2 categories · RankedCheck Point CloudGuard WAF
Check Point CloudGuard WAF is a web application firewall from Check Point · checkpoint.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Check Point CloudGuard WAF fits mid-market teams seeking automated, production-grade API protection”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · alternative
“Choose Check Point if you prioritize AI-driven detection with minimal false positives.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Best for: AI-based, prevention-first approach for web applications and APIs.”Mistral Small · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid: Legacy enterprise vendors like Salt Security or Check Point WAF”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Traditional WAF-heavy or legacy-focused solutions (e.g., older Imperva, F5, Check Point...) ... often better for web apps than pure API behavioral analysis”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Check Point CloudGuard WAF, over the 25 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 8 | View → | |
| 15 | 3 | View → | |
| 12 | 1 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Check Point CloudGuard WAF's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Apps and APIs
- Price stated
- Pay-as-you-go. Free for 7 days or the first 1M requests.
- Free plan or trial
- Free for 7 days or the first 1M requests.
- Customers named
- Volkswagen Financial Services, City of Ramat-Gan, Hallmark, SallieMae, BBVA, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Unitel, Denver Broncos
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 25 of the 25 answers that named Check Point CloudGuard WAF and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Seventy-one of the eighty-three domain citations in answers naming Check Point CloudGuard WAF came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |