AWS Firewall Manager vs Check Point Quantum Smart-1

Likelihood to Recommend

With AWS our applications can run as they are anticipated. It is recommended if someone wants to secure applications from any kind of cyber attack. For some of the particular sort of attacks, it might not work so well as expected. Its capability is enhanced more if used along with AWS tools.

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Samuel-Borris James

Digital support officer

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)Government Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Check Point Security Management provides solutions for Small businesses to an enterprise to service providers and these are all basically the same user interface.

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Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AWS Firewall Manager

Check Point Quantum Smart-1

Policy planning and rule management

Automated Policy Orchestration

Device Discovery

Policy Compliance Auditing

Attack Path Simulation Testing

Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation

Vulnerability Scans

Firewall Rule Cleanup

Pros

AWS Firewall Manager is very easy to operate it in the first place unlike other software of this type.
I highly adore the ease it provides in configuration management by API
It provides protection to the applications from diverse forms of attacks.

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Samuel-Borris James

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HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)Government Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Centralized Database
Detailed and indexed logging
Securely connects to each device

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Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Its Support team charges are extremely high depending on the case.
It has a limit to set up rules.

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Samuel-Borris James

Digital support officer

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)Government Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Not many
Expensive though comparatively lately these devices have stayed fairly consistent while other vendors have increased greatly and are catching up.
Support is limited, though this can be an advantage because of the security.

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Alternatives Considered

AWS Firewall Manager is way better than our past experience of Azure Firewall with which we have witnessed a lot of troubles and luckily AWS proved as a guardian angle for us with its features and perfect working and compatibility. From protection to the facility to filter out web traffic everything sounds perfect. AWS is not as tricky and difficult to begin like that of Azure Firewall.

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Samuel-Borris James

Digital support officer

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)Government Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Far exceeds any testing we were able to think of when testing.

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Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

It has a system to filter out web traffic.
It gives complete security to keep our system clean from tricky files.
its documentation is highly perplexing and should be made unambiguous.

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Samuel-Borris James

Digital support officer

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS)Government Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Hardware is very solid so time for maintenance is extremely limited.
Patching is limited due to the strength of the code releases also time for maintenance is extremely limited
Annually reoccurring costs for licenses can be expensive

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Verified User

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Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

AWS Firewall Manager

Check Point Quantum Smart-1

AWS Firewall Manager vs Check Point Quantum Smart-1