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Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) vs Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 15, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Cloud Firewall ...
Ranking in Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
166
Ranking in other categories
Firewalls (8th), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (3rd), Cloud and Data Center Security (5th), WAN Edge (3rd), Unified Threat Management (UTM) (4th)
Secureworks Taegis Managed ...
Ranking in Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP)
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) category, the mindshare of Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is 1.4%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR is 5.6%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security)1.4%
Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR5.6%
Other93.0%
Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP)
 

Featured Reviews

Viral Shaa - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Analyst at Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.
Cloud security has unified hybrid policies and now protects critical energy workloads continuously
I would say Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is valuable due to its hybrid cloud security features. It offers granular policy management across the on-premises and cloud environments, giving administrators consistent control for configuration drift. We need to change the policy and the inbound and outbound traffic settings, indicating what traffic must be blocked or allowed, and this capability with Check Point provides significant input into our security strategy. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) provides unified security management across both hybrid clouds and on-premises environments. Unified security management affects my security operations positively, as we maintain critical systems on the cloud that require strong security and air gap networks. This cloud-native routing and policy installation helps close gaps in protecting critical applications and environments from exposure to the public cloud. From an administrator's perspective, Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) enhances our organization with clearer and more intuitive logging, making decisions easier to understand without deep investigation. In the CloudGuard UI, I can see which threats have triggered alerts, and this information is available on the unified dashboard that provides details of the threat analysis upon alert. As a small team, we log into the console to check specific alerts for high or low network usage or machine shutdowns. If needed, I tune the configuration policy, and the visualizing tools with reporting functionality simplify tracking changes made on the firewall, including the relevant source IP or device names. We ingest logs into our SIEM for detailed oversight, which allows us to monitor any administrative changes. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has significantly reduced our organizational risk. We clearly understand our threat landscape and the associated risks. Onboarding the CloudGuard solution directly into our cloud environment has significantly lowered the risks throughout the network and it is easy to launch. When we assess our security posture with third-party assessments, we gain granular visibility into our network pre- and post-CloudGuard installation, showing how we have addressed significant risks and secured vulnerabilities.
reviewer2396166 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP International Business and Alliances at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Customers have found quick incident response and proactive security management through effective threat detection
Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR MDR is a great product that has not posed any challenges from my perspective. I am extremely happy with the quick response from the Secureworks team. After the Sophos merger, I look forward to seeing a better and more enhanced version of the product. The team does a phenomenal job with automatic maintenance.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The SSL spectrum proved to be the most valuable for our incoming connections."
"This provided us a smooth experience while moving our load from on-premises data centers to the Google Cloud environments, and increased the adoption and the speed of the migration process."
"Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has helped us reduce our organizational risk significantly, and I believe in Check Point strongly because it has only four critical CVEs from 2020 to 2025, compared to its competition, which has had more than fifteen to sixteen critical vulnerabilities from 2020 to 2025, which proves that Check Point's secured firewall OS security is better than its competitors and it will provide the best security to its network."
"CloudGuard Network security has increased our confidence in secure cloud deployments and migrations by 50%."
"Customer Service: Excellent – the vendor always supports us and is very proactive."
"We consolidated from three management consoles and three clusters to only one, which is a big improvement."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can start off with a simple firewall and expand it to UTM."
"Overall, it's really working for us."
"The solution definitely made us way more aware of the possibilities out there."
"The pricing is flexible."
"The knowledge base is up to date and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the fast alerting and response time."
"The solution is great for managing alerts and dealing with them as they arise."
"There are some patent pending detectors within the platform that provides a lot of value."
"It provides more visibility and more control over endpoints. It reduces the noise. It clears things and only shows things that are really important. It only shows those things that need to be looked at or need to be investigated further. Other similar solutions give you a lot of alerts and other things, but Secureworks gives you a defined or less noisy view so that you can work or focus on things that are important in terms of investigation, response, and remediation."
"We don't have a full SOC, so it's helpful to have them sifting through our alerts and only bringing actionable items to us."
 

