We compared Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration and Proofpoint Email Protection across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration offers exceptional integration through APIs, advanced protection against data leaks, and the ability to detect complex social engineering attacks. Users describe Proofpoint Email Protection as a convenient all-in-one solution that offers effective defense against phishing attempts.
Room for Improvement: Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration could improve integration with Exchange and other SaaS clouds while enhancing its threat clouds and AI engines. Proofpoint Email Protection could make its interface clearer and simplify admin management.
Service and Support: Check Point has earned mixed reviews for its customer service. Some customers appreciate the technical support provided, while others are dissatisfied with response times. Proofpoint Email Protection’s customer service is described as responsive, professional, and knowledgeable. However, there are some concerns about availability.
Ease of Deployment: Check Point Harmony Email is considered relatively easy to implement. Proofpoint Email Protection can be set up in a relatively short amount of time. Some users found it simple, while others mentioned that it requires technical skills.
Pricing: Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration is a cost-effective option. It offers competitive prices and is suitable for small to medium-sized organizations. The opinions on the cost of Proofpoint Email Protection vary, with some users finding it costly while others find it reasonable.
ROI: Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration delivers superior return on investment compared to other options. Proofpoint Email Protection stands out with its robust phishing signature file, surpassing competitors in threat detection.
Comparison Results: Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration is an effective solution for blocking malicious attachments and detecting social engineering attacks. However, there is room for improvement in terms of integration and support, reducing false positives, and enhancing response times. Proofpoint Email Protection provides effective email protection and strong threat-detection features. However, it needs to simplify its user interface and administration.
"Defender enables us to secure all 365-related activity from a single place. It gives us visibility into everything happening in Outlook, protecting us against phishing and other email-based threats. Defender helps us detect any suspicious behaviors."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is protection against malicious links, fishing, and impersonation. You can train people to be aware of these threats, but they're not always careful. When they're using their phones between meetings, they click on a link, and it's game over."
"Defender for 365 is a comprehensive cloud-based solution. The value of the cloud is that you aren't alone. Threat intelligence and analytics are shared in the cloud. We don't have to find the solution alone. If you face an unknown threat with traditional solutions like Trend Micro and Symantec, you need to open a case and send your information to them to analyze forensically and identify the source of the attack."
"Safe attachments, safe links, policies, and the ability to protect from zero-day threats are the most valuable features."
"The benefit that stands out to me is the ability for multiple individuals to collaborate simultaneously within the same document. Additionally, there is the option to save the document directly in the integrated OneDrive or SharePoint."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable feature is its performance."
"Some of the valuable features on the email side are anti-phishing, anti-malware, and Safe Links."
"This product enhances faster and more secure sharing of information among colleagues from different departments."
"Its total protection has been the greatest aspect since it completely protects all the mail from the cloud."
"It fully protects colleagues from visiting insecure sites and browsing in unhealthy environments."
"It provides visibility of events, what's going on with the environment, what we're missing with our other solution, and the user behavior."
"The setup is very easy. I haven't faced any complexity with the setup of the solution."
"We are able to protect sensitive business data and maintain regulatory compliance with advanced data leak prevention (DLP)."
"Check Point's technical support is very good."
"Being able to mass quarantine and remove emails from end users' mailboxes has become extremely important to us as we have grown in size."
"URL scanning and online relay service are the most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection."
"Provides better control over emails, especially those sent via Office 365 on the cloud."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is the best solution from the perspective of email security."
"A one-stop shop for email protection"
"It's very good at identifying threats."
"The solution's technical support is good. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."
"It was easy to set up."
"One area for improvement is integration. For example, when it comes to external SaaS platforms, we were not able to get a lot of information on integrations with such apps for security and authentication."
"We are always looking for others tools to increase automation on tasks. There can be better integration with other solutions, such as PowerPoint and email."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could improve by giving customers information on techniques to prevent threats. For example, information about best practices on how to protect their own devices against hackers and scammers, such as educational information or training. This would help others have a better understanding of cyber security. Additionally, there can be more security features added."
"The GUI is sometimes slow to fetch the device report and could be improved."
"Too many false positives and lacks an accurate capability to detect malicious SharePoint sites."
"I'd like some additional features any product can give me to protect our environment in a better way."
"The XDR dashboard has room for improvement."
"The visibility for the weaknesses in the system and unauthorized access can be improved."
"It's not fully integrated with Google Workspace, and the statistics don't update in real-time."
"Check Point needs to address the pricing segment for SMEs."
"if a phishing email were to get through and bypass the product — which very few do — it would be nice if, when a user clicked on that phishing email, they got a second-chance opportunity, a chance to double-check that they really wanted to proceed to that website."
"They should consider a module that allows the customizing of reports so we can generate executive information for the client (to explain in simple language the general security situation in the SaaS environment)."
"Check Point could improve its marketing strategy."
"From time to time, the system's administrators notice the increase in the false-positive alerts being reported by CloudGuard SaaS."
"Support can be a bit quicker in helping the customer."
"I have learned enough to make the product stable. However, the stability has some challenges."
"The price could be improved."
"Pricing for the platform could still be cheaper."
"We find the cost to be prohibitive."
"The reporting section could be enhanced. I like some reports but if they could allow us to create custom reports with more flexibility it would enhance the reports more."
"The solution should add post-sales training."
"The stability and UI are the two areas of the solution with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The solution could be improved with the addition of PLP and email encryption features."
"Integration for reporting needs to be improved, it's too complex."
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Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is ranked 7th in Email Security with 49 reviews while Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 46 reviews. Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is rated 8.6, while Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration writes "Has a user-friendly dashboard, a great anti-phishing algorithm, and sandboxing for testing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proofpoint Email Protection writes "A reasonably priced product that offers protection to emails, along with spam filters". Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is most compared with Avanan, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Mimecast Email Security, Cisco Secure Email and Barracuda Email Security Gateway, whereas Proofpoint Email Protection is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Cisco Secure Email, Fortinet FortiMail and Fortra's Agari. See our Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs. Proofpoint Email Protection report.
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