We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Trend Micro Apex One based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a sophisticated defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. The solution is praised for its forensic analysis and VPN connectivity. Trend Micro Apex One stands out for its centralized reporting, efficient policy implementation, and a diverse array of features including DLP, encryption, and patch management. Users say Check Point could improve its endpoint vulnerability management and threat-hunting features. Trend Micro Apex One users say the platform should improve its compatibility with different operating systems and address performance issues. Users also say the reporting, forensic analysis, and ransomware features could use some work.
Service and Support: While several users lauded Check Point support for its problem-solving skills, others said there is room for improvement. Trend Micro support generally earned positive reviews, but some said that support could be more proactive and respond faster.
Ease of Deployment: Setting up Check Point Harmony Endpoint is uncomplicated, and one admin is usually enough for the job. It may take time to configure the solution due to the wide range of available blades. Most users thought Trend Micro Apex One was easy to set up, but a few said that it’s more complex than competing solutions.
Pricing: Users generally find the price of Check Point Harmony Endpoint to be reasonable and competitive. They perceive it as more cost-effective than other solutions, though some said it could be lower. Some considered the price of Trend Micro Apex One to be fair, while others found it expensive.
ROI: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a comprehensive and economical solution, and customers say the product has helped them grow. Trend Micro Apex One provides extra cost-effective advantages and safeguards vital information.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Check Point Harmony Endpoint over Trend Micro Apex One . Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a robust defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. While Trend Micro Apex One receives praise for its DLP, encryption, and patch management, users say it needs to address sluggish performance and expand compatibility with various operating systems.
"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."
"The ease of deployment and configuration is valuable. It's very easy compared to other vendors like Sophos. Sophos' configuration is complex. Fortinet is a lot easier to understand. You don't need a lot of admin knowledge to do the configuration."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"he solution is an anti-malware product that integrates well with other vendor products such as firewalls, SIEM, etc. It captures threat intelligence and gives you better visibility. The product also has sandboxing features."
"Exceptions are easy to create and the interface is easy to follow with a nice appearance."
"The setup is pretty simple."
"This is stable and scalable."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"SandBlast Agent is always working in the background collecting sensitive data, forensics, and notifying users whenever there is a chance of a brute-force attack into our systems. Otherwise, it has been protecting our data at various geographies along with the endpoints that we set up on the cloud. They have been able to filter out or thwart any attacks from the very word, "Go," and make our work very safe and smooth."
"It is minimally invasive. From a single installer, the equipment is protected and secured."
"The most important characteristic of our requirements was the implementation of disk encryption."
"The license plans are also very nice and distributed - allowing for a separation between types of users with more basic or more advanced options."
"It's easy to scale as needed."
"We were under an attack in our environment, and the Check Point response was good because we didn't lose anything."
"We are able to manage all our endpoints from a single cloud console."
"Deploying new versions of the endpoint are easy."
"It's made it easier for us to monitor the security environment in general."
"I use Trend Micro Apex One for work control, application control, firewall, whitelist and blocklist filtration, analysis, monitoring, deep security for the servers, major monitoring, and IPS modules."
"The most valuable features are the vulnerability protection and virtual patching."
"The most valuable features are web application features and real-time scans."
"It provides comprehensive visibility into all client logs and seamlessly integrates with other products, such as CM."
"The initial setup is not that tough. It's easy."
"From a technology point of view, it is very simple to install, it's not heavy on the endpoint in terms of the amount of processing cycles. It is simple to deploy and the interfaces are easy. You don't need to be a scientist to operate it."
"Its reporting and dashboard are valuable. Its dashboard is easy to use."
"Detections could be improved."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"The support needs improvement."
"There's room for improvement in the quick response time and technical support for integration issues, especially when dealing with multiple vendors."
"They can include the automation for the realtime updates. We have a network infrastructure with remote sites. Whenever they send updates, they are not automated. We have to go into the console and push those updates. I wish it was more automated. The update file is currently around 31 MB. It could be smaller."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"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."
"We find the solution to be a bit expensive."
"We have observed some policies are not working as expected."
"We use a couple of Check Point products, like SmartEvent, and SandBlast Agent is not really integrated into that. We haven't gotten the reports working yet. We are working with the account team and trying. As I said, it's still relatively new in terms of what we're trying to achieve."
"We need a higher maximum file size in the sandboxing feature."
"Unfortunately, the web (cloud) management system and log search performance are quite bad."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint could improve mobile device management (MDM)."
"I would like to see simple sandboxing for malware analysis."
"SandBlast Agent had moments in which it had a high load, we escalated it to the CheckPoint support that helped us to stabilize it. We had a problem with the parameterization of the solution. Once corrected by following the CheckPoint instructions, everything worked normally again."
"For the future, I would like to see maybe a content-filtering emulation feature in Harmony Endpoint."
"We want to manage the policies in the group. Currently, if I am at one location and other users are at other locations, the main problem is that we cannot manage policies location-wise. The policy management should be improved. I should be able to group them based on the location. If one location has four policies and another location has the same policy, currently, I have to scroll the screen to find out the policy as per my location."
"Apex One could use some updates to its UI, threat modeling, and insights. I would like to see better integration with helpdesk platforms and more AI-driven features."
"The performance could always be improved."
"In the future, the solution should include the XDR feature."
"Sometimes it will not communicate with the server, and we need to manually restart items."
"We have had some false positives with One Endpoint Security's ransomware detection. We received an alert, but it wasn't a ransomware attack. When we did an investigation, we found it was only malware."
"The technical support could have better response time."
"Trend Micro Apex One can improve its vulnerability assessment and monitoring tools."
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 103 reviews while Trend Micro Apex One is ranked 6th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 125 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while Trend Micro Apex One 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 Trend Micro Apex One writes "We can get consolidated logs of suspicious objects and malware attacks in a single console". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Trend Micro Apex One is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike Falcon and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Trend Micro Apex One report.
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