We performed a comparison between Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade and Fortinet FortiMail Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Email Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Some of the valuable features on the email side are anti-phishing, anti-malware, and Safe Links."
"The solution is very easy to use. All you have to do is to assign the license to the end-user and it's done. The customer will only have the feature activated, and the solution will monitor the emails to determine if they are a threat or not."
"The benefit that stands out to me is the ability for multiple individuals to collaborate simultaneously within the same document. Additionally, there is the option to save the document directly in the integrated OneDrive or SharePoint."
"The basic features are okay and I'm satisfied with the Defender."
"The most valuable feature is the integration. It's a single console, so we don't have to switch around between multiple products. Another valuable feature is the ease of operations and maintenance."
"Defender helps us prioritize threats across our organization."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365's most valuable features are safe attachments and safe links."
"Threat Explorer is one of the features that I very much like because it is a real-time report that allows you to identify, analyze, and trace security attacks."
"It does a better job of recognizing spammers."
"Anti-spam and malware phishing are valuable features of the solution."
"It is certainly very beneficial for a small business and works best in combination with other Check Point blades, such as the Data Protection Blade that protects against data loss via email."
"It is easy to install, and the deployment is super easy as well."
"Since the engine is made to block by IP, domains, and reputation, we minimized the spam threats that end up in the user's mailbox."
"It is a highly cost-effective solution for all kinds of small, marginal, and medium enterprises."
"We now have better security and fewer false positives."
"When sharing files with my colleagues, it provides a comprehensive report on the security status of the document."
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"The most valuable features are email ATB and Malware Analysis."
"The most valuable features are filtering and sandboxing."
"I am impressed with the tool's ability to setup rules and destinations. It also helps to monitor suspicious items."
"The scanners with FortiMail are valuable."
"If there is a problem somewhere Fortinet can act on it immediately. That is very important."
"The most valuable feature is the advanced threat protection."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to check to see if the email is real."
"The implementation was very professional. There are a lot of features I can get through Fortinet and FortiMail, such as security. FortiGuard is the most reliable and professional mitigation center to handle incidents and risk that I have to face."
"They can improve their security in a way where a customer can know if all their attachments are safe or not to open through a report. The solution does its job perfectly, but it never reports to the customer whether those attachments have been stopped before or not."
"This product's effectiveness could be improved, in terms of detecting unwanted spam or even malware between the emails, compared to other products."
"Microsoft should provide more documentation for users so they can self-educate. I would like to see more documentation for advanced security features."
"About eight months ago, we started to measure the quantity of phishing and spam that we have been receiving, and it has been increasing a lot. That means that protection for our email is not as good as we were expecting."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could improve by giving customers information on techniques to prevent threats. For example, information about best practices on how to protect their own devices against hackers and scammers, such as educational information or training. This would help others have a better understanding of cyber security. Additionally, there can be more security features added."
"There needs to be an improvement in integrating the product to work across multiple operating systems, and to have better support for non-Microsoft file types."
"The custom alerts have to improve a lot."
"Microsoft security solutions work as expected. They are constantly updating the solutions to make them better. At the same time, the changes can impact a customer's environment, and we need to adjust settings. Sometimes we aren't aware of the changes, and nothing is pushed from the backend automatically."
"The high-end protection of email servers from any advanced foreign agents and malware is not 100% there currently."
"The technical team could improve services by ensuring when there are changes they inform enterprise users of effective upgrades."
"The UX/UI could be more friendly."
"There could be an extension of the trial period to 60 days."
"They should upgrade support services and make a more user-friendly database."
"There's definitely room for improvement when it comes to adapting to different languages in one environment."
"While we often take advantage of Check Point's cloud part, including Infinity or Harmony, I would like to see products that directly deal with mobile or native environments or other operating systems that we have within the organization."
"Many would love to have this solution and be able to manage it from any device, including native applications or applications that can be installed on devices such as Android or iOS."
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"The dashboard could use improvement."
"Fortinet FortiMail Cloud doesn't have AI features, making it an outdated tool for me."
"They could look at strengthening anti-spam with the newly observed domains."
"This solution is slow and it should be made faster."
"The tool's UI can be simple since it's cluttered now and you can't understand where you are going. It's not obvious to find out the menus or things that you are looking to find."
"I've not been able to use more than two domains in the back end. I like to view logs for the different domains. If I add any other domain I'm not able to get a proper cPanel for that domain. I am talking about the login factors. I'm not able to see logs for different domains in a different Window. Basically, it's an issue in the login process."
"Email sorting is missing from this solution."
"The URL filtering and handling should be enhanced because it doesn't support all languages. I believe that this would be easy to enhance in the future."
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Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is ranked 11th in Email Security with 32 reviews while Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is ranked 6th in Cloud Email with 18 reviews. Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade writes "Effectively secures data centers against various threats, including spam emails and provides policy-based control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiMail Cloud writes "A reliable email security solution with deep integration capabilities and exceptionally strong support". Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is most compared with Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Abnormal Security, Cisco Secure Email, Fortinet FortiMail and Sophos Email, whereas Fortinet FortiMail Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiMail, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Proofpoint Email Protection and SonicWall Email Security. See our Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade vs. Fortinet FortiMail Cloud report.
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