We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Impressive detection capabilities"
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"I get alerts when scripts are detected in the environment."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"I like FortiClient EMS. FortiEDR has a lot of great features like lockdown mode, remote wipes, and encryption. I can set malware outbreak policies and controls for detecting abnormalities. You can also simulate phishing attacks."
"I found the fact of working across multiple attack vectors easy and more beneficial."
"Check Point Endpoint Security really helped the business stop various malware attacks throughout the time we used it, including a ransomware attack, which was stopped in minutes."
"A unique feature with this product is that it will detect if the user is entering their password on a website, and then block it."
"It's a scalable product as it is a cloud offering."
"The technical support is good."
"It's great for securing our endpoints from any external attacks."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the VPN."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The analytics are important because if there is an abnormality then it provides that information to us."
"WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response is a reliable solution."
"The tool provides automated responses."
"The most valuable feature, in my opinion, is the dimension logging platform and the network traffic filtering."
"The basic functionality is fantastic. It has been performing well. I generated a report on one machine, using that as the deployment machine. When scanning the network, it discovered machines on the network and deployed the same endpoint protection from that one machine I have on my network."
"WatchGuard is very user-friendly. It provides us with all of the security services we need."
"When you download the executable file from the internet, it automatically sandboxes to make sure it's not doing anything incorrectly."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"The support needs improvement."
"Intelligence aspects need improvement"
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"Cannot be used on mobile devices with a secure connection."
"Endpoint vulnerability management is one of the modules I believe is missing and it is something that is required."
"Check Point users a pattern-based security module, which is something that can be improved."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint could improve mobile device management (MDM)."
"Check Point Harmony is definitely pricier compared to other endpoints."
"This is one of the most innovative solutions due to the fact that it includes many real-time content filtering features, management, and assurance of the transactions of what went in or out of our peripherals. That said, it is important to integrate other solutions to continue innovating in the market."
"I still don't have a clear opinion of the possible improvements that the tool may need. There are still functionalities that I have not been able to try completely and I would like to spend more time using the tool before offering an opinion to the IT Central community on this point."
"Areas that have room for improvement are the scope of the product and, while I think the support is good, they can improve support as well."
"The price of the product could be more friendly."
"The reporting isn't so good. If they worked to improve this aspect of the solution, it would be much stronger."
"The solution is a bit confusing and there are unusual complications with setup."
"The administrative UI/UX could be significantly improved."
"The interface is not the best."
"WatchGuard should offer more visibility into user activity. For example, we should have more details when WatchGuard denies a user access to a port."
"I'd like a few extra features, especially around threat severity assessment."
"The ease of detecting where an issue is should be improved."
"The website must provide more information on the product."
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Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 104 reviews while WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response is ranked 27th in Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with 12 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response writes "Offers deployment simplicity, especially for firewalls and firewall configuration and good documentation available ". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktrace, Trend Vision One, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Huntress. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response report.
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