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Product	Check Point SandBlast Network by Check Point View product	Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention by Palo Alto Networks View product
Overview
What it is	Get the facts on Check Point SandBlast Network: ThreatCloud AI. Built for zero-day malware sandboxing. Compare it with other Network Security options before you decide.	Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention: single-pass scanning and DNS security integration. Built for inline exploit prevention. Compare Network Security alternatives.
Product type	Advanced Network Threat Prevention & Sandboxing	Inline Deep Learning Intrusion Prevention (IPS)
Best for	Banking, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise, Defense, Cross-industry, Financial Services, Critical Infra	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Critical Infrastructure
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Gateway Software Blade / Dedicated Appliance; Gateway Software Blade; Dedicated SandBlast Appliance; Cloud Service	Cloud-delivered subscription on NGFW / Prisma Access; Cloud-delivered security service on physical, virtual, or cloud firewalls
Data residency	On-premises appliance or regional cloud emulation	In-line traffic processing; cloud intelligence respects regional privacy regulations
Key features
What it offers	CPU-level threat emulation Content Disarm and Reconstruction (Threat Extraction) Zero-day sandboxing ThreatCloud AI Anti-bot defense Automated quarantine Zero-day malware sandboxing Document sanitization (CDR)	Inline deep learning detection Zero-day exploit blocking Command-and-control interruption DNS security integration Automated signature generation Single-pass scanning Protocol anomaly detection Inline exploit prevention
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Network PerimetersCheck Point Security Gateways	Hardware NGFWsVM-SeriesCN-SeriesPrisma Access
Compliance	PCI-DSSHIPAAISO/IEC 27001Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2 certified	Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2, ISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Check Point Quantum GatewaysSmartConsoleSplunkMicrosoft Sentinel	PAN-OS Next-Gen FirewallsPrisma AccessWildFireAdvanced URL FilteringStrata Cloud Manager
Industries	BankingHealthcareGovernmentEnterpriseDefenseCross-industry+2 more	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentCritical Infrastructure
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Check Point	Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters	Tel Aviv, Israel	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	5,000+	15,000+
Founded	1993	2005

Check Point SandBlast Network

by Check Point

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Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

by Palo Alto Networks

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Overview

What it is

Check Point SandBlast Network

Get the facts on Check Point SandBlast Network: ThreatCloud AI. Built for zero-day malware sandboxing. Compare it with other Network Security options before you decide.

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention: single-pass scanning and DNS security integration. Built for inline exploit prevention. Compare Network Security alternatives.

Product type

Check Point SandBlast Network

Advanced Network Threat Prevention & Sandboxing

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Inline Deep Learning Intrusion Prevention (IPS)

Best for

Check Point SandBlast Network

Banking, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise, Defense, Cross-industry, Financial Services, Critical Infra

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Critical Infrastructure

Pricing

Pricing model

Check Point SandBlast Network

Contact Vendor

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Check Point SandBlast Network

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Deployment

Deployment options

Check Point SandBlast Network

Cloud

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Cloud

Deployment details

Check Point SandBlast Network

Gateway Software Blade / Dedicated Appliance; Gateway Software Blade; Dedicated SandBlast Appliance; Cloud Service

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Cloud-delivered subscription on NGFW / Prisma Access; Cloud-delivered security service on physical, virtual, or cloud firewalls

Data residency

Check Point SandBlast Network

On-premises appliance or regional cloud emulation

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

In-line traffic processing; cloud intelligence respects regional privacy regulations

Key features

What it offers

Check Point SandBlast Network

CPU-level threat emulation
Content Disarm and Reconstruction (Threat Extraction)
Zero-day sandboxing
ThreatCloud AI
Anti-bot defense
Automated quarantine
Zero-day malware sandboxing
Document sanitization (CDR)

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Inline deep learning detection
Zero-day exploit blocking
Command-and-control interruption
DNS security integration
Automated signature generation
Single-pass scanning
Protocol anomaly detection
Inline exploit prevention

Platform & access

API access

Check Point SandBlast Network

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Single sign-on (SSO)

Check Point SandBlast Network

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Role-based access (RBAC)

Check Point SandBlast Network

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Multi-tenant

Check Point SandBlast Network

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Mobile app

Check Point SandBlast Network

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Supported platforms

Check Point SandBlast Network

Network PerimetersCheck Point Security Gateways

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Hardware NGFWsVM-SeriesCN-SeriesPrisma Access

Compliance

Check Point SandBlast Network

PCI-DSSHIPAAISO/IEC 27001Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2 certified

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2, ISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Check Point SandBlast Network

Check Point Quantum GatewaysSmartConsoleSplunkMicrosoft Sentinel

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

PAN-OS Next-Gen FirewallsPrisma AccessWildFireAdvanced URL FilteringStrata Cloud Manager

Industries

Check Point SandBlast Network

BankingHealthcareGovernmentEnterpriseDefenseCross-industry+2 more

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentCritical Infrastructure

Regions

Check Point SandBlast Network

Global

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Global

Vendor

Company

Check Point SandBlast Network

Check Point

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Palo Alto Networks

Headquarters

Check Point SandBlast Network

Tel Aviv, Israel

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

Check Point SandBlast Network

5,000+

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

15,000+

Founded

Check Point SandBlast Network

1993

Palo Alto Advanced Threat Prevention

2005