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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Symantec CloudSOC CASB

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ACloudSOC CASB is a cloud access security broker developed by Elastica and now owned and supported by Broadcom, since Broadcom acquired Symantec, who acquired Elastica as part of Blue Coat in 2015.N/A

    Check Point Email Security

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACheck Point Email Security, formerly Avanan, which was acquired by Check Point in August 2021, connects security technologies to enterprise cloud applications in order to improve protection of sensitive corporate data and IP. Its one-click deployment allows customers to deploy a new security solution in seconds. Because it requires no appliance, agent or gateway proxy, it can begin protecting any cloud application immediately, with no effect on users.

    $4

    per user per month

    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Mimecast Secure Email Gateway is a messaging security option with anti-spam / anti-malware, data loss prevention, large file send, and other features, from UK company Mimecast.N/A
    Pricing
    Symantec CloudSOC CASBCheck Point Email SecurityMimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Advanced Anti-Phishing
    $4.00
    per user per month
    Complete Malware Protection
    $5.00
    per user per month
    Full-Suite Protection
    $8.00
    per user per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Symantec CloudSOC CASBCheck Point Email SecurityMimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices for fewer than 500 users.
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    Community Pulse
    Symantec CloudSOC CASBCheck Point Email SecurityMimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Considered Multiple Products
    Broadcom
    No answer on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Avanan is better than Mimecast as it secures the inbox right at the user level and protects against all external email threats. Mimecast is a better marketing company but feature to feature Avanan is a better solution and delivers better results than Mimecast any day
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Comparing Avanan to the competitors listed above, I think Mimecast would be the only real threat to accurately detecting and quarantining phishing and malware attempts as well as ransomware. With the advanced API, Avanan has an extremely high chance of catching things that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    We believe Avanan's API-based solution is more effective than the traditional Secure Email Gateways for controlling malicious emails. The solution does not require any change of MX records and is hidden from the Internet. Pulling unwanted email messages from multiple mailboxes …
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Avanan provides a nonstop service, which I really appreciate, as the other providers did not. This is really important to me because otherwise, emails wouldn't be able to go through. Avanan was easy to deploy and manage, and overall, it is a great product that I highly …
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    We felt that Avanan was a better solution with easier implementation and better cloud management. Liked the fact that Avanan uses an API versus a gateway, for more direct access to the Gmail and Drive, even after the delivery.
    Incentivized
    Mimecast
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    99%
    Would buy again
    118 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    81 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    115 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    80 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    118 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    102 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    103 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    71 Answers
    Features
    Symantec CloudSOC CASBCheck Point Email SecurityMimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Symantec CloudSOC CASB and Check Point Email Security and Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Feature
    Symantec CloudSOC CASB
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    Ratings
    Check Point Email Security
    8.5
    109 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Mimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    7.6
    93 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings10.0104 Ratings8.089 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings8.0105 Ratings7.492 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings8.092 Ratings6.774 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings10.0105 Ratings7.987 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings6.592 Ratings8.280 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings7.274 Ratings7.978 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings10.0105 Ratings7.289 Ratings
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    Symantec CloudSOC CASBCheck Point Email SecurityMimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Small Businesses
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    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Symantec CloudSOC CASBCheck Point Email SecurityMimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (119 ratings)
    8.3
    (106 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (42 ratings)
    7.7
    (81 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (35 ratings)
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (42 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Symantec CloudSOC CASBCheck Point Email SecurityMimecast Email & Collaboration Threat Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadcom
    If you want to extend your Endpoint DLP to cloud: Apps, Web & Email, Then CloudSOC DLP detection Services help you to control with clouds apps & DLP detection Services with WSS help you to control all web. Also, cloud DLP detection services for Email will help you to control visibility & control over Office 365 Exchange, On prem-exchange & Gmail. In the case of other email services- we need to consider other solutions like Forcepoint One.
    Incentivized
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    What it says, it provides. It has the Data leak prevention that is the major help while we have to deal with lot of clients at a time. It has the Secure Click that checks any embedded hyperlink so that when we work on emails we don't have to worry about the hidden security threats inside a email.
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    Mimecast
    If you're using the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, Mimecast Email Security CI is a must-have, as it adds an extra layer of email security. With advanced email threat detection capabilities, this tool handles internal threat incidents, ransomware, and phishing, and is effective at scanning attachments and URLs. It is a reliable/effective email security solution for business.
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    Pros
    Broadcom
    • As we know real data protection starts with Data Detection It helps us in the detection of any data like related to GDPR, Source Code, Designs, Financial Plans, SSN, IDs, etc.
    • All Channel coverage - Cloud , Email Data at rest, in-use, in-motion.
    • Data Formats- Described data, Structured & Unstructured Data image forms like presentation formats, Text & Markup, word processing, Spreadsheet formats, graphic formats, etc.
    • Machine Learning - Proximity, Derivative, Partial, Pattern, Large data sets, Distributed, Dynamic embedded.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • The dashboard for Avanan makes all of the most important information easy to digest.
    • Alerting - specifically, the Geo-Location alerts allow us to see if a user has possibly been compromised.
    • The End-User Email Quarantine experience gives users the ability to request emails be released, which trains them to better spot legitimate emails.
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    Mimecast
    • Simplicity: Once set up, Mimecast Advanced Email Security is easy to use, intuitive, and simple. This reduces onboarding time with new employees.
    • Robust Audit Trail: Being able to see what happened with specific emails, why things happened, and who was responsible for them helps to reduce troubleshooting time as well as improving overall email observability.
