Check Point Harmony Endpoint Reviews

I work as a consultant for a company where the solution is needed as an EDR solution. After my company made comparisons between a few companies, we felt Check Point Harmony Endpoint won, considering the pricing model that it offered in the market. The company that uses the product wants to set up a big business for some local authorities with the help of the EDR functionalities provided by Check Point Harmony Endpoint, which is why Check Point is also trying to push its product into the market.

The most valuable features of the solution stem from the EDR functionalities it provides to users, as it does its work properly.

The tool is not too intuitive if you want to monitor and see the results to investigate in a layer. It's not easy to investigate an incident that you find in the company. Users often face trouble when downloading files, so it is very slow in terms of how it works. The tool is not very supportive of all the versions when it comes to the part of loading hash codes, so it may support SHA-1 but not SHA-256, meaning it doesn't support all the formats. Calling the support team for the solution doesn't help.

The support team of the solution lacks etiquette. The technical team of the product told our company that we need to get Check Point products through an official vendor only. Technical support for the solution is an area with issues where improvements are needed.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Endpoint for two years. I work as a consultant for a company where the solution is used.

It is not a stable solution because if users find a problem with it, they have to disable the product.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a six out of ten.

It is easy to use the scalability feature of the product since users just need to acquire more licenses.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

The product is used mostly by small-sized businesses.

I rate the technical support a four out of ten.

Neutral

CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Cynet, and Fortinet FortiGate are a few of the solutions that I have worked with in the past. Among all the solutions that I have used to date, CrowdStrike is the best.

I rate the product's initial setup phase a seven out of ten on a scale of one to ten. Compared to Check Point Harmony Endpoint, the deployment process of CrowdStrike was much easier.

Compared to Check Point Harmony Endpoint, the deployment process of CrowdStrike was much easier as it could be deployed in hundreds of locations in two hours. Check Point Harmony Endpoint's deployment process takes a week to be completed. Check Point Harmony Endpoint's deployment process takes time since there are many troubles, as my company has to meet with the client to conduct certain checks, owing to which it cannot be deployed through a central management process.

The number of people required to take care of Check Point Harmony Endpoint's deployment process depends on the organization's size. One good engineer is enough to take care of the product's deployment process. Having ten engineers without knowing the product or issue cannot help a user deal with the tool's deployment area, and it is usually the same for each product deployed in any company.

I rate the product price a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high.

The problem with the product is that Check Point tries to push it to the market. FortiGate, a firewall solution I purchased for the first time around twelve years ago, was very cheap because Fortinet had to push the product into the market. Users can get it for good prices only during the beginning phase of the tool.

Our company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing charges attached to the solution. There are no additional charges attached to the product apart from the licensing costs attached to the solution.

The maintenance of the product is difficult since it is something to be done online.

To those who plan to use the solution of the future, I would say that they get the support involved in the contract before purchasing the product.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

I am using this product to prevent any kind of advanced threats. It keeps monitoring in the backend and does not hamper my ongoing work at all. it also secures my web browsing and has forensics access along with a sandbox to emulate and extract too. 

Before using this product, we had tried multiple others yet were not satisfied with the performance and dashboard reports. Check Point products allow us constant filtering and protect us from any kind of threats. 

It has been used for a banking environment and helps us to secure our end computing where USB blocking and even disk encryption and so many features have been bundled together. 

Securing our data was critical. It helps a lot and gives control to end users while they connect through the VPN. Secure VPN connectivity is important. It helps us to avoid any kind of risk when users are at home. 

It helped us a lot during the first phase of the Covid lockdown, which revealed the benefits of this product. 

I loved almost all the features.

The zero-day threat prevention is excellent. It gives us more confidence to have automated protection from unknown threats. 

It helps to secure our browsing. It can check if something is a genuine page or not. It also masks when we browse or enter our banking user ID and password. This gives us assurance that we are in a green and safe zone. 

I would like to see them add features where we can use this license for mobile browsers, too - as we had a container kind of product under MDM. This can give us more confidence that when on the go, a user still has full access to our important and crucial data. They should be fearless while accessing this through our VPN tunnel. 

Mobile handsets are now used for 40% of work to send mail or forward any kind of document. Securing users on mobile will give more confidence to users and higher authorities that will sometimes need to have access outside of the office for doing their financial or confidential transactions.

I've used the solution for more than four years.

After using this product last fours year I've never seen a single case where any devices have been affected. Even a lost device has not been a deal breaker. We have full control on end-user clients with the help of Check Point SandBlast. 

It is very easy to scale. There are so many testing opportunities and upgrades. The features also do not slow down the CPU. From a stability and manageability point of view, it's very impressive. 

