Check Point Quantum Security Gateway vs Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Likelihood to Recommend

Check Point Next Generation Firewall is a great solution for larger companies that have the ability to dedicate a large budget towards information security controls. In order to get the best return on investment, however, the company should have a highly functioning information security maturity level and the ability to invest in dedicated training so that all features are utilized effectively. The SmartEvent dashboards are able to provide ongoing data that can track this effectively.

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Manager in Information Technology

Maritime Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Palo Alto Networks Wildfire is well suited for pretty much anywhere that you need the latest and greatest network security. It is extremely good at protecting you from the latest malware threats that might pose a potential problem for your network/endpoints. We've been very please since we installed it and I would say cost of the Palo Altos is the only drawback. If money were no object I'd go with a Palo Alto with Wildfire every time. But unfortunately in some smaller branches it just doesn't make financial sense.

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Professional in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Check Point Quantum Security Gateway

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Identification Technologies

Visualization Tools

Content Inspection

Policy-based Controls

Active Directory and LDAP

Firewall Management Console

Reporting and Logging

VPN

High Availability

Stateful Inspection

Proxy Server

Pros

Logging -- Logs are clearly displayed with all information about the packet
Canned reports -- The reports "out of the box" are pretty nice and give you a lot of detail
Rule Configuration -- Defining (basic) rules is easy to do, and understandable

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Analyst in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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This is could base and easily manageable for our collocation. While working within the could can review in live time potential treats that it has reported from other devices.
Worked very well with existing Palo Alto devices.
Another huge plus is the simplicity of managing and ease of scalability.
Its cost is competitive with similar/like products available.

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Daniel J. Lewis

System Administrator

vdiscoveryLegal Services, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Check Point has a complex range of reporting tools, some of which can take time to learn and be comfortable with.
The firewall is solid and needs to have someone with training to manage it which means any little mistake can bring down the network and have you on the phone with Check Point support.
They are pricey for some of the hardware and reporting tools.

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Ramesh Ramrattan

Systems Administrator

UA Brands (Uniform Advantage)Retail, 201-500 employees

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Local WF appliance is lacking in term of functionality like no bare metal analysis in local solution.
No new features coming to local WF appliances.
No built-in integration with GlobalProtect Agent.
Cloud WF does not have the option for specific regions to be used (compliance).
Cloud side does not have alarming option for [degraded] performance.
Lack of forensics (needs additional product or integration).

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Palo Alto Networks WildFire 10.0

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It works very well and takes care of protecting us from threats new and well-known. It's been a game changer in terms of threat detection & prevention.

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Professional in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

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Palo Alto Networks WildFire 10.0

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Easy to use and works well. For the most part it's set it and forget it, but there's also some flexibility for high security environments and those with extra privacy concerns.

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Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Check Point Quantum Security Gateway 10.0

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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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Manager in Information Technology

Maritime Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Palo Alto Networks WildFire 9.0

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PAN support is very good. You can get the reasonable and timely support on any conditions. When the product is already integrated with the PAN firewalls, you can choose the severity levels based on the effect. The customer service/TAC is very helpful, they even have additional recommendations of advises for product usability. Local partners are also assisting the cases and give their expertise.

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

At the time when we were evaluating Fortinet, it was not a layer 7, while Check Point did offer this. It appears that since then they have created next-gen firewalls as well. The interface of Check Point is a little easier to use (although the interface tends to use a lot of bright pink colors)

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Analyst in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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We wanted a single device to handle numerous jobs, such as antivirus, antimalware, vulnerability detection, url filtering, etc. Palo Alto provides this, while TippingPoint IPS is a more dedicated product. Caveat: I used TippingPoint over 5 years ago, so things may have changed.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Ramesh Ramrattan

Systems Administrator

UA Brands (Uniform Advantage)Retail, 201-500 employees

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Unknown file analysis helps with identifying malware that may not have a current signature.
Additional visibility into files transferred across networks.

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Alex Waitkus, CISSP-ISSAP, OSCP

Security Architect

Securicon, LLCComputer & Network Security, 11-50 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

Check Point Quantum Security Gateway

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Check Point Quantum Security Gateway

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Check Point Quantum Security Gateway

Palo Alto Networks WildFire

Check Point Quantum Security Gateway

Palo Alto Networks WildFire