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Check Point Security Management vs Cymulate comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point Security Manage...
Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (9th), Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (13th)
Cymulate
Ranking in Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
13th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (3rd), Attack Surface Management (ASM) (17th), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) category, the mindshare of Check Point Security Management is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cymulate is 1.8%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Check Point Security Management0.9%
Cymulate1.8%
Other97.3%
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP)
 

Featured Reviews

RL
TI at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Simplified threat detection and reduced policy deployment time
The standout features of Check Point Security Management are unified policy management, real-time visibility, and automation capabilities, making it a powerful tool for security management. Consistency across environments with Check Point Security Management helps me ensure that instead of maintaining separate rules for firewalls, cloud workloads, and data centers, we apply one unified policy that covers them all. This reduces misconfigurations and ensures compliance, proving to be a time-saver because rolling out a new rule or updating an existing one takes minutes, not hours, because it is propagated everywhere automatically. Automation is one of the most valuable aspects of Check Point Security Management, and it often does not get enough attention compared to headline features like unified policies or visibility. With policy automation, routine tasks such as rule creation, compliance checks, or policy updates can be automated, reducing human error and saving hours of manual work. Check Point Security Management has simplified administration in my organization because instead of juggling multiple consoles, everything is managed from a single pane of glass. This has reduced complexity and saved significant time for our IT team, improving our operational efficiency. For a policy update, I used to spend two or three hours across multiple consoles. Now, with unified management in Check Point Security Management, it takes thirty to forty minutes, resulting in about a seventy percent reduction in effort, greatly boosting productivity.
SB
Security Architec at Shikun & Binui
Support and integration enhance security posture over three years
I don't know if there's something that could be improved. They surprise me. As I mentioned, I returned a month ago. I haven't fully investigated the complete system yet. I must say that we have been with them for around three years. This is amazing because throughout these three years, they have supported us every week. We meet weekly to review results and fix issues together. Apart from occasional days off, this weekly support has been consistent for three years. It's remarkable because many products are sold and then the product teams forget about you, but this isn't the case with Cymulate.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This solution is easy to install and deploy. It is also user-friendly."
"All limitations above can be solved with Check Point Management API."
"Check Point Security Management has improved our organization because all corporate firewalls can be managed with a single interface."
"It's very easy for management to understand workflow and everything."
"The Check Point Management server is isolated from security gateways, which means that in case there is an issue, we have our configuration ready and we can directly replace the device and push the configuration."
"However, after deploying Check Point firewalls in our organization we found drastic changes in the performance of our network."
"The features we like and find the most valuable are the ways we can manage the policy, create objects, and drag and drop objects in our daily operation. It makes our daily operation on the firewall management much easier than going, for example, to one firewall, then going to the other."
"The Check Point Security Management has improved the management of all our Security Check Point Gateway Firewalls across the bank, simplifying our response and support for all our security network devices and proving far better and less daunting than products that need to be managed individually."
"With Cymulate, the best features are the capacity to test the EDR or malware, anti-malware solution."
"The reporting capabilities are very good."
"Cymulate is easy to set up, install, and configure."
"Cymulate has positively impacted our organization by helping us to take care of the efficacy and reviewing the policies and configuration."
"The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day."
"The security validation feature helps my organization in assessing our security posture."
 

Cons

"Do the homework because Check Point is rather expensive. There are better firewalls on the market now that are cheaper and provide better functionality and security."
"Check Point Security Management can be improved; the recent R82 version is AI-enabled with increased security but I have encountered issues during upgrades, requiring backups to prevent potential disasters."
"We would like to improve the upgrade process in order to do mass upgrades to firewalls and to be able to upgrade target firewalls at the same time."
"Perhaps because I lack experience setting it up from scratch, the initial setup seemed quite complex."
"Check Point could possibly lighten up the software code so that it is not as resource-intensive and will run more smoothly on a variety of hardware and cloud or virtual machine platforms."
"I would like for users to have more control over the platform in the next release. Right now, the system is very central and general requiring new rules to be created that better-suite our requirements."
"I've found the solution was a bit unstable."
"The Security Management server could be improved."
"We have had some trouble with the agents."
"The product must provide consultancy for initial setup."
"The reporting process requires significant improvement as it often takes longer than expected and the quality is lacking."
"The cost can be quite high, and it impacts scalability as more simulations require additional expenses."
"The way Cymulate works for EDR could be improved, as it drops payload and requires action from the EDR console for remediation, which can block the whole process of Cymulate execution."
"I will be honest, we have it, but in the last year, I didn't maintain the system until a month ago."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Do the homework because Check Point is rather expensive."
"Check Point is much cheaper than the competition ($4/server as compared to $17/server)."
"The solution is expensive."
"This product can be used for 25 security gateways on a basic license."
"The pricing can be estimated around 3 or 4 out of 10 in terms of expense."
"Price-wise, it is an expensive solution."
"The solution is expensive and there is an annual license."
"If one will be very expensive, and ten means low price, I rate the tool's price as a three out of ten."
"The product is affordable."
"Cymulate's services are expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise31
Large Enterprise43
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Check Point Security Management?
Based on my experience with Check Point Security Management, I do not see anything lacking. It is currently managing all the gateways, and we are able to achieve what we want from our perspective. ...
What is your primary use case for Check Point Security Management?
I am using Check Point Security Management in our day-to-day operations to centrally manage all Check Point Security Gateways within my organization. All of these Check Point Security Gateways are ...
What advice do you have for others considering Check Point Security Management?
I advise anyone having multiple security gateways that are managed stand-alone to deploy Check Point Security Management and manage all security gateways from a central console and central team. Th...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cymulate?
I don't know if it's expensive. It depends on the modules that you want, or the time, because they give you a tenant. A tenant for you.
What needs improvement with Cymulate?
I don't know if that helped with quick decision making for my security team because I am the security team and you must have a dedicated team to work with this tool. I don't use the analytics modul...
What advice do you have for others considering Cymulate?
With Cymulate, I have experience using the vulnerability management tools. I don't know if I have used the Continuous Security Validation with Cymulate. I don't have that module licensed with Cymul...
 

Also Known As

R80.10, R80, R77.30, R77, Check Point R80.10 Security Management, R80 Security Management
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Sample Customers

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Euronext, YMCA, Telit, Nemours 
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