Support can help us define and create policies on each and every use case. We also have the in-house expertise to provide support and handle the initial trouble shooting. 

Positive

We were using Symantec and Sophos. There was not 100% clarity on reports, and we had many challenges in terms of upgrading the features. 

When we switched to Check Point, we got a single dashboard to control end clients, DLP, and email security. Their collaboration and support team is also awesome. 

You can set up the policies very easily. You just post and restart your devices and everything is secure. Items can be managed under group policies. You can set up your own rules and policies easily. 

Initially, we had taken advantage of Check Point expertise. Now, an in-house team can handle everything. It is manageable on our side. 

If you talk about ROI, it's helped us to protect our end-user devices. We've also found the performance of laptops has increased in the past one and a half years. It offers good value for money. 

Securing data, peace of mind, great support, good reports, and third-party network audits have made Check Point good value for money. 

I had tried Palo Alto and Fortinet, however, we got value for money in Check Point. After a POC, we started with Check Point. 

There are so many useful examples a normal office could take advantage of. It's a great product for working from home or remote users. The Check Point team is also great and has served us by helping put in place the right kinds of products. 

We use Check Point on our 500 computers to protect them from viruses and malware. The network is a protected local area network with limited connectivity to the internet. Not all computers are connected to the internet; only users with the necessity to connect can access it. We also increase the protection from viruses/malware by disabling USB ports for mobile storage. With all the protection steps taken, we still see that antivirus is a must to have as standard computer protection.

With all security steps taken to protect the network, viruses and malware still appeared in the network. Check Point Harmony Endpoint (endpoint antivirus) has helped our organization by preventing further damage to the computers and the network by detecting and taking appropriate action (quarantine, clean, delete) to viruses and malware. 

By doing this, our organization's business can maintain its operational state without any significant disturbance, and that is the most important thing to achieve.

Some of the most valuable features from Check Point include:

1. Its ability to run real-time scans in the background and detect all the malware and viruses while taking action to clean the system from the threat.

2. On-premise centralized management, so the client can do signature updates locally and save the internet bandwidth.

3. The reporting feature where we can see and monitor what happened on our client computers. For example, which client has out-of-date signatures, which client is infected by what virus, et cetera. 

Some areas of improvement could be :

1. Making the user interface on the server more intuitive and user-friendly. 

2. Making it easier for the user to do tuning and configuration to the server or the client application. For example, to turn off notifications, the user should be able to do that with some clicks on the user interface instead of searching and reading about how to do it in the knowledge base first and then trying to do it.

3. Our application version is quite old, and Check Point already released a newer version for endpoint protection, which includes a cloud version. After doing some trials, we see that Check Point already made many improvements to the features and user interface.   

I've been using the solution for five years.

Tthis solution runs with good stability.

If we deploy it on-premise, we should see the server hardware requirement first and match it with the number of clients we want to handle.

Customer service gave good support when we needed it. For example, when we need support on renewing the license or when we need to upgrade the client version, they have a quick response time to deal with the problem.

Positive

We did use a different solution previously. We switched as we want to use the same brand for our NGFW and our endpoint protection.

The setup was quite straightforward. We installed the server first and then made the client installer. If you have an active directory on the network, you can install it with push installation. That said, we don't have it, so we needed to install the client by accessing the client directly.

We implemented the product together with the vendor and an in-house team. The vendor team has good knowledge when it comes to implementing the product.

At the time we purchased it, the licensing was separated into some modules. There were antivirus modules, data protection modules, and full modules if I'm not mistaken. You should make sure that the module you choose fits your requirement. 

We evaluated the ESET antivirus.

Check Point has released their new product on endpoint protection, which includes a cloud version. You could try it for free to see if this product matches your needs before purchasing it.

I handle Check Point SMB along with Check Point Harmony Endpoint, and I have recently provided around 400 endpoints to a construction company in Sri Lanka.

The Rollback feature is valuable because ransomware attacks are very familiar nowadays, and anti-phishing and anti-ransomware blades are required by many of our customers. Other features, like prevention blades, are also okay, where you get threat extraction and evaluation. Likewise, the forensic report is also very important.

With the prevention blade, Harmony scales higher than many other solutions. Even CrowdStrike has technical problems when you're offline. But Harmony is not like that. Even if I don't have Internet connectivity, I have seen how remediation and rollback happen. All the encrypted files come to a state where it works with micro-backups.

Customers would like to have a very advanced endpoint to protect themselves from anti-phishing, especially ransomware.

I have clients who use very old Windows versions, so I have a few issues when attempting to install Harmony on some of the machines. At times, even with the latest Windows versions, the machines' performance gets slower. We still don't have a clear idea of what has been happening. If you take 100 PCs, two, three, or four are still troublesome when you attempt to install Harmony.

