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Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs Norton Small Business comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 9, 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
8.2
Check Point Harmony Endpoint boosts ROI by enhancing security, reducing costs, and improving efficiency and protection, with recognized cost savings.
Sentiment score
8.6
Norton Small Business reduces security threat downtime, enhancing productivity, efficiency, and ROI by allowing focus on critical tasks.
I have seen a return on investment with Check Point Harmony Endpoint, as it has saved money and time due to the minimum disruption of production hours, which allows users to focus on their main tasks and desired targets, avoiding downtime and contributing to business growth.
The earlier EDR devices we used were more time-consuming, and deploying that particular agent on all devices took time, but the centralized management console has significantly reduced both time consumption and the extra manual efforts required.
The product is affordable and provides excellent coverage and protection across multiple platforms.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
Check Point Harmony Endpoint's customer service is highly rated, responsive, and professional, though improvements in response speed are suggested.
Sentiment score
9.3
Norton Small Business's technical support is rated excellent for its efficiency, helpfulness, and responsiveness, though some see room for improvement.
The customer support for Check Point Harmony Endpoint is good.
The customer support for Check Point Harmony Endpoint is quite good; they are ready to help us.
Only email support is available, leading to delays in getting assistance.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Check Point Harmony Endpoint offers scalable, cloud-based security with easy expansion, centralized management, and minor deployment challenges.
Sentiment score
8.1
Norton Small Business is highly scalable, allowing easy license expansion and adaptability for diverse business sizes and device platforms.
Allowing us to add more users or endpoints for protection as our organization grows without any issues.
The scalability of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is effective, as it manages behaviors, process trees, and analysis in a centralized way.
Check Point Harmony Endpoint scales well and meets the growing needs of our organization.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is stable and reliable, though occasionally exhibits bugs and uninstall issues, particularly in low-resource settings.
Sentiment score
8.2
Norton Small Business is highly rated for its stability, with minor password manager issues on mobile devices.
The stability of the tool is high, as I have not experienced any downtime.
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is stable for our organization size of 1,000 to 10,000 members.
 

Room For Improvement

Check Point Harmony Endpoint needs better integration, improved user experience, enhanced support, and competitive pricing for broader compatibility.
Norton Small Business requires better pricing, enhanced features, and fewer notifications to improve user experience and market availability.
High resource consumption, requiring high-performance PCs on our endpoint site.
The Endpoint Agent can be more lightweight so that older machines and laptops can easily handle its consumption.
The integration challenges with Check Point Harmony Endpoint involve needing support with other third-party applications that I wish it worked with more seamlessly.
 

Setup Cost

Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides flexible, subscription-based licensing with robust security, low setup costs, and optional negotiated pricing.
Norton Small Business offers affordable yearly licenses but frequent upsells for additional features can be a drawback for some.
It is not expensive and provides comprehensive coverage.
Pricing is a bit expensive but justified by the product’s features, capabilities, and scalability.
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been all good with Check Point Harmony Endpoint.
 

Valuable Features

Check Point Harmony Endpoint offers AI-driven threat prevention, easy integration, and scalability for robust, efficient security management.
Norton Small Business offers comprehensive virus protection, secure features, multi-platform compatibility, and 24/7 support via a user-friendly dashboard.
Check Point Harmony Endpoint offers top tier security, AI-powered threat prevention, and strong scalability, which stand out as the best features.
The anti-ransomware and threat emulation features have significantly helped our organization as they prevent attackers from encrypting files during ransomware attacks, allowing the system to re-decrypt files and restore them to their original forms, effectively stopping ransomware attacks.
Check Point Harmony Endpoint protects our company by warning us against clicking any malicious links and prevents our hosts from becoming vulnerable to cyber attacks.
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Harmony Endpoint
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
117
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (8th)
Norton Small Business
Ranking in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
17th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (13th), SSL VPN (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the mindshare of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is 2.3%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Norton Small Business is 2.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
 

Featured Reviews

Alejandro Flores. - PeerSpot reviewer
Good visibility with cloud centralized management and several layers of security
There are some "weak points" that have to be mentioned, including: 1) If the IT department is used to "cloning" endpoints (making images) you are going to have a hard time trying to install the product and you are going to end up reading a lot of Check Point documents. 2) If you are used to the granularity of roles features in Check Point Quantums products you are going to be a little bit disappointed. You can't set customized roles with customized read/write permissions. 3) You need a mature security team to manage this solution in order to get the most value from it.
LAWAL YUSUF - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps with password management and has good technical support services
We use the product as a firewall for threat protection, VPN security, password management, identity protection, cloud backup, and device optimization The product’s valuable feature is the availability of support services 24/7. In case of any issues, we can easily contact customer service. They…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Harmony Endpoint?
The platform's most valuable features are the ability to build API, which meets our business requirements, and the VPN client, which provides VPN access from a single client.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Harmony Endpoint?
We purchased Check Point directly from Check Point. We are partners. We didn't purchase it from the AWS marketplace.
What needs improvement with Check Point Harmony Endpoint?
Check Point Harmony Endpoint poses a steep learning curve and has high resource consumption, requiring high-performance PCs on our endpoint site.
What do you like most about Norton 360?
The product offers all the essential licenses compatible with Windows, Mac OS, and mobile platforms.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Norton 360?
I have a yearly licensing plan. The cost is not that high. The solution is cost-effective.
 

Also Known As

Check Point Endpoint Security, Endpoint Security, Check Point SandBlast Agent
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Boston Properties, Independence Care System, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Courtagen Life Sciences, Carmel Partners
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