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Check Point Infinity vs Google Security Operations comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

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

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Net...
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Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (4th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (6th), Extended Detection and Response (XDR) (4th), Ransomware Protection (2nd)
Check Point Infinity
Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
7th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (9th), AI Security (4th), AI Observability (5th)
Google Security Operations
Ranking in AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
12th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (27th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms category, the mindshare of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is 11.1%, up from 10.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point Infinity is 3.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Security Operations is 3.9%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks11.1%
Check Point Infinity3.6%
Google Security Operations3.9%
Other81.4%
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

ABHISHEK_SINGH - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk
Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration
Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.
Chetan Bhati - PeerSpot reviewer
Human Toxicology Engineer at Arrow PC Network Pvt Ltd
Improves daily threat prevention with real-time detection and requires better alert tuning for faster prioritization
Check Point Infinity is powerful, but there are a few areas that could improve. The learning curve for new users can be steep, especially when managing multiple modules like CloudGuard, Quantum, and Harmony together. Some alerts can be overwhelming, making it harder to prioritize without fine-tuning. While automation helps, occasional manual adjustments are still needed. Overall, it is strong, but simplifying onboarding and alert management would make it even better. Integration with third-party tools could be smoother. The reporting dashboard could be more customizable for quick insights. Performance on very large networks can sometimes slow during updates. Overall, while the platform is strong, improving user experience, alert management, and integration would make it even more efficient for daily operations.
CK
Technical Lead at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Simplified detection rules and SOAR workflows have improved compliance-focused operations
One improvement I am looking for is silent log source monitoring. If some feed or some host went offline or was not pulling any logs into Google Security Operations, I would want better visibility. Silent host monitoring would make a significant difference because it is very hard to track which host went down, and there are many false positives as a result. I think there is a lot of room for scalability improvements, particularly in the integration of third-party applications. Currently, I have to write a script and use a cloud run function to pull logs. If there were direct ingestion by simply providing an API key and some sort of client certificate, it would be much easier.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is easy to use."
"I like that the product has behavior-based detection which offers many benefits over signature-based detection."
"The solution allows control over the user and his machine through Cortex XDR security policies."
"Its ability to react to cyber data attacks is awesome."
"It's a nice product that's stable and scalable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is easy to use and does not consume a lot of hardware resources."
"I generally believe that Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is probably the best in the market right now."
"A notable aspect that I appreciate is their ongoing effort to redesign the portal, giving it a fresh and centralized appearance."
"Check Point Infinity has positively impacted my organization by streamlining security prevention and strengthening our overall posture."
"We have seen a faster response time and reduced effort from the network and security engineers while going through logs."
"Clients can manage everything - the data center firewall, the perimeter firewall, and the cloud, etc., from one single consolidated management that makes everything more visible and transparent from one place."
"Check Point Infinity has had a positive impact by providing a unified security framework that reduced complexity and improved visibility across all layers."
"Check Point Infinity has impacted my organization positively because it is easier to control and change VPNs and other features."
"Infinity has come to give us total protection."
"The Check Point Infinity security architecture enables organizations to fully implement all of the Zero Trust Principles."
"Without hyperbole, I have never, in my entire career, encountered a vendor or a vendor community as awesome as Siemplify. Siemplify and the Siemplify Community quite literally made it possible for our SOC to increase almost five-fold in our number of clients and number of analysts and to go from a Monday to Friday 9-5 shop to a 24/7 shop all in the span of under a year and a half and all while continually adding capabilities and improving the services we offer to our clients."
"The valuable parts of Google Security Operations include how easy it is to write parsers or detection rules, and it is well-advanced in the analytical part."
"The most valuable feature of Siemplify is the playbooks that can be created."
"Google SecOps is extremely useful for threat detection and hunting."
"Google Security Operations helps meet all the important regulatory compliance across all verticals."
"Overall, Google SecOps is a very useful service for security operations."
"The playbooks feature in Siemplify is crucial for automation. We've utilized both standard and custom integrations with other security operation solutions, enhancing our flexibility. The user interface is generally straightforward, although recent changes may require some adjustment and Siemplify's integrations and capabilities offer potential support for various compliance requirements."
 

