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Check Point 4000 Appliances vs. Fortinet FortiGate

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Check Point 4000 Appliances

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ACheck Point’s 4000-series appliances is a legacy firewall offering. It also provides IPsec VPN access and intrusion prevention within the offering.N/A

    FortiGate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AFortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.N/A
    Pricing
    Check Point 4000 AppliancesFortiGate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Check Point 4000 AppliancesFortiGate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—FortiGate pricing starts at $250 for home office use, up to $300,000 for large enterprise appliances. Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Check Point 4000 AppliancesFortiGate
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Fortinet
    Chose FortiGate
    Before Fortinet, we used checkpoint and our log was closed to gain performance. However, all devices were accessing Checkpoint through a different gateway inside. FortiGate is definitely more successful in log detail. We preferred Fortinet FortiGate because it offers stable …
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    The solution was selected by our parent company, but the idea of changing platforms is still daunting. Fortigate offers an ability to convert your ASA, Checkpoint, JunOS, etc. configs to Fortigate for a small cost. This product works like a champ and eliminated the reasons why …
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    My main experience with competitors is with Check Point. Though on first look Check Point is cheaper, really if you compare correctly using the real-time throughput available to both you will see that Fortinet Fortigate will usually cover you with a lower level device which …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Check Point 4000 AppliancesFortiGate
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Check Point 4000 Appliances and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Check Point 4000 Appliances
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Identification Technologies9.01 Ratings8.638 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.01 Ratings8.538 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.01 Ratings9.439 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.01 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.01 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console10.01 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging10.01 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    VPN10.01 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    High Availability10.01 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.01 Ratings9.538 Ratings
    Proxy Server8.01 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Check Point 4000 AppliancesFortiGate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)