Cons

"CheckPoint CloudGuard could be better at solving cases."
"The initial setup was a bit complex."
"Everything we do with Check Point must go through the vendor first, which is somewhat inconvenient. It would be easier to deal with Check Point directly, however, it depends on the vendor."
"We utilize logging systems, and geolocation is crucial for us as some applications must only be accessible from our country. However, there have been occasional issues with this feature."
"It is a very expensive program and there are additional costs despite the standard licensing fees."
"There is a limitation with the version upgrade. We are using version 81.10 and from what I understand, it is problematic to upgrade this version. I do not know if that is true."
"Reporting needs improvement. It's difficult to utilize properly."
"We did not use the AWS Transit Gateway, and that's one of the things that we're currently using. I believe we will be working with Check Point again, in the near future, to implement it, once they start having proper support for a single customer with multiple accounts. When we were using them, we had to install Check Point on each and every single account."
"Dell Secureworks could improve its integration with other third-party solutions."
"We did a PoC of their next-gen antivirus product, but it wasn't ready yet. It was underdeveloped and caused a lot of issues. We'd like to move away from Carbon Black, but they said that it's probably still not to a point where we'd be happy with it. Carbon Black and RedCloak seem to work fine for us."
"This solution could be improved with a higher degree of automation such as automated emails, triggers and defining the severity of the cases."
"It would be nice if the solution were a little more affordable."
"The deployment could definitely be improved."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see file integrity monitoring."
"The integration would look better with other products, with other EDRs, with other firewalls, with other older versions of firewalls, and the versions of software and hardware."
"GUI for resolving tickets is terrible. Non-intuitive, offering a dizzying array of options, often none of which made sense even for common problems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a pretty good partnership with Check Point. We have a global subscription and agreement. They give us a pretty good corporate discount."
"It is an expensive product, but when you realize that you need it, it does not feel so expensive. We have had a good experience with them as partners. They have helped us with designing and having good architecture and the best equipment at the best prices. We find it a good deal."
"The pricing is pretty high, not just for your capital, for what you have to pay upfront, but for what you pay for your annual software renewals as well, compared to a lot of other vendors. Check Point is near the top, as far as how much it's going to cost you."
"The tool's pricing is not cheap."
"The price could be better."
"We pay approximately ‎€150,000 ($166,000 USD) per year."
"It is not expensive."
"Licensing is available on a monthly or yearly basis."
"Initially, the cost was going to be something around $160 or $170. And eventually, I think they brought it down to $110 and they also threw in some endpoint protection platforms."
"The Red Cloak agent is free."
"It is expensive but there is no better product than this."
"The pricing of Dell Secureworks is very reasonable."
"Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is very expensive and could be more cost-effective."
"The pricing for this solution is reasonable. One agent costs approximately 270 dirhams/70 USD for one year. There is a reduction in cost per licence as the number of licences used increases."
"The price is kind of on par. The licensing was comparable to other solutions. It's not particularly high or low."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business72
Midsize Enterprise39
Large Enterprise80
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is comparatively conservative in terms of pricing; it is not a very expensive product. If you are a Check Point shop with multiple ...
What needs improvement with Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is definitely lagging behind its peers. I am not sure what the reason is. Compared to Palo Alto, they are not there in terms of cap...
What is your primary use case for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security?
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) is a cloud-native application protection platform and a suite of multiple products. We primarily use it for our hybrid multi-cloud ...
What needs improvement with Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
I would not say there is a potential area of improvement. I am also waiting to see what Sophos will bring in terms of enhancement. There is room for AI integration as the industry evolves, and more...
What is your primary use case for Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
The solution is used for threat detection and response. We generally use it for quick responses during incidents and to secure our systems.
What advice do you have for others considering Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR?
I would rate Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR MDR at ten out of ten. This solution provides excellent support and response.
 

Also Known As

CloudGuard IaaS, Check Point vSEC, CloudGuard IaaS, Check Point Virtual Systems, Check Point CloudGuard Network Security
Secureworks Red Cloak Managed Detection and Response, Dell Secureworks, SecureWorks Taegis Managed TDR
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Physicians Choice Laboratory Services, Helvetica Insurance
RICOH, Owens and Minor
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