Cons

"I have seen lagging with Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. There was one time when we faced a threat actor trying to gain access to our system. When our team utilized the tool, we were all on the same dashboard and we faced a lag issue at that time of around five minutes, which was quite significant."
"If you compare it to SentinelOne, which has more functionalities and detection capabilities on an open platform, the pricing on SentinelOne is far more reasonable and cheaper than Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks."
"Traps doesn't work with McAfee. You need to remove McAfee to install Traps. This is very common, and its nothing that should be an issue. Some antivirus engines recognize Traps as an threat component, so maybe they need to shake hands somewhere."
"The playbooks could be improved to include more functionalities or actions."
"Currently, we are monitoring all USB drives and ports but we would like to improve our device control capabilities."
"I have run into some detection issues with Cortex XDR. It needs to be better at detection of internal attacks."
"The negative aspect I see is the economic model used by Palo Alto."
"The GUI could be improved."
"The customer support is average because I need to create different things in the portal to create a ticket."
"Some alerts can be overwhelming, making it harder to prioritize without fine-tuning."
"The addition of languages for the support could improve Check Point Infinity."
"We need improvement around the Smart-1 cloud solution."
"The updates could be less frequent."
"Another improvement that would make our experience smoother with Check Point Infinity is simplifying the initial setup and configuration process; while powerful, it can feel overwhelming for smaller teams without dedicated security engineers, so more guides, wizards, or automatic best practice templates would be helpful."
"We have had some performance issues. Because of this, we had to redirect traffic to be analyzed by other appliances."
"One point that led to the nine rating was an incident about two months ago where our inbound and outbound mail were going to quarantine and we could not do anything."
"Building the playbooks could be easier and the integration could improve. It is a difficult process, such as what API connections need to be made."
"I'm inclined to say that I'd love to see some Machine Learning capabilities integrated into the platform, however, I just attended a demo this morning where Siemplify gave a sneak peek into some Machine Learning capabilities that they are currently developing and have roadmapped for release soon."
"We often encounter minor issues that could be improved, but we maintain communication with the developers and submit feature requests. Recently, I requested enhancements such as improved search functionality within playbooks and expanded options for exporting case data."
"I can give customer service a rating of six because it is very hard sometimes to keep up with the support."
"The main improvement could be in the accuracy and detail provided in threat descriptions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay about $50,000 USD per year for a bundle that includes Cortex XDR."
"I don't recall what the cost was, but it wasn't really that expensive."
"I did PoCs on products called Cylance and CrowdStrike. Although, I consider these products and they were also good, when it come to cost and budgetary factors, Traps has been proven to be better than the other two products. It is quite cost-effective and delivers all the entire solution which we require."
"When we first bought it, it was a bit expensive, but it was worth it. The licensing was straightforward."
"The return on investment is from the user side because we have seen the performance of it increase the delivery time of the product if we are using too many web-based and on-premise applications. In indirect ways, we saw the return of investment in terms of performance and user satisfaction increase."
"Cortex XDR's pricing is ok."
"I don't have any issues with the pricing. We are satisfied with the price."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The flexibility in pricing is advantageous, and being a special partner allows for negotiating special rates based on the project requirements."
"The solution's price is quite high, and the licensing model requires extra licenses for various features like SD-WAN."
"Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."
"I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"Check Point should provide an enterprise-wide license where the organization should be provided free hand of using any license or services for an agreed period of time (EULA)."
"When it comes to price, the paramount consideration is the strength of the security. If the security measures provided by the product, such as Check Point Infinity, are robust and meet our requirements, price becomes a secondary concern."
"The product has good pricing considering the features and a global approach."
"The pricing of Check Point Infinity could be better. There is a license needed to use the solution and we pay annually."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Security Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
University
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business46
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise52
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

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How is Cortex XDR compared with Microsoft Defender?
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What needs improvement with Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity could be improved with more intuitive documentation.
What is your primary use case for Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity is used primarily for consolidating security across networks, including cloud and on-premise, an...
What advice do you have for others considering Check Point Infinity?
Check Point Infinity offers easy management, a centralized security tool, and excellent pricing. The review rating fo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Siemplify?
The pricing for Google SecOps and Microsoft Sentinel is almost the same, with no significant differences.
What needs improvement with Siemplify?
One improvement I am looking for is silent log source monitoring. If some feed or some host went offline or was not p...
What is your primary use case for Siemplify?
I'm working with Google Security Operations. There is a product called Chronicle SecOps, which is a SOC tool and a SI...
 

Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps
R80, Infinity
Siemplify ThreatNexus
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank
Edel AG
FedEx Mondelez Intenrational Check Point Trustwave Atos Cyberint Bae Systems Crowe Longwall Security Telefonica Nordea HCL
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