We performed a comparison between Check Point Infinity and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can add our environments and can configure and manage them easily which is why administrators are happy with this tool."
"It is one of the best brands and products in terms of centralization."
"The product's excellent scalability features have allowed our organization to seamlessly adapt to the growing demand. The consensus mechanism and smart contract capabilities have optimized our workflow, resulting in an overall reduction in the complexity of our organization."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. Stability is always important. I haven't faced any issues with the Infinity Portal in the last six or seven years."
"It has come to reinforce the security architecture of the organization since it covers all the necessary pieces of security."
"The solution is very stable. I would estimate it's 99.9% stable, if not more."
"It is a scalable product."
"Infinity is a technical console where we have to log in, and we can navigate to all the products very easily because it is written in a normal installation. People who know about the product can click and take care of their activity."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"We use the product on our Azure network firewalls."
"I like the UI. Most things are accessible from the user interface and it is quite user-friendly. With respect to both VM-based firewalls and physical firewalls, it's easy to create updates."
"The technical support for the solution is very good."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"The most valuable feature is that you can launch it in a very short time. You don't have to wait for the hardware to arrive and get it staged and installed. From that perspective, it is easy to launch. It is also scalable."
"The filtering feature is good."
"The main advantage of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series stems from the fact that you can access it with the help of cloud services."
"The updates could be less frequent."
"The console at the beginning also has the section on where to save the logs, however, if by mistake we choose a very remote area, this detail cannot be corrected unless the change of data center where the logs are housed, which is requested through support, which can become a management difficulty."
"I think that the pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered, as we found it to be quite expensive to purchase and to maintain."
"Check Point Infinity is not compatible with Windows 8."
"The management console has given us some trouble, and the documentation is a little bit rigid in its solution paths."
"They need to update the guides."
"The licensing model for Check Point Infinity is not clear."
"While Check Point Infinity is a robust and innovative solution, some areas could benefit from improvement. One area is the user-friendly integration of privacy-focused features."
"The only minor issue we've faced is with the app's ID configuration, which requires specific matching for application filtering."
"It would be good if the common features work consistently in physical and virtual environments. There was an integration issue in the virtual deployment where it didn't report the interface counters, and we had to upgrade to the latest version, whereas the same thing has been working in the physical deployment for ages now. It seems that it was because of Azure. We were using VMware before, and we didn't have any such issues. We do see such small issues where we expect things to work, but they don't because of some incompatibilities. There also seems to be a limitation on how to do high availability in a virtualized environment. All features should be consistently available in physical and virtual environments. It is not always easy to integrate Palo Alto in the network management system. We would like to be able to compare two network management systems. They can maybe allow monitoring an interface through the GUI to create a reference or do a baseline check about whether your network monitoring system is actually giving you the correct traffic figures. You need traffic figures to be able to recognize the trends and plan the capacity."
"Recently, they introduced their Prisma Cloud solution. Compared to the previous technologies, like Panorama, which is used for centralized firewall management, or even the individual firewalls, it's a bit challenging to integrate the traditional firewall policies into Prisma Cloud."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
"The product could provide protection above Layer 3, which gets into the application layer and provides better visibility into those aspects of application security."
"The interface is all Java-based. I would prefer an HTML5 interface."
"I would like a way to do everything programmatically, or be able to copy the configs from different prices at different levels."
"The tool is very costly."
Check Point Infinity is ranked 14th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 26 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 53 reviews. Check Point Infinity is rated 8.8, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point Infinity writes "Provide unified threat prevention and response across our entire decentralized finance system". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Check Point Infinity is most compared with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Skybox Security Suite and Microsoft Defender for Office 365, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Check Point Infinity vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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