Check Point Harmony Endpoint Reviews

We use Check Point Antivirus to protect our company's perimeter. Specifically, we implement antivirus measures solely on the perimeter firewall. This strategy safeguards the company, especially considering the files accessed by employees. Check Point Antivirus shields us from malware and viruses.

Check Point detects files containing malware, which some users are trying to download or access. Additionally, it can consolidate multiple emails into one.

Check Point is easy to configure, and it detects many threats.

The antivirus could be improved in terms of the resources it consumes, particularly regarding CPU and memory usage. We've encountered issues with some of our firewalls, leading us to turn off the antivirus feature due to its heavy resource consumption. Enhancing its performance would allow us to run it on smaller models without overburdening the CPU.

While it is a valuable security feature, Check Point should ensure that the hardware is properly dimensioned to support the antivirus feature, providing some margin for potential resource demands. The values provided in the specifications should be realistic and adequate to support the feature effectively on the Check Point firewall.

I have been using Check Point Antivirus for ten years.

Sometimes, Check Point Antivirus raises connection issues even when the license is valid. Consequently, we encounter difficulties installing the antivirus on various devices. Moreover, the solution isn't always stable. Occasionally, update failures occur without apparent reason, necessitating the need to open a support case.

One thousand users, including the financial, IT, and HR teams, are utilizing this solution, essentially encompassing all departments in their company, as everyone uses the internet. From our experience, it's very resource-intensive and not one of our most scalable features. As I mentioned, sometimes we encounter CPU logs on some firewalls, often related to the antivirus. Therefore, sometimes, we need to turn it off or adjust its settings.

I rate the solution's scalability as seven out of ten.

The solution should have better support from more knowledgeable engineers when opening a case rather than starting with junior engineers and escalating after one or two weeks.

Neutral

Once the security gateway is up and running, you simply navigate to the features section, ensure you have the appropriate license, and enable the antivirus feature. Then, you can select one of the recommended profiles. Once you've chosen the profile, you're all set.

It takes one day to deploy if you have already added the firewall.

I rate the initial setup a nine out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

We have the license for all the other FortiGate, which comes with the IPS and antivirus. However, you need to pay for the antivirus separately. In terms of cost, it is slightly more expensive than Fortinet.

Check Point Antivirus has helped us protect our company's security exposure. It has already detected some files that, if successfully downloaded, could pose a significant problem.

However, it consumes a lot of resources. Enabling antivirus on the Check Point firewall is one of the most resource-intensive processes you can allow, even more so than the IPS.

We requested that antivirus be enabled on three of our firewalls because the CPU usage was consistently 90%. Testing this feature has shown that some improvements in performance should reduce resource consumption.

We enable Check Point's default recommended profile. Preset profiles are already available; we choose one to help without configuring our own.

I would recommend improving the performance to reduce resource consumption and enhance stability.

In terms of security, Check Point Antivirus is practical and improves our company's security posture.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use the product at the perimeter. Since we do not have a branch, only one area is protected by the solution. The networks we have are in a compact area.

I love the product’s flexibility. We can manage the blade without changing the protocols. It is easy to manage how the tool runs the network. The product is easy to deploy. It’s a good firewall. It supports most of our OS, such as Linux and Windows. We can use it even on mobile devices. The browser and data protection are good. The solution has good threat intelligence features.

The network monitoring features must be improved. If my ISP says that they gave me 300 Mbps, I would like to see where the network is used the most and where we are underutilizing it. I need features to monitor the bandwidth. I want features to monitor the upload and download speeds.

I have been using the solution for the last three years.

The technical support is good. I was working on some backups of a hospital management system to the cloud. Check Point provided us with very good support.

Positive

The pricing is very high. The tool’s cost has increased by almost 300% in two years.

I will recommend the tool to others. Overall, I rate the solution eight and a half out of ten.

When it comes to Check Point Harmony Endpoint, I have not dealt with any of our company's clients yet since I am still in the discovery phase.

The most valuable features of the solution are web protection and threat prevention.

A little change in the product's user interface is required since it is one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings. Sometimes the product's page doesn't load at all, and sometimes it does. The position of the tabs and the other stuff on the product page needs to change a little bit.

I think the product's deployment process is much quicker in Mac devices, and it takes a bit more steps for Windows and the area, which needs a bit of improvement so that some balance is created when it comes to the steps in the deployment phase.

