Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiEDR
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Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (12th)
Check Point Harmony Endpoint
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (8th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (8th)
WithSecure Elements Endpoin...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (38th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) category, the market share of Fortinet FortiEDR is 5.0% and it increased by 36.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is 4.0% and it increased by 53.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection is 0.6% and it decreased by 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
Unique Categories:
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
7.4%
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Featured Reviews

reviewer2166780 - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 10, 2024
Offers behavior analysis, improved our endpoint security posture but a lot of false positives where things are incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow
I would like to improve the integration process because a big selling point was the ease of integration within the Fortinet ecosystem. I would expect more built-in collaboration to allow for easier threat mitigation across Fortinet systems. The strength of FortiEDR lies in its overall ability to protect us from new threats. We have encountered issues with it as well. We've had a lot of false positives; things incorrectly flagged that require manual configuration to allow. Even worse, after we allow a legitimate program, it sometimes gets flagged again after an update. This has caused a lot of extra work for my team. I would like to see improved heuristics so the system better understands what's legitimate and doesn't keep blocking it after minor updates.
Ajenthan Aiyathurai - PeerSpot reviewer
May 30, 2024
Good monitoring and visibility with compliance capabilities
We use this solution for our desktops, laptops, servers, and selective mobile devices. It offers real-time protection against malware and other malicious threats is superb.  Our previously used antivirus has not been able to identify certain threats. Check Point Harmony did it. That is a key…
Cláudio Fardin - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 13, 2023
Great tamper protection, advanced malware, and useful DeepGuard features
The most valuable aspects of the solution include: Tamper Protection. There is a layer of security to prevent a malicious agent (malware) from interrupting or stopping services, deleting or modifying registry entries or even stopping the antivirus from acting, ensuring that there will be no interruption of protection. AMSI (Anti-Malware Scan Interface). This is a Microsoft Windows component that allows deeper inspection of built-in scripting services. AMSI is an interface that applications and services running on Windows can use to send requests scans to the antimalware product installed on the computer. Advanced malware uses disguised or encrypted scripts to evade traditional verification methods. This malware is usually loaded directly into memory, so it doesn't use any files on the device. This provides additional protection against harmful software that uses scripts or macros in key Windows components, such as PowerShell and Office365, or other applications to avoid detection. DeepGuard. This monitors applications for potentially harmful changes to the system. DeepGuard ensures that you only use safe apps. The security of an application is verified by the trusted cloud service. If the security of an application cannot be verified, DeepGuard starts monitoring the application's behavior. DeepGuard blocks new, undiscovered Trojans, Worms, Exploits, and other harmful applications that attempt to make changes on your computer and prevents suspicious applications from accessing the Internet.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Fortinet FortiEDR's scalability is quite good, and you can add licenses to the solution."
"Fortinet FortiEDR's firewalling, rule creation, monitoring, and inspection profiles are great."
"The price is low and quite competitive with others."
"Ability to get forensics details and also memory exfiltration."
"Forensics is a valuable feature of Fortinet FortiEDR."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"It notifies us if there's any suspicious file on any PC. If any execution or similar kind of thing is happening, it just alerts us. It doesn't only alert. It also blocks the execution until we allow it. We check whether the execution is legitimate or not, and then approve it or keep it blocked. This gives us a little bit of control over this mechanism. Fortinet FortiEDR is also very straightforward and easy to maintain."
"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."
"Administratively, it's easy to control."
"The solution has all the standard features you would expect for endpoint protection."
"It is very powerful tooling that can be tuned a lot."
"The solution has good threat intelligence features."
"The forensics allows us to search retrospectively for an URL or file opened by users, for example, when you need to quickly check who else has clicked on a phishing link."
"The level of security and visibility they provide is great and it is very easy to configure and maintain."
"This software incorporates security AI features and effectively manages bandwidth with its DRS capabilities."
"The security is its most valuable feature."
"On the cloud management page, the solution scales up very highly."
"The most valuable features of WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection are the clear useful portal and overall company protection."
"Both incoming and outgoing traffic is protected."
"F-Secure is useful for keeping user machines up-to-date by pushing out security and critical updates."
"The notifications and patch management features are valuable."
"There is a layer of security to prevent a malicious agent (malware) from interrupting or stopping services, deleting or modifying registry entries or even stopping the antivirus from acting, ensuring that there will be no interruption of protection."
"We use the product for detecting network vulnerabilities and for software update purposes."
 

