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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Email Threat Defense provides protection against email threats that compromise an organization’s brand and operations. Its advanced threat detection capabilities uncover known, emerging and targeted threats. And it expands the scope of organizations' defenses to detect dangerous threats and rapidly search for and remediate threats across security controls. Secure Email Threat Defense's Artificial Intelligence and machine…N/A
    Pricing
    Check Point Email SecurityCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Editions & Modules
    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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    Pricing Offerings
    Check Point Email SecurityCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPrices for fewer than 500 users.—
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    Check Point Email SecurityCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    I have used Cisco's secure Email, one of the major dislike is User Interface that is buggy and not user friendly. It does not update it's database for spam sites. Integration process takes much time whereas Avanan takes very less time. Cisco Secure Email sometimes deletes the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Avanan has the best integration suite and is well recognised in the industry for its email security and malware protection. I would definitely go with Avanan in the future, too, to ensure the best level of security for my organisation. Avanan connects with my GSuite account …
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Cisco has a strong competitor with Avanan although the immense suite of Cisco products brings strong competition. Avanan's strength lies in rapidity to implement and ease of use which more established players are less able to do, due to a lack of agility. Avanan has a promising …
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Better dashboard, easier to use, more simple deployment and maintenance. Ease of understanding the product, intuitive, yet powerful, and effective without too many false positives. The restore workflow was easier and more straightforward compared to the others as well.
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    Avanan just catches stuff that CES does not even after talking to TAC for assistance in configuring policies and such
    Incentivized
    Chose Check Point Email Security
    We've found Avanan to be more cost-effective than many competitors.
    Incentivized
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Cisco Secure Email is cost-effective and offers better features more when it comes to encryption.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    118 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    115 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    118 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    102 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    103 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    23 Answers
    Features
    Check Point Email SecurityCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Check Point Email Security and Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Feature
    Check Point Email Security
    8.5
    109 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    8.9
    28 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Anti-malware10.0104 Ratings8.716 Ratings
    Customizability8.0105 Ratings8.816 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection8.092 Ratings8.215 Ratings
    Threat Detection10.0105 Ratings9.928 Ratings
    Sandboxing6.592 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption7.274 Ratings8.816 Ratings
    Management Tools10.0105 Ratings9.727 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Check Point Email SecurityCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (119 ratings)
    9.9
    (28 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (42 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (35 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Check Point Email SecurityCisco Secure Email Threat Defense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Cisco
    I will certainly recommend Cisco Secure Email to my friends/colleagues, one look at the dashboard/statistics will actually convince any IT professional to use this product. We noticed an outstanding improvement in Email quality, most of the SPAM emails are caught, and our users have never been happier!
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    Pros
    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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    Cisco
    • Manages Junk Mail Well-We configured and tested our configuration to filter out the majority of junk mail hitting our inboxes.
    • Manages Graymail-We configured and tested our Cisco ETD for graymail filtering and reduced the amount of unwanted advertising and other legitimate emails.
    • Creating unique policies that were tailored to block or allow emails from certain senders.
    • Stopped malicious email traffic (e.g., malicious attachments and links) with rules for identifying and stripping potentially malicious attachments or links.
    • Allows easy configuration for other email security measures such as SPF, DMARC and DKIM.
    • Cisco engineers provide an annual free security health check. We took advantage of several security health checks where Cisco certified engineers go over the security setting of our Cisco ETD. We were provided a written report that highlighted strengths and weaknesses of our Cisco ETD setup.
    • Monitoring email traffic flow is almost overwhelming with the amount of information you can obtain from the portal. This gives valuable information to IT staff in terms of volume and type of emails the company is receiving.
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    Cons
    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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    Cisco
    • The web interface is definitely dated
    • The software updates to the user interface and the documentation online are not congruent. Some docs are old and information is lacking to make changes
    • The email filtering and email search features are really dated. And other tools are more user friendly
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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).
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    Cisco
    There is a 50/50 chance that we will renew. We are in the middle of moving from on-prem to the cloud so we may not need it once we are fully migrated.
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    Usability
    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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    Cisco
    Good interface, easy to use and set up. If there were any issues, there is very good documentation and videos that one can follow for additional setup and best practices. As typical with most Cisco solutions, there are more features than needed for our purposes but good to know they are there in case of future needs
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    Reliability and Availability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Always been available as needed.
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    Cisco
    Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense's availability is great and reliable when you need it most. We haven't had any noticeable outages or issues.
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    Performance
    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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    Cisco
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    Support Rating
    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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    Cisco
    Strong support with fast response. TAC can suggest best mail policy regarding customer challenges Some cases they need to do patch directly to appliance. TAC does not need to remote the appliance through our laptop. They use secure connection to appliance, check the logs and response through the problems
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    In-Person Training
    Check Point Software Technologies
    There was no in person training.
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    Cisco
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    Online Training
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Takes a lot to get a 10 out of 10.
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    Cisco
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    Implementation Rating
    Check Point Software Technologies
    Ensure system administration and exchange admin are up to speed on Avanan
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    Cisco
    The implementation went well, no issues or problems to report.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Cisco
    Cisco SETD, with a broad deployment and full integration with Microsoft 365 gives us a strong protection, especially where we can leverage its strengths: Microsoft‑365 integration, mailbox remediation, policy enforcement, and your visibility across Cisco tools.


    Proofpoint is better around user awareness (warning tags etc.), and continuity/archiving. Considering that we have a full Cisco stack, choosing Proofpoint would come with higher cost, learning curve, possible redundancy of features, licensing complexity.
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    Scalability
    Check Point Software Technologies
    It does what they claim and then some.
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    Cisco
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Cisco
    • Our email security has increased.
    • Users are now more confident about their email security.
    • Management of threat detection and prevention has become easier.
    • Finer controls on spam filtering gives customization capability.
    • GDPR compliance ensures peace of mind from a regulation point of view.
    • The quarantine feature has ensured that we do not lose important emails while they are being analyzed.
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    ScreenShots

    Check Point Email Security Screenshots

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    Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense Screenshots

    Screenshot of an Impact Report showing efficacy metrics and ROI indicatorsScreenshot of a detailed view of phishing messagesScreenshot of the dashboard