Considering last year, the pace at which the technical support team is progressing is a bit slow, making it an area where improvements are required.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Endpoint for a year. My company has a partnership with Check Point Harmony Endpoint.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

My company mostly caters to the needs of small companies where the solution is used.

I rate the technical support an eight out of ten.

Positive

I rate the product's initial setup phase a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup phase, and ten is an easy setup process.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

The solution can be deployed in around ten minutes.

I recently started to look for the prices of other products in the market and found out that Check Point Harmony Endpoint is cheaper than most of the other available solutions in my country. Price-wise, the product is affordable. There are no additional costs apart from the licensing charges that are attached to the product.

Check Point Harmony Endpoint is a really good endpoint security solution because it comes as a full package. With the solution, there are not many additional costs for add-on features, especially when compared to the costs of the add-ons offered by other solutions in the market.

I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

I work as a consultant for a company where the solution is needed as an EDR solution. After my company made comparisons between a few companies, we felt Check Point Harmony Endpoint won, considering the pricing model that it offered in the market. The company that uses the product wants to set up a big business for some local authorities with the help of the EDR functionalities provided by Check Point Harmony Endpoint, which is why Check Point is also trying to push its product into the market.

The most valuable features of the solution stem from the EDR functionalities it provides to users, as it does its work properly.

The tool is not too intuitive if you want to monitor and see the results to investigate in a layer. It's not easy to investigate an incident that you find in the company. Users often face trouble when downloading files, so it is very slow in terms of how it works. The tool is not very supportive of all the versions when it comes to the part of loading hash codes, so it may support SHA-1 but not SHA-256, meaning it doesn't support all the formats. Calling the support team for the solution doesn't help.

The support team of the solution lacks etiquette. The technical team of the product told our company that we need to get Check Point products through an official vendor only. Technical support for the solution is an area with issues where improvements are needed.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Endpoint for two years. I work as a consultant for a company where the solution is used.

It is not a stable solution because if users find a problem with it, they have to disable the product.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a six out of ten.

It is easy to use the scalability feature of the product since users just need to acquire more licenses.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

The product is used mostly by small-sized businesses.

I rate the technical support a four out of ten.

Neutral

CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Cynet, and Fortinet FortiGate are a few of the solutions that I have worked with in the past. Among all the solutions that I have used to date, CrowdStrike is the best.

I rate the product's initial setup phase a seven out of ten on a scale of one to ten. Compared to Check Point Harmony Endpoint, the deployment process of CrowdStrike was much easier.

Compared to Check Point Harmony Endpoint, the deployment process of CrowdStrike was much easier as it could be deployed in hundreds of locations in two hours. Check Point Harmony Endpoint's deployment process takes a week to be completed. Check Point Harmony Endpoint's deployment process takes time since there are many troubles, as my company has to meet with the client to conduct certain checks, owing to which it cannot be deployed through a central management process.

The number of people required to take care of Check Point Harmony Endpoint's deployment process depends on the organization's size. One good engineer is enough to take care of the product's deployment process. Having ten engineers without knowing the product or issue cannot help a user deal with the tool's deployment area, and it is usually the same for each product deployed in any company.

I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high.

The problem with the product is that Check Point tries to push it to the market. FortiGate, a firewall solution I purchased for the first time around twelve years ago, was very cheap because Fortinet had to push the product into the market. Users can get it for good prices only during the beginning phase of the tool.

Our company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the solution. There are no additional charges attached to the product apart from the licensing costs attached to the solution.

The maintenance of the product is difficult since it is something to be done online.

To those who plan to use the solution of the future, I would say that they get the support involved in the contract before purchasing the product.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

In our corporate environment, the primary use case for Check Point Antivirus is to provide robust endpoint antivirus protection. 

Our organization operates within a complex digital ecosystem, and ensuring the security of our network and devices is of utmost importance. 

Check Point Antivirus serves as the frontline defense, guarding against a myriad of cyber threats that could compromise our sensitive data and operations. 

Our organization operates in a dynamic and interconnected digital landscape, and ensuring the security of our network and devices is paramount

Check Point has brought about tangible improvements within our organization. It has significantly bolstered our overall cybersecurity posture. 

We've witnessed a noticeable enhancement in our ability to detect and respond to threats promptly. 

This solution has reduced risks and vulnerabilities, contributing to a more secure and reliable digital environment for our company. 

