We performed a comparison between Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) 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."The initial setup was easy."
"The basic features are okay and I'm satisfied with the Defender."
"The deployment capability is a great feature."
"The product's scalability is good."
"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."
"At the moment we are satisfied with this product. It's a stable, scalable, and resilient solution for us."
"The email protection is excellent, especially in terms of anti-phishing policies."
"The good part is that you don't have to configure it, which is very convenient."
"It has provided us with an easy way to avoid invasive mail."
"It helped us to achieve process compliance with over 90% effectiveness."
"We now have better security and fewer false positives."
"A scalable, stable solution with good technical support."
"It does a better job of recognizing spammers."
"Anti-spam and malware phishing are valuable features of the solution."
"It refreshes the dynamic database regularly to ensure IP addresses that no longer misbehave are not blocked by mistake."
"Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade provides an extra level of security against threats and malware along with 2FA support for multiple platform collaboration and integrations in a single click."
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"The initial setup was easy. The configuration process is very straightforward."
"You can use the product to create special accounts."
"It is an easy solution."
"It's definitely scalable."
"The scalability is pretty good; it does what it is supposed to do."
"We use the solution in all our environments. We use it for remedy tickets and give them updates. It was our main communication point."
"We can migrate seamlessly without any disruptions to our operations."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Exchange Online Protection are the EOP, ATP, safe links, fishing, and antispam."
"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 should provide more documentation for users so they can self-educate. I would like to see more documentation for advanced security features."
"One area for improvement is support, in terms of being able to reach them and, especially, technical support for configuration."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should be more proactive."
"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 GUI is sometimes slow to fetch the device report and could be improved."
"The phishing and spam filters could use some improvement."
"The product must provide better malware detection."
"I think that the pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered, as we found it to be quite expensive to purchase and to maintain."
"Mobile solutions should be added to Check Point because business email is also used by users on mobile devices."
"It does not provide for standalone configuration on the security gateway. Instead, you need to have a management server/smart console for managing it."
"They should upgrade support services and make a more user-friendly database."
"The cost is high when putting through Check Point Blade in your Gateway."
"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."
"I would like this solution to be more integrated into other applications that Check Point has so that it could be managed quickly and safely from the Infinity Portal."
"It would be useful to have more logs and in aggregate mode, perhaps through a specific report, that can be more easily used for troubleshooting."
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"We have experienced issues while migrating from on-prem to the cloud. The tool needs to improve its stability."
"Having orchestration features added to Microsoft Exchange Online Protection, particularly automation and remediation, would be quite useful."
"The licensing can be on the expensive side, especially in the cloud space."
"It doesn't protect against everything. We do need protection for, for example, endpoints."
"The solution must improve the user experience."
"I think the implementation could be more streamlined."
"The solution lacks to elaborate on its spam policies."
"I would like to get reports about vulnerable connections from our clients with information about domains, public IPs, etc. That would be highly useful."
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Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is ranked 11th in Email Security with 32 reviews while Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is ranked 4th in Email Security with 34 reviews. Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) 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 Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) writes "An effective email security solution that provides DLP, Safe Attachment, and Safe Links". 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 Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is most compared with Proofpoint Email Protection, Cisco Secure Email, Mimecast Email Security, Fortinet FortiMail and Barracuda Email Security Gateway. See our Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade vs. Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) report.
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