    • Clean Interface: Mimecast Advanced Email Security is a Swiss-Army-Knife of email security. There are many different configurations and complex rules that can be implemented. To make this manageable Mimecast Advanced Email Security has implemented a simple and clean UI. Being able to favorite commonly used features makes a huge difference in usability.
    • Simple SSO Integration: This seems like a no-brainer, but its odd to see how many SaaS products either don't support SSO, or make it so complicated and convoluted that setup and maintenance becomes a fully time job.
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    Cons
    Broadcom
    • Broadcom CloudSOC CASB also needs to more focus on data classification, Classification will help to control the false positive & fast negative.
    • Broadcom has more focus on SMB business As SMB & Mid Enterprise is going to be more aware of cyber security especially start-ups.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • I only ever had one complaint, we had a few hiccups during the setup process. We have now been a customer for two years and have had no further issues. It is likely that the setup pain points have now been resolved as well. Overall the product does what it claims while providing a very intuitive interface.
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    Mimecast
    • I would like to see some additional improvement around the attachment protection, specifically what may be getting caught and what types of files are attempting to be delivered via email by impersonators.
    • The Targeted Threat Protection is a great product, and I wish there was a dashboard for this service where we could easily see the types of emails and/or links that have been caught as part of the protection module that could be shared with executives.
    • Finally, I feel that the phishing protection is great and honestly don't believe there should be much improvement needed there.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Cost, need to make sure the cost is competitive for how many users are using email protection as we move users to MS Teams and don't rely so much on full access to email accounts (both sending and receiving internal and external).
    Incentivized
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    Mimecast
    There is no question as to the value of the product to the business and the disruption of changing vendors would not be worth any savings possibly achieved by switching.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    The end-users love not having their inboxes fill up with extra useless emails. As an administrator, it is simple to implement and maintain. The ability to put something into test mode before going live makes our life a lot easier and less stressful. Avanan has many different components to make your life easier.
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    Mimecast
    Mimecast advanced email security is an excellent tool, and even better, all the tools can be accessed from a single console. One thing I love about Mimecast is that when you add features to your account, they are automatically added to your console, which you already have experience with. No need to learn a new console.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Always been available as needed.
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    Mimecast
    Overall, it's very good, but I do remember a few times in the past year we have seen some availability issues.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    It's not all the time, on occasion the platform can delay email by seven to ten minutes.
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    Mimecast
    Pages need to consistently load quickly. Sometimes good, sometimes not.
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    Support Rating
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Support has always been there for me, they take on suggestions and product improvements quite seriously. I've spoken to techs and you can tell that they care about the product and the service in which they deliver. Avanan support is always responsive in everything I throw them and in most cases they don't tell me how to build out a widget or custom query, they actually do it for me and send it to me.
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    Mimecast
    When calling them you get best in the world customer services but as previously mentioned their online community and capabilities are a bit lacking. They want you to log into their portal to see updates on issues (vs. using a public facing service) and I rarely find the answers to my issues in electronic format. Their online presence is only helpful with the simplest of issues.
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    In-Person Training
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    There was no in person training.
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    Mimecast
    We did not have in-person training. All was done through meetings and on phone.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Takes a lot to get a 10 out of 10.
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    Mimecast
    Training was good from Mimecast as well as the Mimecast knowledgebase.
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    Implementation Rating
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Ensure system administration and exchange admin are up to speed on Avanan
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    Mimecast
    Easy to set up and configure, but did have Mimecast assistance.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadcom
    We were using Broadcom Symantec Endpoint security Enterprise, Hybrid subscription services & DLP solution at prem, which helped us in CloudSoC CASB Use Case & we have seen PoC of same, which was easy to integrate with existing security architectures. Overall they have offered us the best commercial in comparison with competitors.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    Avanan has a one-click solution, which subscribers or clients use to deploy a new security update. Further, Avanan has the protection of any cloud application, which means, it bypasses any security threat and maintain the set safety processes. Finally, data leakage is a shield that Avanan has deployed, a very smooth process in the firm.
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    Mimecast
    Mimecast Advanced Email Security is FAR superior. Sophos practically gave us the email for free and we still didn't want it. Sophos also does not do both Gateway and API properly. Mimecast Advanced Email Security's AI-Powered net is next level.
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    Scalability
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    It does what they claim and then some.
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    Mimecast
    The solution continues to grow and add features.
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    Professional Services
    Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Check Point Software Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Mimecast
    Professional services for our setup was excellent, quick and knowledgeable.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • Securing the digital transformation. CloudSOC CASB helps the organization's Digital journey by reducing complexities & poor experience of end-users.
    • Cloud SOC helps us to comply with multiple Compliance like HIPPA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, etc.
    • Security breaches cause billion-dollar losses to enterprises, CloudSOC will help to assist in the best industry practice by having predefined templates specifically for each industry.
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    Check Point Software Technologies
    • Improved risk mitigation by providing additional layer protection for M365.
    • Easy to setup and configure. No expert knowledge required and no downtime required.
    • Customizable license count. No need to buy the same number of mailbox users if you really don't want to protect some unused mailboxes.
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    Mimecast
    • Enhanced email security across the business.
    • This product has reduced the risk of being hit by malware/phishing; Mimecast has been holding emails efficiently after reviewing emails.
    • The reporting side is practical, helps create a business case for the product, and shows its worth.
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