Check Point UTM-1 vs. Fortinet FortiGate Report From IT Central Station 2018-03-04 PDF

Check Point UTM-1
and
Fortinet FortiGate
Product Reviews and Buyer's Guide
March 2018
Check Point UTM-1 and Fortinet FortiGate
Contents
Overview 3
Top Review by Topic of Check Point UTM-1 and Fortinet FortiGate 4-6
Vendor Directory 7
Top Firewalls Vendors, Weighted 8-9
Top 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor 10
About This Report and IT Central Station 11
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Overview
SOLUTION Check Point UTM-1 Fortinet FortiGate
OVERVIEW Check Point UTM-1 delivers proven, best-in-class The FortiGate family of NG firewalls provides
security ideal for use in industrial Ethernet and proven protection with unmatched performance
SCADA environments. Robust performance and across the network, from internal segments, to
central management provide unmatched value in data centers, to cloud environments. FortiGates
a simple, all-in-one solution. are available in a large range of sizes and form
factors and are key components of the Fortinet
Security Fabric, which enables immediate,
intelligent defense against known and new threats
throughout the entire network.
SAMPLE AccessIT Group Inc., Accuvant, Cadre Computer Pittsburgh Steelers, LUSH Cosmetics, NASDAQ,
CUSTOMERS
Resources Inc., Compuquip Technologies Inc, Verizon, Arizona State University, Levi Strauss &
Dimension Data North America Inc., Forsythe Co.
Solutions Group, Gotham Technology Group LLC,
GuidePoint Security LLC... Whitepaper and case studies here
TOP Fortinet FortiGate vs. Check Point UTM-1 Cisco ASA vs. Fortinet FortiGate
COMPARISONS Compared 31% of the time Compared 18% of the time
Sophos UTM vs. Check Point UTM-1 Sophos UTM vs. Fortinet FortiGate
Compared 9% of the time Compared 13% of the time
Sophos Cyberoam UTM vs. Check Point UTM-1 Palo Alto Networks WildFire vs. Fortinet FortiGate
Compared 6% of the time Compared 13% of the time
TOP INDUSTRIES, Healthcare Company ... 9% Manufacturing Company ... 7%

BASED ON Government ... 10% Government ... 8%
REVIEWERS*
Comms Service Provider ... 13% Comms Service Provider ... 11%
Financial Services Firm ... 21% Financial Services Firm ... 16%
TOP INDUSTRIES, Pharma/Biotech Company ... 14% Health, Wellness And Fitness Company ... 6%
BASED ON Healthcare Company ... 14% Healthcare Company ... 13%
COMPANIES
READING REVIEWS* Government ... 14% Energy/Utilities Company ... 13%
University ... 29% Comms Service Provider ... 13%
COMPANY SIZE, 1-200 Employees ... 21% 1-200 Employees ... 28%
BASED ON 1001+ Employees ... 35% 1001+ Employees ... 32%
REVIEWERS*
201-1000 Employees ... 44% 201-1000 Employees ... 40%
COMPANY SIZE, 1-200 Employees ... 13% 1-200 Employees ... 45%
BASED ON 201-1000 Employees ... 25% 201-1000 Employees ... 36%
COMPANIES
READING REVIEWS* 1001+ Employees ... 63% 1001+ Employees ... 19%
* Data is based on the aggregate profiles of IT Central Station Users researching this solution.

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Top Reviews by Topic

VALUABLE
FEATURES Kerem Ozturk Roberto Garcia Hernandez
Check Point is the brand that invented customer The UTM (application control) features have been
centricity when it comes to network security. very important, because they have solved many
SmartDashboard was there before many issues that other firewall providers have not
competitors were pushing administrators to the developed as Fortinet has. A clear example of this
CLI, even for the simplest tasks. The ability to feature advantages is blocking and allowing the
create a central database for objects (sources, Google suite. For example, without UTM, we
destinations, services, etc.), which can be used in would not have been able to execute some
several different policies, and the possibility of customer requirements like this one: A customer
browsing all logs (FW, IPs, identity awareness, etc.) asked us that some host on their LAN is going to
from all the gateways from a unique screen are be assigned to be a POS workstation. They
big pluses. [Full Review] needed that workstation to have permi... [Full
Review]
reviewer32902
* The prompt and knowledgeable support behind