Cons

"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."
"ZTNA can improve latency."
"FortiEDR can be improved by providing more detailed reporting."
"Intelligence aspects need improvement"
"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."
"We'd like to see more one-to-one product presentations for the distribution channels."
"I haven't seen the use of AI in the solution."
"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."
"The solution has limitations if it's hosted on-prem or as a SaaS."
"Simplifying the user interface and making it more intuitive can enhance usability; this is more beneficial for those who are new to the industry and lack knowledge about threats."
"I would like to see support for a policy in the appliance that will refuse to create a connection if it does not detect an active virus scanner."
"Sometimes, the Cloud Management Portal can become unresponsive or take a long time to process a query. This in turn will cause the browser to freeze, which will require closing and reopening of your browser."
"They should provide bandwidth regulation, so we can monitor and regulate bandwidth."
"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."
"The heartbeat interval must be improved."
"We would like to have the ability to stop and restart the service remotely, which is something that we can do easily with Symantec but have a hard time with when using Check Point."
"There is no technical support available in the Middle East."
"Resource consumption is suboptimal and could be improved."
"There could be a dedicated security partner with essential knowledge."
"The program and cloud service management is in English. It's not a problem for me, however, it might be for users who don't speak English or use it regularly."
"But the biggest one for us is patch management because this has been our top priority when looking at alternatives. Every solution needs to have patch management, if that's possible. It would cut costs on our side if that feature were included, so we don't need to pay for two separate pieces of software."
"I would like the part of Hash Analysis by external sources to be improved."
"The solution could improve by having more real-time responses. For example, when a license gets removed from a computer it does not update the records of the change. Additionally, when I installed Microsoft Windows Defender I was not able to send licenses through email to our tenants. The integration with other solutions could improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The hardware costs about €100,000 and about €20,000 annually for access."
"The pricing is good."
"It's not cheap, but it's not expensive either."
"The price is comprable to other endpoint security solutions."
"It is expensive and I would rate it 8 on the scale."
"I know it is tough to get big budget additions up front, but I highly recommend deploying environment wide and adding the forensic service."
"I'm not familiar with pricing, but it looks a bit costly compared to other vendors I think."
"While the cost may have been high, we view it as a worthwhile investment due to Fortinet's reliability and long-term performance."
"Licensing comes free in that first year or is included in the base package. From a commercial point of view, it really just is the renewal cost, rather than a one-time fixed cost or buy-in."
"We implement this solution with a yearly subscription and there are no extra costs."
"We pay on an annual basis. There are no additional fees, they mostly tell us what we have to pay. We have budgeted for it."
"The licensing cost for Check Point is $3 USD or $4 USD per end-user."
"We pay roughly 80,000 Swedish krona per year. When it comes to the firewall, it's roughly 150,000 Swedish krona yearly. There's also maintenance, of course, which is roughly 10,000 krona per month."
"Check Point Harmony Endpoint is cost effective."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high."
"If you purchase licenses in bulk the price of the licenses can decrease."
"The cost of the solution depends on the size of the company and where the licenses are being ordered from."
"We pay a yearly licensing fee of about €20 per computer."
"The price is comparable."
"The product has average pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Construction Company
7%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
22%
Government
18%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Retailer
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What's the difference between Fortinet's FortiEDR and FortiClient?
I suggest Fortinet’s FortiEDR over FortiClient for several reasons. For starters, FortiEDR guarantees solid protectio...
What do you like most about Fortinet FortiEDR?
We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiEDR?
We license it per employee, so as long as the employee count remains the same, the licensing won't change. We have it...
What do you like most about Check Point Harmony Endpoint?
It scans all the endpoints in your cloud and on-premises for vulnerabilities, threats, and malware attacks.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Harmony Endpoint?
The product is averagely priced. The product price is neither very high nor too low. The tool is not really expensive.
What needs improvement with Check Point Harmony Endpoint?
The solution does not support some endpoints, such as iPhones, iPads, and some operating systems. Some endpoints were...
What do you like most about F-Secure Protection Service for Business?
The notifications and patch management features are valuable.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for F-Secure Protection Service for Business?
The price is comparable. We do not have a problem with the pricing. I rate the pricing a five or six out of ten. Ther...
What needs improvement with F-Secure Protection Service for Business?
The product does not have technical partners in the Middle East. It only has sales partners. I do not like the sales ...
 

Also Known As

enSilo, FortiEDR
Check Point Endpoint Security, Endpoint Security, Check Point SandBlast Agent
F-Secure Elements Endpoint Protection, F-Secure Protection Service for Business
 

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Sample Customers

Financial, Healthcare, Legal, Technology, Enterprise, Manufacturing ... 
Boston Properties, Independence Care System, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), Courtagen Life Sciences, Carmel Partners
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