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Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs IRONSCALES comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.4
Check Point Harmony enhances security and efficiency, reducing phishing and costs, delivering strong ROI through time and financial savings.
Sentiment score
6.9
Implementing IRONSCALES led to cost savings, improved cybersecurity, and enhanced security awareness with immediate efficiency and threat detection benefits.
We have gone from three to four successful phishing attacks every year to a maximum of one.
The time saved during investigations is significant due to the neat dashboard that organizes everything related to alerts.
I have seen a return on investment, as I can share relevant metrics like money saved, time saved, and fewer employees needed, all of them.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Check Point Harmony support is praised for its responsiveness, though some users experience slow responses and challenges with complex issues.
Sentiment score
8.0
IRONSCALES and its third-party resellers are praised for their quick, efficient issue resolution, excellent support, and high customer ratings.
I ended up with a technician that didn't actually know how to resolve the issue and was just doing basic level one troubleshooting.
We opted for the 24/7 premium support, which is very responsive and quick whenever we have configuration challenges or other inquiries.
We understand that with respect to SLA, but we expect they can go beyond SLA and provide quick support for the client.
I would rate their technical support as very good, as they respond promptly when my team opens a ticket.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
<p>Check Point Harmony Email &amp; Collaboration is scalable, integrating easily with systems and expanding seamlessly for any business size.</p>
Sentiment score
7.6
IRONSCALES is cloud-based, easily scalable for up to thousands of users, integrates with Office 365, and requires minimal maintenance.
I would rate the scalability of Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration as nine out of ten, indicating high scalability.
Scalability is limited, being only integrated with Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite at present.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
<p>Check Point Harmony Email &amp; Collaboration is highly stable and secure, appreciated for reliability and reduced security risks.</p>
Sentiment score
8.3
IRONSCALES is highly stable and reliable, featuring minimal downtime, easy maintenance, and consistent uptime, ensuring smooth performance.
 

Room For Improvement

<p>Check Point Harmony Email &amp; Collaboration needs better third-party integration, documentation, performance, phishing protection, support, and language options.</p>
IRONSCALES needs improved Google Suite integration, better UI, enhanced training and reporting, refined algorithms, and more comprehensive feature bundling.
Updates based on AI and reduced administrative overhead by adding or bulk adding new users, along with graphical enhancements to the GUI, would also be beneficial.
Enhancing reporting capabilities with customizable and advanced analytics features would greatly improve our ability to detect trends and proactively address emerging threats.
It would be better if HEC also provides support for third-party email service solutions, such as IBM HCL Notes, creating more opportunities.
Though this isn't problematic for our users, the content could be updated more frequently.
 

Setup Cost

Check Point Harmony offers competitive pricing with comprehensive features but may be expensive for smaller organizations, yet valuable for larger businesses.
IRONSCALES pricing is considered high but cost-effective and valuable, offering significant security benefits and savings for varying budgets.
Pricing is a bit expensive, but it is worth it considering the features that Check Point provides.
The pricing is very justifiable, neither exceptionally high nor exceedingly low.
The pricing is lower compared to what I used before.
While I don't specifically oversee the pricing details, I understand that IRONSCALES is in the range of similar solutions while offering better results.
 

Valuable Features

Check Point Harmony enhances security and productivity with advanced threat protection, intuitive management, and seamless Office 365 integration.
IRONSCALES offers scalable AI-driven phishing detection, automated response, and integration with Microsoft 365, enhancing email security and user experience.
The protection and scanning of emails are also appreciated, as they secure everything in the email spectrum.
Check Point Harmony Email and Collaboration offers online support and has tight integration with Microsoft.
The most valuable feature is spam detection and phishing site prevention, which Microsoft couldn't catch, yet Check Point does.
IRONSCALES excels at analyzing the intention, not just the content itself, but the sender's attempt to gain user attention.
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Harmony Email &...
Ranking in Email Security
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (5th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (8th)
IRONSCALES
Ranking in Email Security
17th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) (18th), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Email Security category, the mindshare of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is 4.8%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IRONSCALES is 1.7%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Email Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration4.8%
IRONSCALES1.7%
Other93.5%
Email Security
 

Featured Reviews

Nasseer Qureshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Email security effectively detects a wide range of threats and improves productivity
Since we have been using Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for a year, we haven't encountered significant challenges. However, it would be beneficial if it could support other email security services beyond Microsoft and Google. Integration with other platforms would enhance its appeal since the features are commendable. While the analytics are commendable, they don't provide deep dive insights. They show the overall counts of malware, phishing, and business compromise emails, but there isn't a robust ability to dive deeper into those categories to see specifics. Analytics should allow us to explore which users received malware emails the most or trends among departments. Currently, we have to sift through manually, which is not ideal. A more profound analytical capability would elevate the tool to become the complete email security solution for any user.
Hemeshen Govender - PeerSpot reviewer
Applies AI automation to clearly identify and stop a lot of phishing emails
The solution captures a bit more of the unknown, quantifies it, and applies intelligence to it to pick out and stop a lot of phishing emails that come through. The solution improved our response to phishing attempts. IRONSCALES has a virtual assistant and some AI intelligence that's applied to it. That was the main differentiator between IRONSCALES and Microsoft. The solution's AI automation clearly identifies phishing emails and gives you an overall indication of why it found the mail to be malicious. It does the whole analysis for you to see why the email was deemed a phishing email. The solution's response time is better than that of our previous tool. The solution's user interface is pretty straightforward and user-friendly.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
5%
University
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business45
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise29
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Harmony Email & Office?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point Harmony Email &amp; Collaboration is that it's licensed per user, and the price is fair. The pricing is very good and easy.
What is your primary use case for Check Point Harmony Email & Office?
My main use case for Check Point Harmony Email &amp; Collaboration is stopping phishing attacks and spam coming into our users in our organization. I don't have anything else to add about my main u...
What do you like most about Check Point Harmony Email & Office?
The product offers good and easy integration capabilities with other products.
What do you like most about IRONSCALES?
The solution captures a bit more of the unknown, quantifies it, and applies intelligence to it to pick out and stop a lot of phishing emails that come through.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IRONSCALES?
While I don't specifically oversee the pricing details, I understand that IRONSCALES is in the range of similar solutions while offering better results.
What needs improvement with IRONSCALES?
There are areas that could be improved with this product. Regarding the Spanish language awareness training, while they are producing good content, it appears to be initially produced in English an...
 

Also Known As

Check Point CloudGuard, Check Point CloudGuard SaaS , Check Point Harmony Email & Office
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Helvetia, Denham Capital, Daymark Solutions, Neopharm Group
Allegheny Millwork, Ayrshire College, Nium, Orris, Paramount School District, Pres Les, PRT Staffing, Recovery Unplugged, Telit, WebHelp
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