them. * Their reliability and their policy of pre-
shipping replacements when a unit has failed. *
The simplicity and clarity of their user interface
and documentation. * Their 'cookbooks' that walk
you through the most common installation
scenarios. [Full Review]
Simon Chaba
You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs),

which are treated as separate firewall instances.
The reporting you receive out of this appliance is
excellent. You will not need an external
management system. [Full Review]

4

IMPROVEMENTS
TO MY Kerem Ozturk reviewer32902
ORGANIZATION
Successful implementation of central management I am a one-man show, so there is not much that
allows my organization, which might be can be done to improve the way that I function.
considered over-segmented with lots of firewalls, However, these products provide best-in-class
to make firewall changes easier and track possible security at reasonable prices. One of the most
problems faster. [Full Review] helpful features is their VPN, the client could not
be any simpler to set up and use. [Full Review]
Chingiz Abdukarimov
Better manageability. Outstanding reporting tools

when coupled with FortiAnalyzer (Fortinet's log
collector and reporting tool). Better security
posture. [Full Review]
Simon Chaba
There is no need to buy physical firewall hardware

when you host multiple customers requiring
individual secure access to their FW. You just
create virtual domains (VDOMs). [Full Review]

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ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT Kerem Ozturk Roberto Garcia Hernandez
The speed of the management interface needs They could improve performance with all the UTM
improvement. It is known by many professionals features working. Sometimes, we have seen that
that hardware resource usage increases almost when you enable the antivirus sensor, customers
exponentially when using more than just one report slow web browsing. We know this is normal,
security blade. Security rule-creation logic, which but we would like to know if it is possible to make
so far works sequentially, must be made parallel feel the customer their web browsing is fast with
just like the competitors do. Otherwise, many not as much delay. The antivirus sensor analyzes
administrators fail to understand it and do not use all the protocols and packets we specified, and
it the way it should. [Full Review] this is an important performance affectation. In my
personal point of view, I don’t think it is a serious
is... [Full Review]
NetworkEng896
Better documentation about usage of the CLI. I

learned most of what I know in diagnostic
functionality through saving SSH sessions with the
customer support staff while in WebEx sessions. I
have tried looking up the manuals. They are OK in
some respects, but I feel exhaustive
documentation about the CLI "with examples"
should be there, and I feel it's not. I'm saying, hey
lets consolidate some of the primary real world
scenarios like: Section A: - Troubeshooting B2B
VPN peering with a business p... [Full Review]
Chingiz Abdukarimov
I think there could be more QoS features.

FortiGate has Traffic Shaping that is enough in
most cases, but sometimes I just need 802.1p
prioritizing or DSCP. [Full Review]

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Vendor Directory
Hewlett Packard 3Com H3C Firewall Juniper Juniper SRX
Enterprise
GFI Kerio Control
A10 Networks A10 Networks Thunder CFW
Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls
Barracuda Networks Barracuda NextGen Firewall
NetFortris NetFortris Hosted Firewall
Check Point Check Point Power-1
NetFortris NetFortris Threat Analyzer
Check Point Check Point UTM-1
OPNsense OPNsense
Check Point Check Point VPN-1
Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks VM-Series
Check Point Check Point VSX
Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks WildFire
Cisco Cisco ASA
pfSense pfSense
Cisco Cisco ASAv
SonicWall SonicWall NSA
Cisco Cisco Firepower NGFW
SonicWall SonicWall TZ
Cisco Cisco Sourcefire Firewalls
Sophos Sophos Cyberoam UTM
Fortinet FortiGate-VM
Sophos Sophos UTM
Fortinet Fortinet FortiGate
Sophos Sophos XG
Hillstone Networks Hillstone CloudEdge
Stormshield Stormshield Network Security
Hillstone Networks Hillstone E-Series
Trustwave Trustwave Firewalls
Hillstone Networks Hillstone T-Series
Untangle Untangle NG Firewall
Hillstone Networks Hillstone X-Series Data Center Firewalls
WatchGuard WatchGuard Firebox
Intel Security Intel Security Firewall Enterprise MFE
WatchGuard WatchGuard XTM
Intel Security Intel Security StoneGate
Zscaler Zscaler Web Security
Juniper Juniper NetScreen [EOL]
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Top Firewalls Vendors, Weighted

