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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AThe Check Point Quantum Security Gateway Next Generation Firewall is a tiered firewall product. The base model includes the core firewall services, and can be upgraded to include anti-bot/virus/spam and sandboxing capabilities.

    $26,400

    starting list price for Quantum Force 9100 Base Configuration

    Lumen Edge Private Cloud

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ALumen® Edge Private Cloud helps manage digital workloads and cloud ecosystems at scale. It is used to increase workload performance while accelerating innovation by optimizing latency‑sensitive apps with scalable private cloud computing and storage.N/A
    Pricing
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysLumen Edge Private Cloud
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysLumen Edge Private Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysLumen Edge Private Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
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    Features
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysLumen Edge Private Cloud
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways and Lumen Edge Private Cloud
    Feature
    Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Lumen Edge Private Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Identification Technologies9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools9.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysLumen Edge Private Cloud
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysLumen Edge Private Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysLumen Edge Private Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Check Point Software Technologies
    1) For huge DC environments and complex networks 2) Where clients were consistent up-time like FSI and healthcare 3) Application-aware client req. and preventing day 0 cyber attacks. 4) Securing East-West traffic, hyper-scaling capabilities 5)Some advantages - Best Security meets Ultimate Hardware and SandBlast Zero Day Protection out of the box, Modular hardware 6) High Performance CPUs
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    Lumen Technologies
    CenturyLink Private Cloud is well suited for companies that are smaller and wouldn't have to undergo scaling for a longer time. Apart from that, it does well in almost all categories. It wouldn't actually be useful for bigger companies since the UI is a bit laggy sometimes and usually, it's not advisable for big companies.
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    Pros
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • SSL inspection provides more effective mitigation of threat and data leakage with the ability to inspect and analyze encrypted traffic.
    • Threat emulation and extraction provides protection against zero-day threats without compromising the data of infected files.
    • 'Office mode' VPN provides a seamless connected experience for remotely connected individuals.
    • Application control features provide granular restrictions to the type of application traffic than can pass through the network.
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    Lumen Technologies
    • robust framework
    • amazing customer support in case you're facing maintenance issues
    • collaborative ability is off the charts
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    Cons
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • HTTPS Inspection -- The firewall has troubles re-packaging the packet in a way that some websites are able to interpret correctly
    • Support -- Even getting support directly from Check Point isn't the easiest of experiences. They are more concerned about how fast they can close a ticket out, rather than fixing the problem.
    • Custom reports -- Custom reporting is extremely limited
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    Lumen Technologies
    • UI can be really improved, since it sometimes lags a lot
    • Very few know about the product, so they should advertise a bit more
    • There maybe scaling issues since it's a relatively smaller company compared to its competitors
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    Usability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Operational efficiency is very high compare to all other vendors.TAC Support is good
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    Lumen Technologies
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    Support Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Check Point has a variety of support options that can be used to optimize your investment in the product. Companies with a larger information security and certified checkpoint engineer employee base can benefit from a standard SLA, while companies with a smaller security engineering footprint or more critical implementations can opt for premium, elite or diamond packages that even include the ability to provide on-site engineers for major security incidents. Check Point PRO support also provides the ability to outsource maintenance concerns by automating case creation and follow up when application components fail.
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    Lumen Technologies
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    Alternatives Considered
    Check Point Software Technologies
    In a heterogeneous environment, we wanted to keep multiple vendors for multiple purposes. CP was found very good in handling basic Next generation firewalls features along with handling of VPNs.
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    Lumen Technologies
    It doesn't stack up that well against them, since these are big companies and have huge infrastructures and they provide smooth scaling features. However CenturyLink Private Cloud is a little concise and not many people know about it, so I feel like they should advertise more and try to improve their customer outreach.
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    Return on Investment
    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Although there are better alternatives out there, Check Point delivers results for the price we paid for the system.
    • Since implementation, we have not have any major issues with the product, minor issues were resolved in a timely fashion.
    • Check Point currently fulfills our need for an outside facing firewall, when our organization grows larger, we will be looking at higher level enterprise solutions.
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    Lumen Technologies
    • We reduced our cloud hosting costs a lot after switching to CenturyLink Private Cloud
    • Maintenance is very easy since there is documentation available for every part
    • It had some issues with the UI but we can neglect those considering the pricing options they provide.
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