CloudGuard WAF-as-a-Service (Premium, PAYG, Free 7 Days or 1M Requests)
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Powerful, Automated Protection for Modern Cloud Applications
What do you like best about the product?
It's designed to protect our websites , Api and cloud applications from cyber attacks. This protects our application from being hacked. random heavy traffic does not cause the website to go down. reduces false positives saving time for developers and testing. fully automated setup requires very little manual tuning. very powerful for modern cloud native applications.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's many users say that its policies and rules are not easy to configure correctly. it's very expensive. technical engineers are not always available and troubleshooting takes time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it's protects your website and API's from all types of cyberattacks , keep data secure makes compliance esay and strengthens your business continuity. cybercriminals try to steal personal , financial and sensitive data stored in databases . cloud guard blocks such attempts by using DPI.
Advanced AI Security with Flexible Deployment Options
What do you like best about the product?
Since this includes AI support, advanced features, and management automations, it helps protect against unknown attacks. It also offers flexible deployment options suitable for different cloud and hybrid environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
The platform presents a steep learning curve, which can impede initial adoption and make it difficult for new users to effectively manage complex rules and logs. Additionally, the documentation is insufficient, which further complicates the onboarding process. I have also noticed that the log retention is limited, which negatively affects visibility and control.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This solution safeguards web applications against threats such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and botnet attacks, helping to prevent data breaches while offering improved visibility into traffic. It also defends against common web application attacks, automated and bot-driven threats, vulnerabilities in applications and APIs, as well as issues related to data breaches and insufficient visibility.
Reliable Cloud WAF with Strong Automation
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about Check Point CloudGuard WAF is how reliably it blocks common web attacks without needing constant manual tuning. The dashboard is clean, and the threat visibility makes it easy to understand what is happening in real time. Its automated protections and strong integration with cloud environments help maintain security with less operational effort.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial setup can feel a bit complex, especially for teams that are not already familiar with Check Point’s ecosystem. Some of the advanced configuration options could be more intuitive, and certain logs take time to get used to. Aside from that, the product performs well but could improve in terms of onboarding and documentation clarity.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point CloudGuard WAF helps us protect our applications from common web attacks like SQL injection, bot traffic, and malicious API calls. It reduces manual monitoring by automatically blocking suspicious behavior. This has improved our overall security posture and saved time for our team by minimizing false positives and providing clearer visibility into threats.
AI-powered WAF that reduces manual tuning BUT comes at a premium
What do you like best about the product?
I evaluated Check Point CloudGuard WAF as part of a proposal to protect a cloud-hosted web and API stack. The deployment process was remarkably fast — it took only a few minutes to get up and running — and the integration with our existing CI/CD pipeline was smooth and straightforward. It provided comprehensive visibility into API traffic and strong protection against common web threats without requiring extensive manual tuning.
What do you dislike about the product?
The solution is slightly more expensive compared to some of its competitors, such as Cloudflare WAF and Imperva WAF. However, the additional cost is partly justified by its advanced AI-driven threat detection, API discovery capabilities, and the overall reliability of Check Point’s cloud-native infrastructure.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
For us, the biggest benefit has been the ease of deployment and ongoing management — it integrates seamlessly with CI/CD workflows, scales automatically with cloud workloads, and provides clear visibility into traffic patterns and attack trends. Overall, it has simplified application security operations and improved confidence in protecting our cloud environment.
Great cloud protection that’s easy to set up and really effective
What do you like best about the product?
I really like how easy it is to deploy and how effectively it protects applications without adding latency. It integrates smoothly with cloud environments and provides great visibility into threats..
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the configuration can feel a bit complex at first, and the interface could be more intuitive for fine-tuning policies.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps protect our cloud applications from common web attacks like SQL injection and XSS, ensuring compliance and reducing security risks. It also saves time by automating threat detection and response
Exceptional Threat Protection and Seamless Cloud Integration
What do you like best about the product?
Users consistently praise its ability to identify and block sophisticated threats targeting web applications and APIs using machine learning and behavioral analysis. CloudGuard WAF secures APIs with deep inspection and policy enforcement, which is crucial for modern cloud-native applications. CloudGuard WAF is built for cloud/DevOps environments: quick deployment, infrastructure as code, SaaS-style or managed mode.Easy to implement
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislike as of now. we liked the solution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Stronger Application Security Reduces the risk of data breaches and service disruptions by proactively blocking threats.Simplified Management Centralized dashboard and automated policy updates make it easy to monitor and respond to threats.Because it supports cloud native and SaaS modes, you can deploy quickly and scale as your web infrastructure grows or shifts. That supports agile/DevOps workflows.Since the WAF is more intelligent (fewer false blocks) and supports modern web architectures (APIs, microservices), legitimate users have fewer disruptions and the business can deliver services reliably.
Comprehensive Protection and Easy Setup with Excellent Support
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Check Point CloudGuard WAF is its comprehensive, proactive protection for web applications against modern threats.Another standout feature is its integration with Check Point Threat Cloud, which provides continuous updates on emerging threats, enabling proactive defense and reducing the window of vulnerability.Offers detailed reports and dashboards for compliance and operational insights.Easy to implement. Nice customer support.
What do you dislike about the product?
Initial Learning Curve is the only challenge. Product is so great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Traditional WAFs often require manual tuning to avoid blocking legitimate traffic. CloudGuard’s AI-driven detection minimizes false positives, reducing the need for constant rule adjustment.With advanced analytics and continuous monitoring, it enables proactive threat detection and response, giving security teams better visibility into application-layer attacks.The capability to deploy quickly means you can secure new applications faster, keep pace with DevOps, and not delay releases for security gating.
Adaptive Protection and Unified Console Make CloudGuard Stand Out
What do you like best about the product?
Unlike traditional WAFs that focus mainly on OWASP Top 10, CloudGuard uses Check Point’s ThreatCloud intelligence to detect. CloudGuard WAF uses machine learning and behavioral analysis to adaptively tune protection, reducing false positives.You can manage the WAF alongside your cloud network security, API protection, and runtime posture through a single CloudGuard console. Support is as always so great.
What do you dislike about the product?
Documentation and self-help resources are seen as lacking in some areas — users say they sometimes need more detailed examples or stronger guidance
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CloudGuard does automated discovery of API endpoints, applies contextual AI to traffic, and doesn’t rely purely on static signatures. CloudGuard uses ML / behavioural analysis to detect anomalous traffic or patterns even if no signature exists. CloudGuard supports deployment across cloud providers, hybrid models, and integrates with cloud-native services. CloudGuard provides centralised console, logging, visibility across cloud apps, and integrates with threat-intel.
Check Point CloudGuard WAF
What do you like best about the product?
Checkpoint CloudGuard WAF is a great solution. It uses contextual AI/ML based threat prevention to stop both known threats and zero-day attacks without need for constant signature updates. From a deployment and operation viewpoint, CloudGuard WAF shines, it is cloud-native, Supports infrastructure as a code/API-based setup. Customer support is so great. We have achieved all our use cases.
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislike as of now. We liked that product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CloudGuard WAF addresses the challenges posted by traditional WAFs that rely heavily on static signatures, manual rule tuning and reactive defences. It also improves detection accuracy while dramatically reducing false positives, so your security operation teams spend much time investigating benign traffic and more time responding to real threats. Additional features like built in bot detection, DDos mitigation, and file upload scanning further close off common attack vectors.
Checkpoint Cloudguard WAF
What do you like best about the product?
Checkpoint CloudGuard WAF is appreciated for its intelligent,prevention first approach to securing web application and API's. It offers comprehensive suite of protection, including bot mitigation, DDoS defence, file reputation check and coverage for thousands of known vulnerabilities.Beyond its technical strengths, Checkpoint CoudGuard WAF Excels in delivering a seamless user experience. customer support is so great.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some users have also noted that documentation can be more user-friendly. Other than this solution is so greta.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
One of the biggest problems it solves is the detection and prevention of zero-day attacks and OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities with relying on signature update. A common pain point with traditional WAFs that generate excessive false positive. CloudGuard's cloud-native design and support for infrastructure-as-code streamline deployment and integration into CI/CD pipelines.
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