Also, the price could come down slightly, and I am not saying by a huge gap, but slightly. Even Sri Lanka's smaller customers have to buy a minimum quantity, and with Harmony Connect, they have to buy 50 licenses at once. If they could come down to 20, 30, or something like that, I should be able to sell much more. Some customers would like to have Harmony, but they have to buy a minimum quantity of 50. That's a bit troublesome for me as a salesperson.

I have worked with Checkpoint Harmony Endpoint for almost one year now.

I rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten.

I highly rate the solution's scalability.

We have a set of engineers who specialize in Harmony Endpoint and Harmony Connect.

Positive

The deployment takes one or two weeks. The deployer always creates a tenant, through which they install the solution. They also trained customers and end users to install Harmony, and they managed to install the entire license.

I rate Check Point Harmony Endpoint's pricing a seven out of ten because it is a little high.

Features like factory remediation, basically callback, are getting familiarized by Sri Lankan customers. Many have bought Harmony endpoints, so many customers have been considering Harmony Connect. This will lead to it having a good future.

When speaking to customers, I first communicate what ThreatCloud is all about. ThreatCloud is shared by other solutions like CloudGuard, Quantum, and Quantum Spark. It's very common to them. This means you will get the prevention blade, not the detection blade. Whenever you have phishing attacks, malware attacks, DDoS attacks, and even zero-day attacks, they are all always prevented by Check Point Harmony and Check Point products.

I always advise people to go for an advanced endpoint because IT managers have less of a hassle when using products like Check Point.

I have been facing lots of competition with CrowdStrike and Kaspersky. I don't think other products should compete with Check Point Harmony Endpoint because it is a different level endpoint altogether. I want to give them competition with the pricing.

I rate Check Point a nine out of ten.

We were searching for a next-generation antivirus solution, and this was the best choice on the market.

We have 25 users who work from home and the office.

All computers have Windows Professional version 10 or 11 installed.

We implemented a policy in which every client (either PC or mobile) has to have the Endpoint protection software installed with all the available blades.

Our company's cyber security monitoring process includes centralized product monitoring. 

The product improved the overall security of our organization with the features like sandboxing and phishing prevention.

We have centralized monitoring of the security of the clients even if they are not connected to our VPN network.

The e-mail and office solution is a great add-on to our existing Office 365 protection on our company's e-mails.

I also have to mention that we did not have our mobile devices protected before the implementation of Harmony mobile. That was really the next step in securing our company's overall IT security.

The sandboxing is good. We didn't have any file ransomware attacks since implementation.

The phishing protection works. It prevented a lot of nasty situations with fake websites.

Using this solution in e-mail and Office, we recognized how many man-in-the-middle attacks have been started to get some credential information from our employees.

In mobile, we didn't realize before how much harm can be done from the mobile devices in the network.

It replaced the ESET solutions we used before in our company.

We need a higher maximum file size in the sandboxing feature.

Maybe the exceptions could be made much more understandable and easy to use.

There should be an option added to temporarily disable the protection of all or some blades for testing reasons.

The email and Office solution could have some options for exceptions, for example: don't scan e-mails sent to the local PDF scanner e-mail address.

Maybe an option to auto-upgrade the client version to the next stable release of the client software would be nice.

We have been using this solution for more then two years.

We didn't have any stability issues. We always use the stable releases of the client software.

The solution offers very good scalability.

So far, support is very good. I recommend them.

Positive

We used ESET, which was not satisfying.

It was straightforward.

We implemented through a local implementor.

The protection it gives to the clients is priceless.

Get in contact with your local Check Point solution provider to give you an offer regarding the implementation.

We evalute the Fortinet solution.

We are using Check Point Harmony Endpoint as an all-in-one solution. The agent acts for both ADR and XDR, allowing it to be installed on personal computers or desktops. This helps protect our company's data and network assets from being attacked by threats or ransomware.

After deploying Check Point Harmony Endpoint, there has been a significant change in our company's security posture. Check Point Harmony Endpoint has shielded us from potential threats, especially ransomware.

One of the best features of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is the portal, along with real-time threat detection and existing threat management. 

Check Point Harmony Endpoint protects our company by warning us against clicking any malicious links and prevents our hosts from becoming vulnerable to cyberattacks. This has given us added security and peace of mind as we feel protected against ransomware threats.

Harmony can detect and display threats. It helps prevent us from clicking on threats. Any cyber attackers that attack our hosts won't get any vulnerable information. It's shielding us from ransomware. 

Check Point Harmony Endpoint poses a steep learning curve and has high resource consumption, requiring high-performance PCs on our endpoint site.

I have been using Check Point Harmony Endpoint for almost eight months.

We did not use another solution before Check Point Harmony Endpoint. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is our first time trying an endpoint solution.

