We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Trend Micro Smart Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"The stability is very good."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"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."
"Having all monitoring, response, tracking, and mitigation tools in one dashboard provides our analysts and SOC team with a comprehensive view at a glance."
"This is stable and scalable."
"It's easy to scale as needed."
"Cost-wise it's cheaper than other options."
"It is a stable solution. My company has not received any complaints regarding the product's stability from our customers who use the solution."
"The graphical interface is very easy to use and intuitive, which greatly facilitates the work and greatly facilitates the work and the location of threats on the users' computers."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It's great for securing our endpoints from any external attacks."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The most valuable feature is the Zero-day protection, which covers our on-premises users, and well as those users who are outside of our network."
"The most valuable feature of Trend Micro Smart Protection is automatic scanning."
"The sandboxing is more proactive and more reliable than any of the other endpoint protection solutions."
"The stability is good and I like the level of performance I can get."
"We haven't had any compatibility issues. It's quite stable and it's a good tool in preventing actual viruses or malware."
"The configuration is easy."
"It is their most comprehensive endpoint protection solution. It includes DLP and Office 365. It also includes device control and the rest of the little bells and whistles that the traditional AV vendors have."
"As a Japanese company, it doesn't have any restrictions on usage in our country."
"The most valuable features of Trend Micro Smart Protection are the email gateway and R & D which have contributed to their additional capability and development."
"The SIEM could be improved."
"The only minor concern is occasional interference with desired programs."
"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 dashboard isn't easy to access and manage."
"FortiEDR could add a separate scanning dashboard. In incident management, we prefer to remove the endpoint system from the environment and scan the system. We typically use Symantec for that, but if we want to use FortiEDR for that, then we need a scanning tab to clarify things."
"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."
"The solution is not stable."
"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."
"There are still functionalities that I have not been able to fully test and I would like to spend more time using the tool before offering an opinion to the IT Central community on this point."
"Improvements are required in two key areas: notifications and setup simplification."
"Enhanced behavioral analytics would provide a deeper understanding of endpoint activities, fortifying our defenses against sophisticated cyber adversaries."
"Technical support can be a bit slow at times."
"We have observed some policies are not working as expected."
"The web filter service could be improved."
"They should also add new functions such as threat hunting."
"It blocks safe URLs sometimes when there are network interruptions."
"The only notable concern is the level of support in the particular region of Sri Lanka. Following events in the past two years, the quality of technical support has regrettably declined."
"The solution needs to improve the deployment so it aligns with the latest Microsoft patches and upgrades. It makes the deployment process lengthy and painful."
"Smart Protection could be more compatible with older operating systems like Windows XP and Windows 2000. Some of our clients have requested that."
"The web filtering could be improved."
"I've not explored all of the features up to now. I still need to see all of the features implemented first to be able to see if anything is missing. However, as of right now, it's working very well for us."
"I want the tool to provide the solutions integrated within it to have regular updates. Currently, the solutions integrated with Smart Protection get updates from the cloud. I want to minimize the download from the cloud."
"It does not provide insights into what is being done."
"The solution’s technical support is not very good and could be improved."
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) with 99 reviews while Trend Micro Smart Protection is ranked 31st in EPP (Endpoint Protection for Business) with 38 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while Trend Micro Smart Protection 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 Trend Micro Smart Protection writes "Offers strong, all-around cybersecurity but is expensive". 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 Smart Protection is most compared with Trend Micro Apex One, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Symantec Endpoint Security and Trend Micro ServerProtect. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Trend Micro Smart Protection report.
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