Check Point Harmony Email & Office vs. Mimecast Advanced Email Security

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Check Point Harmony Email & Office
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Check Point offers Harmony Email & Office, described by the vendor as complete protection for Office 365 and Google Workspace (G-Suite). It features: Block sophisticated phishing attacks Block malware without impacting productivity Protect sensitive business data (DLP) Prevent account takeoverN/A
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Score 8.6 out of 10
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The 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
Check Point Harmony Email & OfficeMimecast Advanced Email Security
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Check Point Harmony Email & OfficeMimecast Advanced Email Security
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Check Point Harmony Email & Office
Chose Check Point Harmony Email & Office
Check Point was highly recommended by some of our sister companies' IT departments (other IT professionals we have a good working relationship with), and seemed to us to be easier to set up and maintain policies. It also so far seems to be much more hands off for our sysadmins. …
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
Features
Check Point Harmony Email & OfficeMimecast Advanced Email Security
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Check Point Harmony Email & Office
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Ratings
Mimecast Advanced Email Security
7.8
85 Ratings
7% below category average
Anti-malware00 Ratings8.381 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings7.984 Ratings
Data Loss Protection00 Ratings6.767 Ratings
Threat Detection00 Ratings8.179 Ratings
Sandboxing00 Ratings7.972 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings8.570 Ratings
Management Tools00 Ratings7.681 Ratings
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User Ratings
Check Point Harmony Email & OfficeMimecast Advanced Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
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8.0
(94 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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8.7
(3 ratings)
Usability
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7.8
(69 ratings)
Availability
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8.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
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8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
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6.0
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
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9.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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10.0
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Ease of integration
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7.6
(35 ratings)
Product Scalability
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9.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
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10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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8.0
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Vendor pre-sale
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8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Check Point Harmony Email & OfficeMimecast Advanced Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
Check Point Software Technologies
Well-suited for small or medium businesses running on Microsoft 365 or Google Business Suite to provide an additional layer of security and filtering for email.
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Mimecast
Mimecast's advanced email security remains the number one security tool available for any organization. You will be ahead of the game before anything gets in and users start clicking. Users are often the ones who can disclose sensitive data and compromise the organization and its brand.
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Pros
Check Point Software Technologies
  • It scans all the emails which included attachment
  • it also scans the password protected file which is the main advantage of this
  • Every morning user will get notification from Check Point about junk emails if user want that email it can be release.
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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
Check Point Software Technologies
  • No On-premises solution required, totally cloud based solution
  • Unlike tradition email security Check Point Harmony Email & Office has the different architecture which enhances the features
  • It block or scans the emails, QR code based attacks as well as Images based attacks (stegnography)
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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
Check Point Software Technologies
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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.
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Usability
Check Point Software Technologies
Strong security capabilities with a generally good and stable user experience. The platform integrates well with Microsoft 365 and most of core features
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Mimecast
The console is nice, but it could use some improvements for day to day activities for Admins. I find I am jumping around all over to get what I need (always searching for the right area). Being able to customize a Dashboard or having a central typical activities dashboard will be helpful to save more time.
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Reliability and Availability
Check Point Software Technologies
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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.
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Performance
Check Point Software Technologies
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Mimecast
Pages need to consistently load quickly. Sometimes good, sometimes not.
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Support Rating
Check Point Software Technologies
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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
Check Point Software Technologies
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Mimecast
We did not have in-person training. All was done through meetings and on phone.
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Online Training
Check Point Software Technologies
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Mimecast
Training was good from Mimecast as well as the Mimecast knowledgebase.
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Implementation Rating
Check Point Software Technologies
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Mimecast
Easy to set up and configure, but did have Mimecast assistance.
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Alternatives Considered
Check Point Software Technologies
Compared to other products like Proofpoint, Mimecast and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Check Point Harmony Email & Office gave us stronger protection against phishing, malware and risky links. It also works well with our existing cloud tools and is easier for our team to manage. That’s why we chose it.
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Mimecast
In my opinion, Mimecast Advanced Email Security outpaces Microsoft in terms of usability and reduction of spam and phishing emails. Mimecast Advanced Email Security was cheaper than Proofpoint, but I suspect Proofpoint is doing better on staying current with trends than Mimecast Advanced Email Security. I think Abnormal offers the best incoming email security, but does not offer outgoing email data loss prevention or encryption, which is a key use cast for us.
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Scalability
Check Point Software Technologies
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Mimecast
The solution continues to grow and add features.
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Professional Services
Check Point Software Technologies
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Mimecast
Professional services for our setup was excellent, quick and knowledgeable.
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Return on Investment
Check Point Software Technologies
  • Difficult to know or measure how many scams our users would have fallen for without it.
  • Has saved our users time not having to wade through promotional emails and obvious spam/scam emails.
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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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