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- Check Point Harmony Browse is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
Check Point Harmony Browse
90%
1 Rating

7.0
Cisco CWS
70%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
Check Point Harmony Browse
Check Point Harmony Browse is particularly well suited for protecting against the various zero-day attack vectors, which is what it is designed to do. It offers very good protection against users visiting phishing sites, malware sites, downloading or opening ransomware, and just generally providing the safety net required in a corporate environment against users visiting potentially harmful websites.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesCisco CWS
Remote and telework but not for onsite filtering.
Senior Network Security Engineer
InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Pros
Check Point Harmony Browse
- Protection from phishing.
- protection from malware.
- protection from ransomware.
- General protection against zero-day attack vectors.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesCisco CWS
- Flexibility
- Scalable
- Ease of administration
Senior Network Security Engineer
InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Cons
Check Point Harmony Browse
- When inspecting traffic there can be a some performance degradation.
- We have had a few instances of protections interfering with legitimate traffic. Worth the trade-off though.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesCisco CWS
- Intuitiveness of the UI
- Real time reporting
- Report detail
Senior Network Security Engineer
InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Pricing Details
Check Point Harmony Browse
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Cisco CWS
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Alternatives Considered
Check Point Harmony Browse
We were already in the Check Point ecosystem and therefore did not look into alternatives like CrowdStrike or Kaspersky. Looking back, Check Point stacks up very nicely with the competitors on the market in terms of features, but I can't speak to actual real work performance having not used the others.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesCisco CWS
CWS is on par with Forcepoint cloud web security. It offers flexibility and scalability.
Senior Network Security Engineer
InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Return on Investment
Check Point Harmony Browse
- Improved security posture overall with reduced risk.
- Relatively low cost and easy implementation easily recouped by allowing us to shift resources to other priorities and away from manual monitoring tasks.
- Peace of mind for our users knowing they have a safety net in place.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesCisco CWS
- Increased security
- Decrease in number of infections
Senior Network Security Engineer
InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees