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Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways vs. Fortinet FortiGate

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways

    Score9.6 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

    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
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysFortiGate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysFortiGate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFortiGate 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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    Community Pulse
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysFortiGate
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Chose Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways
    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
    Chose Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Fortinet
    Chose FortiGate
    An excellent ratio of functionality and cost of the solution, the UTM subscription and a wide partner network determined our choice of the Fortinet FortiGate. The solution met all the defined requirements, including personal data protection. Local vendors like UserGate were …
    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
    Fortigate is cheaper than other vendors and includes basically the same features. The performance is very good and the configuration is really very easy, you don´t need a lot of training to understand the configuration. The VPN connection works very well and the application …
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    The cost was comparable to the SonicWall we were looking at but feature wise, they are in a different league. The Fortigate offered far more next generation firewall features and they were bundled in with the license we chose. The interface is much easier to use and we spend …
    Incentivized
    Chose FortiGate
    When you talk about firewalling, the competitors are the usual big names (Cisco and Check Point). Both of them are (in my opinion) more costly and more complex to manage. If we talk about other security threats, as I said, having one device able to do (almost) everything is a …
    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
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysFortiGate
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Identification Technologies7.02 Ratings8.638 Ratings
    Visualization Tools10.01 Ratings8.538 Ratings
    Content Inspection7.03 Ratings9.439 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.03 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP6.02 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console7.53 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.53 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    VPN9.03 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    High Availability8.53 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.03 Ratings9.538 Ratings
    Proxy Server7.02 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewaysFortiGate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (5 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
    10.0
    (1 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)