AWS Shield vs. Check Point Quantum DDoS Protector

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Shield
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS. It provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency.
$0
per month
Check Point Quantum DDoS Protector
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Check Point Quantum DDoS Protector protects the infrastructure against network and application downtime (or slow time), application vulnerability exploitation, malware spread, network anomalies, and information theft.N/A
Pricing
AWS ShieldCheck Point Quantum DDoS Protector
Editions & Modules
AWS Shield Standard
$0
AWS Shield Advanced
$3,000.00
per month (annual commitment) AWS Shield Advanced Data Transfer Usage fees apply
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS ShieldCheck Point Quantum DDoS Protector
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAWS Shield Advanced charges are in addition to the standard fees for Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), and AWS Global Accelerator.
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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8.2
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
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Check Point Software Technologies
This Check Point DDoS Protector software is ideal to guarantee the protection of companies in the presence of DDoS attacks, regardless of whether they are known or unknown, it has an immediate detection and response to the presence of them, so it has the ability to stop attacks before they cause damage to the business infrastructure. Also even under attack provides high network performance and legitimate traffic, which is why it is ideal for mitigating threats at the network level as well as applications.
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Pros
Amazon AWS
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Check Point Software Technologies
  • Most accurate DDoS Attack detection
  • Network Behavioral Analysis
  • Intrusion Prevention
  • SSL-attack protection
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Cons
Amazon AWS
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Check Point Software Technologies
  • Sometimes it takes time to update device software.
  • It offers scalable payment licenses, however it is important to have a good knowledge of how to handle this type of device.
  • It does not allow the handling of several IP addresses, in addition it lacks a black and white list of data.
  • Its configuration can be complex for a first time user, so it is important to have adequate knowledge for the proper functioning of the devices.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
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Check Point Software Technologies
As the existing environment is mainly equipped with Checkpoint products and since the product has all leading features, we moved with Checkpoint DDoS protector.
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
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Check Point Software Technologies
  • It helps us to effectively minimize the presence of attacks in the environment of our organization.
  • It allows us to maintain the continuity of legitimate traffic.
  • It allows us to keep a really low level of false positives.
  • It allows us a great saving of time and money due to the fact that it automatically blocks unusual behaviors.
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