We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Intercept X Endpoint based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a sophisticated defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. The solution is praised for its forensic analysis and VPN connectivity. Intercept X Endpoint combines two products into one solution, offering strong performance, server protection, and efficient threat management capabilities. Users say Check Point could improve its endpoint vulnerability management and threat-hunting features. Intercept X Endpoint could benefit from better integration with third-party vendors and improved support for virtual infrastructures.
Service and Support: While several users lauded Check Point support for its problem-solving skills, others said there is room for improvement. Some users found Intercept X Endpoint's support team knowledgeable and supportive, while others expressed dissatisfaction with responsiveness.
Ease of Deployment: Setting up Check Point Harmony Endpoint is uncomplicated, and one admin is usually enough for the job. It may take time to configure the solution due to the wide range of available blades. Intercept X Endpoint has a straightforward initial setup, with quick installation and simple configuration and maintenance. Some users said they occasionally encountered issues that required reinstallation.
Pricing: Users generally find the price of Check Point Harmony Endpoint to be reasonable and competitive. They perceive it as more cost-effective than other solutions, though some said it could be lower. Intercept X Endpoint is generally seen as fairly priced, but some users think it’s on the higher end of the price scale.
ROI: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a comprehensive and economical solution, and customers say the product has helped them grow. Users say that Intercept X Endpoint offers exceptional defense against ransomware and zero-day threats, leading to a positive return on investment.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Check Point Harmony Endpoint over Intercept X Endpoint. Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a robust defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. While Intercept X earned high marks for its threat management capabilities, user reviews indicate that Check Point Harmony Endpoint offers a more comprehensive and effective solution for endpoint security.
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"It is stable and scalable."
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"Cost-wise it's cheaper than other options."
"It is very powerful tooling that can be tuned a lot."
"Few solutions on the market perform tasks as efficiently as those performed and executed by Check Point Harmony Endpoint."
"Its ease of use is the most valuable feature. We had existing endpoints and it was an easy upgrade process. The interface board is also easy to use."
"It's a scalable product as it is a cloud offering."
"One of the coolest features is that it provides an HTML report on the laptop and the endpoint console for the administrator."
"This software incorporates security AI features and effectively manages bandwidth with its DRS capabilities."
"It provides remote access for the staff and increases their productivity."
"I consider the heuristics to be most valuable, the fact that the solution does not work solely on signatures."
"The initial setup is simple."
"The most valuable features are the range and restriction."
"The most valuable feature of Intercept X its ability to stay ahead of the infection. By the time the ransomware spreads to the next machine in line, the data has already been encrypted on that workstation. It didn't matter what the ransomware did because could go in and get it back."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Intercept X is a web filtering and URL sanity checks. Overall the solution is well balanced with all its features."
"A valuable feature offered by Sophos is called Naked Security, and it entails the control managed by the firewall on the site regarding the desktop client interfacing with our cloud client."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Intercept X is cloud management."
"We most value the price and interface quality with Sophos Intercept X. We focus on solution quality."
"Detections could be improved."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"The support needs improvement."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"Technical support can be a bit slow at times."
"One area of this product that has room for improvement is the disc encryption."
"As of now, product-wise, we haven't found any major concern that needs to improve, although it does not support full MDM and this is something that should be there."
"There are a number of features behind paywalls which can be frustrating when you are already paying a premium."
"The solution could be improved in the future with a way to provide online training to customers for free, as other providers do."
"Improvements are required in two key areas: notifications and setup simplification."
"We would like to make the documentation for more modern solutions like the Harmony family easier to find."
"I would like to see more automation."
"The EDR could be improved, and perhaps the User Interface."
"The product’s DDoS and AI features must be improved."
"We would like more application control in order to be able to schedule times and access."
"It could be a bit easier to implement."
"They don't have the full stack of offerings as compared to the other competitive products that we see."
"We had some initial problems with our deployment, and they were more around uninstalling Sophos Basic and installing Sophos Intercept X. We had some challenges with some of the uninstallation scripts. They can improve the deployment of Sophos Intercept X when there is already an existing Sophos version. They can also provide more information in the form of best practices and lessons learned from previous findings. A knowledge base with this type of information would be helpful."
"The tool is not stable on Linux systems."
"It's a bit heavy on the computers. So once you install it, the computer slows down. It is a resource-intensive solution."
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 104 reviews while Intercept X Endpoint is ranked 7th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while Intercept X Endpoint is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Intercept X Endpoint writes "A standard offering with good threat analysis but reduces machine performance". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Intercept X Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Symantec Endpoint Security. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Intercept X Endpoint report.
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