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Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF) vs. Tenable Nessus

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricCheck Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)

by Check Point Software Technologies

Tenable Nessus

by Tenable

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count91320
Ease of use8.89.1
Ease of setup8.49.0
Quality of support8.68.7
Meets requirements8.99.2
NPS52.22222268.852459
Small Business28.4%27.1%
Mid-Market54.5%39.7%
Enterprise17.0%33.1%
Total page views6341,872
Total LLM citations74624,390

Check Point WAF (formerly CloudGuard WAF)

CloudGuard WAF is a cloud-native Web and API security solution designed to help users safeguard their applications from both known and unknown threats. By leveraging advanced contextual AI, this solution provides precise threat prevention without the need for traditional signature-based detection methods. This innovative approach allows organizations to maintain a robust security posture while minimizing the risks associated with evolving cyber threats.

Pros

  • Protection
  • Security
  • DDoS Protection
  • Cybersecurity
  • WAF (Web Application Firewall)
  • Setup Ease

Tenable Nessus

Built for security practitioners, by security professionals, Nessus products by Tenable are the de-facto industry standard for vulnerability assessment. Nessus performs point-in-time assessments to help security professionals quickly and easily identify and fix vulnerabilities, including software flaws, missing patches, malware, and misconfigurations - across a variety of operating systems, devices, and applications.

Pros

  • Vulnerability Identification
  • Vulnerability Detection
  • Automated Scanning
  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • User Interface