However, it's worth noting that no antivirus solution is foolproof, and the effectiveness of our security measures also relies on user awareness and best practices.

Among the features offered by Check Point Antivirus, the real-time scanning and automatic updates stand out as the most valuable. Real-time scanning ensures that threats are detected as soon as they appear, minimizing the potential damage they can cause. Automatic updates, on the other hand, keep our antivirus protection up-to-date with the latest threat intelligence and security patches. These features combine to offer a proactive and effective defense against a constantly evolving threat landscape.

While we find Check Point Antivirus to be a powerful tool, there are areas where it could be improved. One aspect that could see enhancement is the user interface. A more user-friendly and intuitive interface would make it easier for our security team to navigate and manage the solution efficiently. Additionally, improvements in reporting capabilities would enable us to better analyze security incidents and fine-tune our defenses.

Looking ahead to the next release of Check Point Antivirus, we hope to see advanced threat analytics as a part of the package. This would enable us to proactively identify emerging threats and vulnerabilities, allowing us to stay one step ahead of potential risks. 

Furthermore, greater customization options would be valuable, as they would allow us to tailor our security measures to the specific needs of our organization. In an ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, these features would further empower us to protect our digital assets effectively.

We have been using this antivirus within our company for six to eight months now.

It is quite a stable product.

It is a scalable product across your enterprise and secures you from threats.

Sometimes there is a delay in customer support, however, the issue is resolved at the end.

Positive

We've used Sophos previously, however, it made our systems very slow in performance.

The initial setup is straightforward.

We implemented the solution with an in-house team.

There is minimal effort needed for the setup and deployment.

We also evaluated Trend Micro before choosing Check Point.

I handle Check Point SMB along with Check Point Harmony Endpoint, and I have recently provided around 400 endpoints to a construction company in Sri Lanka.

The Rollback feature is valuable because ransomware attacks are very familiar nowadays, and anti-phishing and anti-ransomware blades are required by many of our customers. Other features, like prevention blades, are also okay, where you get threat extraction and evaluation. Likewise, the forensic report is also very important.

With the prevention blade, Harmony scales higher than many other solutions. Even CrowdStrike has technical problems when you're offline. But Harmony is not like that. Even if I don't have Internet connectivity, I have seen how remediation and rollback happen. All the encrypted files come to a state where it works with micro-backups.

Customers would like to have a very advanced endpoint to protect themselves from anti-phishing, especially ransomware.

I have clients who use very old Windows versions, so I have a few issues when attempting to install Harmony on some of the machines. At times, even with the latest Windows versions, the machines' performance gets slower. We still don't have a clear idea of what has been happening. If you take 100 PCs, two, three, or four are still troublesome when you attempt to install Harmony.

Also, the price could come down slightly, and I am not saying by a huge gap, but slightly. Even Sri Lanka's smaller customers have to buy a minimum quantity, and with Harmony Connect, they have to buy 50 licenses at once. If they could come down to 20, 30, or something like that, I should be able to sell much more. Some customers would like to have Harmony, but they have to buy a minimum quantity of 50. That's a bit troublesome for me as a salesperson.

I have worked with Checkpoint Harmony Endpoint for almost one year now.

I rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten.

I highly rate the solution's scalability.

We have a set of engineers who specialize in Harmony Endpoint and Harmony Connect.

Positive

The deployment takes one or two weeks. The deployer always creates a tenant, through which they install the solution. They also trained customers and end users to install Harmony, and they managed to install the entire license.

I rate Check Point Harmony Endpoint's pricing a seven out of ten because it is a little high.

Features like factory remediation, basically callback, are getting familiarized by Sri Lankan customers. Many have bought Harmony endpoints, so many customers have been considering Harmony Connect. This will lead to it having a good future.

When speaking to customers, I first communicate what ThreatCloud is all about. ThreatCloud is shared by other solutions like CloudGuard, Quantum, and Quantum Spark. It's very common to them. This means you will get the prevention blade, not the detection blade. Whenever you have phishing attacks, malware attacks, DDoS attacks, and even zero-day attacks, they are all always prevented by Check Point Harmony and Check Point products.

I always advise people to go for an advanced endpoint because IT managers have less of a hassle when using products like Check Point.