Over professionals have used IT Central Station research. Here are the top vendors based on product reviews, ratings, and comparisons.
All reviews and ratings are from real users, validated by our triple authentication process.
Chart Key
Views Comparisons Reviews Followers Average Rating
Number of views Number of times compared Total number of reviews on Number of followers on IT Average rating based on
to another product IT Central Station Central Station reviews
Bar length
The total ranking of a product (i.e. bar length) is based on a weighted aggregate ranking of that product's Views (weighting factor = 17.5%),
Comparisons (17.5%), Reviews (17.5%), Followers (17.5%), and Average Rating (30%). Reviews and ratings by resellers are excluded from the
rankings. For each ranking factor, the score (i.e. bar segment length) is calculated as a product of the weighting factor and its position for that
ranking factor. For example, if a product has 80% of the number of reviews compared to the product with the most reviews in its category, then
the product's bar length for reviews would be 17.5% (weighting factor) * 80%.
1 Fortinet FortiGate
164,154 views 115,271 comparisons 23 reviews 5,941 followers 8.1 average rating
2 Cisco ASA
3 Sophos UTM
4 pfSense
5 Palo Alto Networks WildFire

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6 Sophos Cyberoam UTM
7 Meraki MX Firewalls
28,471 views 20,879 comparisons 9 reviews 647 followers 9.3 average rating
8 SonicWall TZ
9 Juniper SRX
10 WatchGuard XTM

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Top 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor

Views
SOLUTION VIEWS
1 Fortinet FortiGate 164,154
2 Cisco ASA 87,211
3 Sophos UTM 79,719
4 Palo Alto Networks WildFire 66,946
5 pfSense 59,712
Reviews
SOLUTION REVIEWS
1 Cisco ASA 48
2 Fortinet FortiGate 23
3 pfSense 18
4 Sophos UTM 16
5 Sophos Cyberoam UTM 14
Followers
SOLUTION FOLLOWERS
1 Fortinet FortiGate 5,941
2 Cisco ASA 5,803
3 Palo Alto Networks WildFire 4,669
4 pfSense 3,641
5 Sophos UTM 3,040

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Top 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor 10

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TOP INDUSTRIES, Healthcare Company ... 9% Manufacturing Company ... 7%

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Top Reviews by Topic

* The prompt and knowledgeable support behind

You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs),

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Top Reviews by Topic

Better manageability. Outstanding reporting tools

There is no need to buy physical firewall hardware

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Top Reviews by Topic

Better documentation about usage of the CLI. I

I think there could be more QoS features.

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Top Firewalls Vendors, Weighted

Views Comparisons Reviews Followers Average Rating

5 Palo Alto Networks WildFire

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6 Sophos Cyberoam UTM

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Top 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor

1 Fortinet FortiGate 164,154

2 Cisco ASA 87,211

3 Sophos UTM 79,719

4 Palo Alto Networks WildFire 66,946

5 Sophos Cyberoam UTM 14

1 Fortinet FortiGate 5,941

2 Cisco ASA 5,803

3 Palo Alto Networks WildFire 4,669

5 Sophos UTM 3,040

© 2018 IT Central Station

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IT Central Station helps tech professionals by providing:

• A list of enterprise level vendors

Use IT Central Station to:

• Read and post reviews of vendors and products

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