We compared Check Point Security Management and USM Anywhere based on our users' reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data, and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Check Point Security Management is praised for its centralized management features, user-friendly interface, and extensive monitoring capabilities. USM Anywhere is highly regarded for its extensive reporting capabilities, thorough vulnerability assessment, seamless file integration, and user-friendly management features. Check Point Security Management could improve by simplifying the migration of security policies, optimizing performance, and expanding its management API. Other pain points include threat tracking and documentation. USM Anywhere users have suggested improvements in self-service plugin management, database optimization, and third-party threat intelligence integration.
Service and Support: Check Point Security Management's customer service is widely praised for being knowledgeable, supportive, and reliable. Although some users had problems with inexperienced agents and coordination issues, the overall support experience is positive. Some users say that USM Anywhere's customer service is knowledgeable and responsive, while others have faced delays and incomplete answers.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point Security Management is generally seen as easy to set up if the user has some expertise. The initial setup for USM Anywhere is generally considered to be straightforward if the user has technical knowledge. Vendor assistance is also available during the deployment phase.
Pricing: Check Point Security Management is seen as a solid investment, offering flexibility and a good value for the price. USM Anywhere is seen as more cost-effective than premium solutions like IBM QRadar and Splunk, with pricing considered reasonable and relatively low.
ROI: Check Point users said the solution offers a steady ROI over time. USM Anywhere has garnered favorable feedback regarding its ROI.
"The additional features offered by the solution are excellent. We didn't have a lot fo these on a previous solution, and they've proven to be an advantage for us."
"Having the possibility to use Smart Event to check for threats on a broader scale helps after a security incident and also makes it easier to check - instead of looking through different logs."
"The management API is the best new feature for me. It allows us to further automate our customers' automated server ordering."
"Check Point Security Management has improved our organization because all corporate firewalls can be managed with a single interface."
"We love the ability to monitor performance in real-time, and gather critical information about network flows and traffic."
"It is good when it comes to access control, which is the basic feature that we use in a firewall appliance or solution. Check Point is effective when it comes to security control and threat prevention."
"Check Point management is one of the most complete solutions for managing Check Point Firewall appliances."
"Key features include the ability to include logs for everything that you do for admin. Also, it has web filtering built in and VPN."
"The asset management of nodes has been a large help in terms of being able to track applications with more detail and have changes made being monitored into one source."
"The AlienVault solution has enabled us to create a SOC on a budget with smaller than usual staff requirements, offering a wider range of solutions for our customers."
"Asset discovery seems to be good."
"We had used previous products and found AlienVault centralized the logging for our security."
"It allows you to define what alerts you want to see, or not to see, as well as if you want them grouped, or ungrouped."
"What I find the most valuable about USM Anywhere is its compliance. It shows a list of all the administrators logged on and does it quite well. There are no whistles and bells, it's reliable and simple to use."
"The IDS and the threat intelligence are very useful. They are very intuitive and data-rich."
"The USM is a work horse, no matter what devices or the number of logs we throw at it, the system processes them in real time, correlates the events, and alerts on only events that need human review."
"Support is the main area that they need to improve. Our support experience is not very smooth. We are based in Africa, and we don't know whether it is because of our region. I would like a feature where there is a workflow to provide authorization to some users before they're able to create and apply rules. Such a feature should be integrated with the management. It should not be in the box that comes with it."
"Some costs are ridiculously high."
"The graphical interface is nice but it is a bit heavy."
"I would like to bind users to their network, as well as their local office machine."
"Check Point could improve by enhancing the networking in their solution in order to align it with the existing network architecture."
"In the last version from 80.20, there are some issues around SSNA Diction. I would like this to be improved."
"I would like for users to have more control over the platform in the next release. Right now, the system is very central and general requiring new rules to be created that better-suite our requirements."
"While the console and administration work well, they have to work on performance since it consumes a lot of CPU and memory."
"Windows log collection works with HIDS, but documentation is sparse and confusing."
"The reporting is mediocre and is something that needs to be improved."
"It would be hard for any legitimate MSSP to use it."
"The solution already has quite good tools, however, they need better integration tools for linking with Office 365, Google Suite, and so on."
"AlienVault needs to continue to integrate with other third-party technologies that clients want to have monitored."
"It would be nice to see some machine learning and monitoring of the configuration in network devices."
"The reporting aspect could be improved. While there are a lot of different options available, there are still pieces which are missing."
"The vulnerability scanning feature is one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings and needs to improve. The tool has vulnerability scanning, but it is not that efficient."
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Check Point Security Management is ranked 10th in Log Management with 56 reviews while USM Anywhere is ranked 17th in Log Management with 113 reviews. Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8, while USM Anywhere is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Security Management writes "Great DDoS protection, high availability, and useful firewall rule implementation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of USM Anywhere writes "Easy to use and affordable". Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM and Splunk Cloud Platform, whereas USM Anywhere is most compared with Wazuh, AlienVault OSSIM, IBM Security QRadar, Splunk Enterprise Security and Microsoft Sentinel. See our Check Point Security Management vs. USM Anywhere report.
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