CheckPoint vs. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CheckPoint
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
CheckPoint is a digital access management and engagement system for venues. It automates and digitizes the registration, ticketing, and check-in process while enabling venues, vendors, and exhibitors to engage with guests directly to their phone's lock screen. CheckPoint is an event management tool for events, conferences, festivals, clubs, and more. The venue management solution boasts users among both the Oscars and Nasdaq.N/A
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
The Cisco Firepower 4100 Series’ 1-rack-unit size is presented by the vendodr as ideal at the Internet edge and in high-performance environments. They further state that it shows what’s happening on your network, detects attacks earlier so you can act faster, and reduces management complexity.N/A
Pricing
CheckPointCisco Firepower 4100 Series
Editions & Modules
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Firepower 4100
50,000-250,000
per appliance
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CheckPointCisco Firepower 4100 Series
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
CheckPointCisco Firepower 4100 Series
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CheckPoint

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Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
Chose Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
We previously use Cisco ASA 5500 series but due to those devices are a little old, we changed to Cisco Firepower 4100 Series as more recent product from Cisco. One of the reasons to select Cisco Firepower 4100 Series was the configuration migration availability from ASA to …
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Features
CheckPointCisco Firepower 4100 Series
Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
CheckPoint
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Ratings
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
8.5
4 Ratings
1% below category average
Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Content Inspection00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Policy-based Controls00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Firewall Management Console00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
Reporting and Logging00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
VPN00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
High Availability00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
Stateful Inspection00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Proxy Server00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
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User Ratings
CheckPointCisco Firepower 4100 Series
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(1 ratings)
7.8
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
1.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CheckPointCisco Firepower 4100 Series
Likelihood to Recommend
Fobi AI
If the org has more than a couple of hundred endpoints, I would recommend help from pro services otherwise the UX is going to cause confusion. Its almost as if a new customer would need hand holding because the UX is so .... unconventional. CheckPoint technical support does not have the manpower to meet the needs of paying customers.
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Cisco
When we are asked by local partners which security equipment we use we always recommend our Cisco security products. The Firepower firewall is no exception and we can easily recommend this to others who need a fast, secure, and well built system that integrates well with all your existing hardware and software.
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Pros
Fobi AI
  • Scans local endpoints for malware fairly quickly
  • Can be installed by InTune
  • Technical Support Managers will close support cases for invalid reasons
  • Sales representatives think its OK for support to ghost paying customers
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Cisco
  • VPN Site to Site
  • High Availability / Failover
  • Ldap mapping to vpn connections
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Cons
Fobi AI
  • In my experience, notifications are completely broken and non-functional
  • In my opinion, confusing UX for the cloud portal
  • Don't try and import 100's of endpoints when onboarding because it will create a mess
  • When installing the CP client you have to remove Microsoft Defender and if that fails, CheckPoint technical support goes, "Not my problem, sucks to be you!"
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Cisco
  • The failover process is clunky. When out Fortigate firewalls failed over, we lost 1 ping. When our Firepowers failover, whether it is on purpose or not, we experience a 2.5 minute complete outage.
  • Cisco could stand to improve their support documentation. I have found it difficult to find good directions for configuring these, especially when it comes to NAT and IPSEC tunnels.
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Likelihood to Renew
Fobi AI
Every dollar to CheckPoint is a wasted dollar.
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Cisco
No answers on this topic
Usability
Fobi AI
Roll the dice and see what happens is what CheckPoint technical support wants its customers to do.
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Cisco
In general, the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series works well, great performance, support a high volume of traffic, configuration, users, the device is powerful and once you have something configured you can be sure that it will rarely fail but for day to day troubleshooting or modifications needed can be a little complicated due to you have to deploy every change you make in the device and is not as fast as other devices, in general a deploy takes 5 minutes.
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Alternatives Considered
Fobi AI
There is no clear leader for anti-malware, all have strengths and weaknesses, nothing is good or great at everything.
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Cisco
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series deployment is straightforward and easy to implement. It is also can support high availability and able to achieve redundancy. Besides, firmware upgrade is quite simple and the process does not take much effort as the upgrade will be automatically done by itself. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series is also very cost effective compared with other similar ranges of firewalls.
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Return on Investment
Fobi AI
  • ROI is satisfactory because it is doing the basics of preventing malware infections
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Cisco
  • Positive impact would be our increased security network wide.
  • Another positive would be the increased processing power, saving us time and [from] needing more equipment.
  • A negative impact would be the increased need for having to learn a new interface.
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ScreenShots

CheckPoint Screenshots

Screenshot of CheckPoint ecosystem includes the digital ticket using the wallet pass technology, a near-field communication tap device used for registration and check-in, and an admin portal used to provide real-time updates and analytics to make data-driven decisions.Screenshot of CheckPoint gives exhibitors, vendors and sponsors access to your guests' lock screen to send personalized notifications. Send urgent messages in real-time to increase security around your venue.Screenshot of Modernize your venue with CheckPoint's digital ticketing system that lives in your guests' mobile wallets. By using CheckPoint, improve your user experience by enabling a 100% contactless and automated system that gets your guests into your venues faster and smarter.Screenshot of Increase security around check-in with CheckPoint's automated and contactless system. CheckPoint is a sleek digital solution that condensed a multi-step process into one simple tap to speed up check-ins.