I have been facing lots of competition with CrowdStrike and Kaspersky. I don't think other products should compete with Check Point Harmony Endpoint because it is a different level endpoint altogether. I want to give them competition with the pricing.

I rate Check Point a nine out of ten.

Check Point Antivirus helps us to detect malware attacks and any phishing attacks that can destroy data and affect programs. 

When installed in any computing device, it provides tracking information that enables members to connect virtually with colleagues in remote areas. It is less costly since it enables members to access company websites from anywhere. 

The endpoint protection services ensure there is data security across the defined network infrastructure. It protects our devices against virus attacks.

The antivirus has enhanced the secure implementation of most projects and tasks among teams in the enterprise. 

The pricing is good, and it is easy to deploy this software. 

When linking with my colleagues from remote areas, it ensures the communication network is free from cyber attacks. 

The virus detection models orchestrate real-time monitoring of data with reliable reporting information. 

It has reduced the cost of attending events physically and catering accommodations for employees. 

The threat response system has saved teams from engaging with unsafe content and visiting unprotected online sites.

It provides automatic scans to most websites to ascertain security situations and alerts the user when there are potential threats that can affect data. 

The webcam protection system prevents unauthorized members from joining virtual meetings organized by employees. 

The phishing protection system prevents teams from spamming across email conversation channels. 

It is easy to install and learn how this platform works. 

It has various location connection that enables the user to select preferred sites that are safe.

I am satisfied with the set features due to their competitive performance since we deployed them. 

Integration with some applications was challenging during the deployment process. 

The next release can focus more on timely upgrades to enhance computing compatibility. 

The cost is worth its functionalities and contribution towards the protection of our systems. 

The software services and functions have met the company's requirements and policies. 

There are many notifications that keep streaming in when using the antivirus, and that can be improved.

I've used the solution for two years.

It is stable in virus prevention.

I am impressed by the reliable services of this platform.

There have been improved customer support services since we deployed them.

Positive

I have not used any similar antivirus products.

The initial setup was straightforward.

The implementation took place through the vendor.

There is increased ROI from a stable performance.

Check Point Antivirus is the best platform for preventing virus penetration.

I looked into other options. The cost and performance capability of this version were the best.

This is a great product that I recommend to other organizations.

Harmony Endpoint helps the company to protect devices from phishing attacks. 

It offers instant notification when it senses any form of external threat that can compromise data. 

It can be easily deployed on both mobile and desktop devices. 

The product has saved my team a lot of time and resources during the project implementation process. 

It responds quickly to data threats that can leak internal information into an unsafe environment. We have accomplished many projects and submitted them successfully to our clients without any challenges since deploying Harmony Endpoint.

This solution provides threat intelligence to all sectors to enhance effective planning and decision-making before we get into trouble. 

It monitors data flow across the networking system to enhance comprehensive workflow infrastructure. 

Real-time monitoring provides essential tools for security configurations that cannot be interfered with by ransomware attacks easily. This is the best solution, far from other related software in attack prediction and threat analysis. It is cloud-based, and teams across the organization find it to be more flexible for real-time analytics.

Network monitoring provides the best reports based on real-time performance, which helps our members locate any drawbacks across the workflow system.

The threat response system from the user dashboard blocks malware attacks that can affect email and the flow of information among colleagues. 

Endpoint protection is fundamental in security enhancement; it's effectively protecting our devices from internet viruses.

The application investigation system enables the IT team to come up with reliable reports on the cause and prevention measures that can be adapted to prevent any future attacks.

The system has comprehensive data management features that have saved us from incurring unplanned losses. 

Timely updates and suitable configurations can block malware attacks and provide effective reports on security situations. 

The setup process was complicated, however, when the customer service team came in, they provided productive guidelines that have kept the system working efficiently. 

The next release should consider a strong threat detection mechanism that can categorize various levels of attacks for faster analysis.

I've used the solution for 18 months.

This platform is highly stable, and the performance is awesome.

The scalability has impressed all relevant teams.

The customer service team is passionate about their work, and they provide timely responses.

Positive

I have not worked with other related products.

The setup was straightforward. We had assistance from the customer support team.

implementation took place through the vendor team.

The targeted ROI has been achieved since we deployed the application.

The setup and cost depend on the number of devices that have to be secured.

I evaluated Intercept X Endpoint. However, it did not impress the entire team.

I am satisfied with the current performance and I thoroughly recommend Harmony Endpoint to other business enterprises.