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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

    NordLayer

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ANordLayer provides cybersecurity tools for businesses of any size or work model developed by the standard of NordVPN. NordLayer helps organizations secure networks and enhance internet security and modernizes network and resource access with technical improvements aligning with the best regulatory compliance standards. Helping organizations to adopt FWaaS, ZTNA, and SWG principles, NordLayer is focused on the Security Service Edge of cybersecurity services.…

    $8

    per month if Yearly plan per user

    Pricing
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysNordLayer
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Lite
    $8
    per month if Yearly plan per user
    Core
    $11
    per month if Yearly plan per user
    Premium
    $14
    per month if Yearly plan per user
    Custom
    x
    per month if Yearly plan per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysNordLayer
    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 GatewaysNordLayer
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answer on this topic
    Nord Security
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysNordLayer
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways and NordLayer
    Feature
    Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    3% above category average
    NordLayer
    -
    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 GatewaysNordLayer
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysNordLayer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysNordLayer
    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
    Incentivized
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    Nord Security
    NordLayer has become an invaluable resource for our security posture and day-to-day activity. The primary use case is preventing staff members from accessing sensitive resources on an unencrypted connection, applying NordLayer and conditional access policies in congruency. The ability to create teams and assigned them to specific dedicated servers is also helpful and allows for further security segmentation
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Nord Security
    • Easy to use
    • Simple user interface desgin
    • Support many VPN protocol
    • Fast and reliable connection
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Nord Security
    • The browser plugin needs some work, or some research about what browser/OS restrictions may limit its functionality. Ours does not work at all even after contacting support so we do not use it
    • Toast/Windows notifications scheduled or deployed through admin center would be amazing. The ability to remind a user who has been disconnected for X hours would be a great feature
    Incentivized
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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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    Nord Security
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Nord Security
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Nord Security
    easy configuration and use case
    Read full review
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Nord Security
    • Improved sercurity
    • Incresed productivity
    • Performance impact
    Incentivized
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