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| Product | Check Point Threat Prevention by Check Point View product | pfSense Plus by Netgate View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Check Point Threat Prevention offers Autonomous Threat Prevention and multi-blade unified inspection. Use it for botnet containment. See Network Security alternatives. | See what pfSense Plus offers: commercial firewall and automated cloud backup. It is built for SD-WAN, supports cloud deployment and competes with other Firewall tools. |
| Product type | Integrated Threat Prevention Architecture | Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway |
| Best for | Banking, Government, Healthcare, Retail, Enterprise, Financial Services, Telecommunications | SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | Cloud | CloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Gateway Software Blade Suite; Software Blade Suite on Quantum & CloudGuard Gateways | Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual |
| Data residency | Global appliance and cloud deployment | On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| 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 | Check Point Quantum GatewaysCloudGuard Gateways | Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V |
| Compliance | PCI-DSSHIPAAISO/IEC 27001NIST SP 800-53Common Criteria EAL4+ | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | SmartConsoleSmartEventSplunkQRadarMicrosoft Sentinel | Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS |
| Industries | BankingGovernmentHealthcareRetailEnterpriseFinancial Services+1 more | SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Check Point | Netgate |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Company size | 5,000+ | 201-500 |
| Founded | 1993 | 2000 |
Overview
What it is
Check Point Threat Prevention
Check Point Threat Prevention offers Autonomous Threat Prevention and multi-blade unified inspection. Use it for botnet containment. See Network Security alternatives.pfSense Plus
See what pfSense Plus offers: commercial firewall and automated cloud backup. It is built for SD-WAN, supports cloud deployment and competes with other Firewall tools.Product type
Check Point Threat Prevention
Integrated Threat Prevention ArchitecturepfSense Plus
Commercial Firewall & Secure GatewayBest for
Check Point Threat Prevention
Banking, Government, Healthcare, Retail, Enterprise, Financial Services, TelecommunicationspfSense Plus
SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, RetailPricing
Pricing model
Check Point Threat Prevention
Contact VendorpfSense Plus
Contact VendorFree trial
Check Point Threat Prevention
Free trial: yespfSense Plus
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Check Point Threat Prevention
pfSense Plus
Deployment details
Check Point Threat Prevention
Gateway Software Blade Suite; Software Blade Suite on Quantum & CloudGuard GatewayspfSense Plus
Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; VirtualData residency
Check Point Threat Prevention
Global appliance and cloud deploymentpfSense Plus
On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure RegionsKey features
What it offers
Check Point Threat Prevention
- Autonomous Threat Prevention
- Multi-blade unified inspection
- ThreatCloud AI
- SSL/TLS decryption
- Anti-Bot C&C blocking
- Threat Emulation & Extraction
- Multi-vector perimeter defense
- Zero-day exploit blocking
pfSense Plus
- Commercial firewall
- Automated cloud backup
- Multi-gigabit routing
- Zero-touch provisioning
- VPN
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network Security
- SD-WAN
Platform & access
API access
Check Point Threat Prevention
API access: yespfSense Plus
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Check Point Threat Prevention
SSO: yespfSense Plus
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Check Point Threat Prevention
RBAC: yespfSense Plus
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Check Point Threat Prevention
Multi-tenant: yespfSense Plus
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Check Point Threat Prevention
Mobile app: nopfSense Plus
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Check Point Threat Prevention
pfSense Plus
Compliance
Check Point Threat Prevention
pfSense Plus
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Check Point Threat Prevention
pfSense Plus
Industries
Check Point Threat Prevention
pfSense Plus
Regions
Check Point Threat Prevention
pfSense Plus
Vendor
Company
Check Point Threat Prevention
Check PointpfSense Plus
NetgateHeadquarters
Check Point Threat Prevention
Tel Aviv, IsraelpfSense Plus
Austin, Texas, USACompany size
Check Point Threat Prevention
5,000+pfSense Plus
201-500Founded
Check Point Threat Prevention
1993pfSense Plus
2000