policies and you can use the application firewall, as well as the Azure Firewall, to enforce those policies."
"Great security and connectivity."
"Microsoft's technical support is very good. They're quite knowledgable and responsive."
"I think that one of the best features is definitely the premium version, along with the IDPs in terms of the intrusion detection and prevention system."
"The firewall policy control, URL content control, and antivirus are all the most valuable aspects. Threat prevention is as well quite good."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the control over the network permissions and the network."
"Performance and stability are the key features of this product."
"The most valuable feature is the highly integrated NGFW features such as the IPS or Check Point Identity Awareness, which makes Check Point the best choice on the market."
"If you want to share traffic loads to both cluster members you can use the active-active feature, if you don't want to share traffic loads you can prefer active standby."
"Its most significant strength lies in its superior threat detection engines."
"The IPS is frequently updated so the rules are always new and in place."
"The only area that Check Point still seems to excel in is their logging."
"The solution is easy to administer thanks to its dashboards. The monitoring is really useful."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It is always on the top of the list of best firewall solutions."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"It's a little heavy compared to a FortiGate or other firewalls."
"There is room for further integration of AI into the system."
"This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing."
"Azure has new versions including a premium firewall. But I would like to see them not put the premium features on Azure Firewall Premium alone because it is quite expensive."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"Azure should be able to work better as a balancer also, instead of just being a firewall. It should have a wider mandate."
"The tool needs to improve the onboarding and transition process for on-prem users."
"There are issues with stability while upgrading devices with hotfixes."
"There is no email security."
"The only downside to Check Point, is, due to the vast expanse of configurable options, it does become easily overwhelming."
"The one thing I have been continually asking for is a more robust certification process including self-paced study material similar to Cisco's Security certification track."
"The upgrade is something we would like to be improved in the future as the frequency of hotfixes is too much, and by the time we finish the one round, we already have the new version released and are required to upgrade."
"There needs to be a Mac version of the Smart Console."
"They could improve by lowering prices."
"There is nothing more that I need in terms of improvement."
Azure Firewall is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Check Point NGFW is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 279 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense. See our Azure Firewall vs. Check Point NGFW report.
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Check Point firewall does a deep inspection of packets till Layer 7 and is more compatible with the organizational environment.
The Azure firewall is also a cloud-based security solution that also provides Advance Threat Protection.