We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and ESET Endpoint Security 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. ESET Endpoint Security is highly regarded for its encryption capabilities, effortless automatic updates, and intuitive interface. Users say Check Point could improve its endpoint vulnerability management and threat-hunting features. ESET Endpoint Security has room for improvement in terms of faster threat alerts, automation, and ransomware protection.
Service and Support: While several users lauded Check Point support for its problem-solving skills, others said there is room for improvement. ESET's customer service is praised for its helpfulness and quick response.
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. The setup process for ESET Endpoint Security is generally regarded as effortless.
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. ESET Endpoint Security is considered to be reasonably priced with various licensing options.
ROI: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a comprehensive and economical solution, and customers say the product has helped them grow. Some reported a high ROI from ESET Endpoint Security due to cost savings, while others find it difficult to measure its effectiveness.
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"Fortinet FortiEDR made our clients feel secure and more at ease, knowing that they had an EDR solution that would close the gap in their security posture."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"NGAV and EDR features are outstanding."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"Its ease of use is the most valuable feature. We had existing endpoints and it was an easy upgrade process. The interface board is also easy to use."
"The end-user facilities for managing the tool are good."
"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."
"I found the fact of working across multiple attack vectors easy and more beneficial."
"The best thing is that it fits into all environments, which gives any organization a chance to use it intuitively without worrying about the nature of their industry."
"One of the coolest features is that it provides an HTML report on the laptop and the endpoint console for the administrator."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint can be easily deployed and is cost effective and more secure."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The pricing is good."
"It's easy to set up and quick to deploy."
"I rate ESET Endpoint Security eight out of 10 for ease of setup. Setting up ESET can be straightforward or complicated depending on the customer's environment. The deployment time varies, but it's typically around five days. We have a team of four or five people involved in the deployment. Only one person is needed for maintenance. The only maintenance is adjusting the configuration of the dashboard."
"All of our devices are integrated with the solution."
"ESET Endpoint Security's best feature is that it's invisible until it detects a problem."
"It has a clean and clear interface."
"It's scalable."
"The performance of the solution is very good it does not impact my hardware and is user-friendly."
"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 SIEM could be improved."
"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."
"The solution should address emerging threats like SQL injection."
"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."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"Once, we had an event that was locked and blocked, but information about it came to us two or three days later."
"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."
"We did have some early compatibility issues, which I hope Check Point has since resolved."
"The next release should consider a strong threat detection mechanism that can categorize various levels of attacks for faster analysis."
"Check Point offers solutions with only a few features for our company's customers' sites."
"The management in Check Point Harmony Endpoint could be improved."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint could improve by allowing it to work on older systems by reducing the system requirements. Since our systems are dated we can only use the antivirus module features."
"For the future, I would like to see maybe a content-filtering emulation feature in Harmony Endpoint."
"Technical support needs to be improved, along with the response time."
"The solutions agent could have better performance, it is a little slow sometimes."
"If I were in an environment that required a large-scale deployment then I would choose another solution over ESET."
"The adware module could be improved."
"I would like for ESET to create a central management solution. This would make it practical to use the internet for medium-sized networks."
"There are some complexities if you want to manipulate the software."
"The management of the solution isn't as clear as it could be. They could adjust that to make it a better product."
"A few times, we have had problems with downloading an agent. We had to try multiple times and multiple uploads."
"The integration capabilities might be lacking a bit."
"There are some new antivirus technologies that rely on AI, artificial intelligence. ESET does not have this technology right now."
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Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 102 reviews while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 11th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 96 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while ESET Endpoint Protection Platform 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 ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Fortinet FortiClient. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform report.
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