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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Check Point CloudGuard

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACheck Point CloudGuard is a comprehensive cloud security platform used to prevent threats and prioritize risks in the cloud across applications, network, and workloads.N/A

    Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center) are a firewall policy and intrusion detection appliance management system, providing an administrative nerve center for managing critical Cisco network security solutions. It provides complete and unified management over firewalls, application control, intrusion prevention, URL filtering, and advanced malware protection. Easily go from managing a firewall to controlling applications to investigating and remediating…N/A
    Pricing
    Check Point CloudGuardCisco Secure Firewall Management Center
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Check Point CloudGuardCisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Check Point CloudGuardCisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    Features
    Check Point CloudGuardCisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    Firewall Security Management
    Comparison of Firewall Security Management features of Check Point CloudGuard and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    Feature
    Check Point CloudGuard
    -
    Ratings
    Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    8.1
    21 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Policy planning and rule management00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Automated Policy Orchestration00 Ratings7.019 Ratings
    Device Discovery00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Policy Compliance Auditing00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Attack Path Simulation Testing00 Ratings7.516 Ratings
    Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Vulnerability Scans00 Ratings8.516 Ratings
    Firewall Rule Cleanup00 Ratings9.518 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Check Point CloudGuardCisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Check Point CloudGuardCisco Secure Firewall Management Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Checkpoint Cloud Guard Native Security Platform is much better in native cloud infra security requirements. It works well, and the manageability of said product is good. But If you are having some hybrid kind of environment, it is not suitable, and the products have more complexity to deploy. There are so many other players to do well in this segment.
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    Cisco
    FMC is feature-rich and user-friendly. Cisco firewalls can run on standalone mode (FDM) but fewer features are supported on FDM. FMC is a must when working with Cisco Firewall. Migration from Cisco ASA to Cisco FTD is easy. There is a tool (FMT) that converts and imports the cisco IOS configuration file to FMC. FMC runs in VM or can be purchased as a physical appliance. The downside is that FMC is not quite fast and has bugs, especially when running in the older version 5x. and 6x.
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    Pros
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Advanced Threat protection via Check Point CloudGuard proven ThreatCloud intelligence feeds for malicious IP's is a nice feature.
    • We have not set up the cloud bots auto-remediation functionality yet, but from initial testing, it looks to be something worth utilizing.
    • Having reporting tie in's with our ServiceNow asset management platform is very handy.
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    Cisco
    • Great protection and security against the multiple digital virus attacks.
    • Provides detailed logs to track any threat and helps to secure the network promptly.
    • VPN service for remote access of important organizational applications.
    • Best management tool for controlling data and bandwidth resources.
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    Cons
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Support Services - Support during implementation
    • Proof-of-concept - Needs to more detailed
    • Troubleshooting multi-cloud/ vendor issues
    • Should contain all the compliance standards - NIST, HIPPA, FedRAMP
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    Cisco
    • Stability when managing firewalls, we're having issues with Firewall 01 and Firewall 02 remaining in sync
    • Reporting when it comes to access control policy rules - there is no way to export a report of the rules easily. Using a custom Python script on the Cisco forums is the only way to easily export a CSV.
    • Support for policy and route-based site-to-site VPN was not available until 6.6.0 and later. This forced us to purchase ASAs to bridge that gap.
    • Dashboard reporting - when clicking a link for more information, nothing displays. Currently working with Cisco on the support case, which has been escalated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Cisco
    We are very satisfied with SecureX and it's adaptive, active nature in protecting or data and systems. It's easy to administer, update, review notifications and update when necessary. Cisco's security practice fits into our needs and continues to evolve as global cyber events change. SecureX is easy to migrate to new cisco gear as we upgrade to newer models when supports ends on older gear. Enabling fast ROI during these capital expenditure projects.
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    Usability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Is easy to use, and the standad configuration is well prepared.
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    Cisco
    Overall usability is an eight for me because it is easy to manage the firewall policies and monitor the devices' health. The configurations are all done in the GUI which makes it more convenient and hassle free. You can also see the devices' health and the progress of the task thru its taskbar.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Cisco
    Since moving to Cisco secure management center from firepower management center we've had no application issues, outages or any other problems. It's always been there for us and always provides us the necessary protection and notification when we need it. Been very happy with all of our Cisco systems over our tenure to date.
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    Support Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Checkpoint support is great. They provide great SLAs and they comply with service times accordingly.
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    Cisco
    We have the direct support of the manufacturer through its service channels, the attention is 24/7, and the response time is acceptable. The support for this tool is almost nil. It all depends on the level of implementation is carried out so that it can fail and request collaboration. Anyway, the manufacturer backs the entire Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC series appliances) solution.
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    Implementation Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Cisco secure firewall management center is easy to install, moderate to setup in conjunction with firewall hardware, and administration of policy changes afterwards is pretty straight forward. And flexible to add more advanced security configurations as needed. Cisco support website is pretty good for researching how to documentation too. Cisco secure firewall management center enables integration to SecureX - the cloud security protection service. And AMP which protects packet flow with real time analysis. Cisco secure fmc is the evolved name for cisco firepower management center so for those customers who have firepower this is a simple migration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Most products have their pros and cons but Dome9 does everything Evident.io and Redlock can do and more. Evident was a good tool but merging the two products into one complicated things.
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    Cisco
    We are managing multiple customers having a large number of Cisco devices that need to be managed by a single platform. For that reason, we have selected the Cisco Firewall Management Center than checkpoint firewall management. It simplifies and automates newly bought cisco firewalls at remote branch offices to manage, configure and troubleshoot them.
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    Return on Investment
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Significant $$$ cost savings as compared to other competitors in the market
    • Long term contracting also helped in cost savings and good ROI - 750k USD approx
    • Multi-vendor and Multi-cloud capabilities also helped us forecast the capex well
    • No need of any other IAM solution - Some cost savings in that area as well for us,
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    Cisco
    • It's a very straightforward and user-friendly tool that has enhanced the total detection of malware and other threats t from intrusion into our network.
    • Provides stable deep network scanning, security visibility, and protection from unauthorized access.
    • The platform modular allows us to deploy across multiple budget cycles.
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