We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Check Point Harmony is the winner in this comparison. It is a powerful and flexible solution that is easy to deploy. Kaspersky does come out on top in the pricing category, however.
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ability to customize it and to reduce its size. It lets you run in a very small window in terms of memory and resources on legacy cash registers."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"It is very easy to set up. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, with ten being very easy to set up."
"Forensic Analysis provides a complete analysis of threats via detailed reports."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"Its most valuable feature is being able to integrate cloud services and centralize the protection policy from a single administration dashboard."
"Few solutions on the market perform tasks as efficiently as those performed and executed by Check Point Harmony Endpoint."
"Resource overheads have been reduced and we are overall more secure as a business."
"We love that we don't have to upgrade it anymore. They take care of that."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is centralized management."
"It's easy to scale as needed."
"The policies are easy to make and controlled by the Kaspersky Administrative Security Center, which comes at no additional costs."
"The solution has been quite stable. The performance is good."
"We swtiched to Kaspersky Endpoint Security because we found our previous solution did not meet our requirements."
"This solution is stable."
"The hardware hardware detection is the most valuable feature. The feature where you can block and unblock mobile devices is also good."
"It's easy to use."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its deployment. It is easy to centrally deploy. You can deploy it on the Administration Console then deploy it to the different endpoint machines without specifically deploying it manually on each machine. Its deployment is really user friendly."
"The antivirus feature is very, very good."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"The solution's installation from a central installation server could be improved because the engineers had a little bit of trouble getting it installed from a central location."
"We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"I would like the solution to extend beyond endpoint protection and include other attack surfaces such as other network components."
"To improve Fortinet, we need to see more features and technology areas at the endpoint level introduced."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"The EDR console should have more extensive reporting. You shouldn't need to purchase FortiAnalyzer. It should be included in the EDR part. The security adviser cloud platform could be improved with more options for exclusive or intensive rules for devices."
"The software requires considerable resources and can strain less powerful computers."
"Check Point users a pattern-based security module, which is something that can be improved."
"One area of this product that has room for improvement is the disc encryption."
"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."
"Sometimes, with a lot of clients (1,000) the UI is a bit sluggish."
"As of now, product-wise, we haven't found any major concern that needs to improve, although it does not support full MDM and this is something that should be there."
"Its guides are identical to the existing ones. These guides should be updated and they should improve their design."
"Check Point needs to work in areas like branding and other value propositions to make products stand out in the market despite the solutions being more affordable than the ones offered by competitors."
"The solution could use better reporting."
"The installation is technical. You need to be certified."
"Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business could improve the flexibility of use."
"It slows down the system sometimes, and it has the occasional false positive where it deems something a virus when it isn't."
"It needs more computer resources. They should have more anti-spam features."
"It is not very good for the performance of the system, and especially with older devices, it has a noticeable impact."
"This solution needs improvement in the reporting section. Reporting in Kaspersky Endpoint is good but it's not that great. The platform needs to centralize reporting control."
"The solution could improve by providing a cloud service that synchronizes with the on-premise console which would give better connectivity in remote areas."
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Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 103 reviews while Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is ranked 12th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 111 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is rated 8.0. 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 Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business writes "Easy to setup, stable and good security use cases". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, whereas Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Fortinet FortiClient, CrowdStrike Falcon, ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and Trend Micro Apex One. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business report.
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