The cost and licensing will always be expensive. That said, we opted for this tool and removed two others, so we felt we achieved a good amount of savings.
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Perimeter Security Administrator at a security firm with 51-200 employees
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Top 20
Nov 14, 2022
The price-cost relationship, capabilities, and benefits that the solution gives us is something that must be evaluated. When we decide on certain applications, we must understand that organizations have a budget, and we must take care of them based on that. The free trial, however, is of great value.
My recommendation is to find a partner that can provide cost options, validate the requirements and help us to validate which of their applications fits our needs.
If you already have Check Point NGFW and it's underutilized and sized properly, there is a benefit both in terms of commercial/security and operation. This is because everything is available from a Single OEM on a Single Security gateway and Dashboard. The cost is not significantly high and it can be negotiated during any purchase of NGFW.
Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall.
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My experience with pricing and setup cost is that pricing was a bit high, but the setup cost was initially justified.
I'm not in charge of costing regarding Check Point SandBlast Network, so I cannot comment on the pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
The experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was good.
As of now, everything is good enough.
The cost and licensing will always be expensive. That said, we opted for this tool and removed two others, so we felt we achieved a good amount of savings.
The pricing is quite effective, not excessively high. On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the highest price, I rate the pricing a nine.
SandBlast is expensive. The only additional cost is support.
The tool does have a high cost compared to others on the market. That said, it has more features.
The price-cost relationship, capabilities, and benefits that the solution gives us is something that must be evaluated. When we decide on certain applications, we must understand that organizations have a budget, and we must take care of them based on that. The free trial, however, is of great value.
The cost of Check Point SandBlast Network is annually, and there is only a standard license.
Check Point offers good prices. There are costs. However, that should not stop a company from maintaining good security.
My recommendation is to find a partner that can provide cost options, validate the requirements and help us to validate which of their applications fits our needs.
If you already have Check Point NGFW and it's underutilized and sized properly, there is a benefit both in terms of commercial/security and operation. This is because everything is available from a Single OEM on a Single Security gateway and Dashboard. The cost is not significantly high and it can be negotiated during any purchase of NGFW.
I think the overall cost for introducing Check Point with SandBlast was reasonable and competitive in the market.
Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall.
Cost is on the higher side though ill suggest buying a bigger box than required.