At first, I found the initial setup challenging; however, after about a week, it became straightforward. It was the first time I deployed an endpoint solution, and over time, the setup process became easy and manageable.

The deployment process was smooth, even though there was a learning curve initially. It became manageable over time. It's easy to deploy on-premises and on the cloud. We're just using the cloud. 

The configuration process gets easier over time. The first time you configure it, it's hard. 

The licensing process for Check Point Harmony Endpoint is very easy.

We purchased Check Point directly from Check Point. We are partners. We didn't purchase it from the AWS marketplace. 

I would rate the overall solution a five out of ten.

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 highlight of this product. Check Point Harmony Endpoint includes a firewall component that allows us to enforce network security policies at the endpoint level, including application control, network segmentation, VPN enforcement, etc.

We can now see the performance of the computers. Previously, we used some other applications where we could see the CPU percentage go increasingly high. Compared to that, this solution is good. 

Check Point Harmony Endpoint helps us ensure endpoint compliance with security policies and regulatory requirements by enforcing configuration settings. 

Moreover, It provides visibility into endpoint activities and enables security teams to detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents in real-time. So business progress never gets disturbed. 

It monitors endpoint behavior in real-time to identify and block suspicious activities indicative of malware or malicious behavior. This proactive approach helps us a lot. 

It employs sandboxing technology to execute suspicious files in a controlled environment and analyze their behavior. This allows it to identify and block malware that may evade traditional detection methods by remaining dormant or obfuscated. 

More importantly, it is easy to install from the cloud. 

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. 

Enhancements in compliance management and reporting capabilities could help organizations meet regulatory requirements more effectively and streamline audit processes. 

Continuously updating and enriching threat intelligence feeds and research capabilities can improve threat detection and prevention accuracy and effectiveness.

I've used the solution for over a year.

Check Point is a well established cybersecurity vendor with a long history of developing and maintaining security solutions. Harmony Endpoint benefits from this experience and is built on a solid foundation of technology and best practices. That i believe. 

The centralized management console enables efficient management of endpoint security across the entire organization, irrespective of its size. Administrators can easily configure policies, deploy updates, and monitor endpoint activities from a single interface, streamlining management at scale.

Customer service should be improved. 

Positive

Check Point Harmony has fould a suspicious file that the previous application did not discover (that file was in the system for a period as alogic bomps).

The initial setup was straightforward and easy.

We handled the setup in-house.

We've noted ROI in Risk Reduction and have noted:

• Productivity gains
• Compliance cost reduction
• Operational efficiency
• Security consolidation
• Incident response cost reduction

Compared to other service providers, the price is a bit high. That said, it is worth the price. 

We did evaluate McAfee and Norton. 

The solution is good, hence I'm more concerned about the pricing. It would be good if that can be been reduced. 

There are many factors that make Check Point Harmony Endpoint as the main solution for our end-to-end system and data security of the organization. 

The primary use case of Check Point Harmony Endpoint, in our case, is to monitor every node against viruses and digital vulnerabilities, which keeps a 24/7 check over the happenings and keep us alerted against any unforeseen. 

The most important benefit of this solution has a single agent for security purposes and offers great stability during any heavy performance activity.

It has improved the overall security of our organizational digital well-being and made things and monitoring processes a lot easier and more straightforward. 

Integration with third-party servers and data endpoints and 24/7 background security checks are very useful for us and has been very instrumental phenomena in keeping things simple and secure for us. 

It has the ability to configure with any type of system and operating environment, which is great and makes it a more useful product for multiple business entities. 

The most important benefit of this solution is having a single agent for security purposes. 

Its stability during any heavy performance activity is excellent. 

It has improved the overall security of our organizational digital well-being and made things and monitoring processes a lot easier and more straightforward.

Integration with third-party servers and data endpoints and 24/7 background security checks are very useful for us and has been very instrumental phenomena in keeping things simple and secure for us. 

It has the ability to configure with any type of system and operating environment, which is great and makes it a more useful product for multiple purposes.

Overall, my experience with the product is great, and it's a perfect endpoint solution for multiple purposes. 

The solution can be made lightweight in order to keep the systems more effective during the background operations of the scanning and security checks. 

The user interface of reporting dashboard needs to improve for a better understanding of the end users and the administrators. 

The pricing of Check Point Harmony Endpoint can also be reduced. They are quite expensive at the moment. 

I've used the solution for two years.

We found it to be 99% stable and smoothly runs in the background.

It is a scalable solution and everything can be easily monitored, and data can be maintained.

Customer service is great and always helping us with quick solutions.

Positive

It was straightforward to set up and deployed over the cloud.

We implemented the solution via in-house teams.

We've witnessed a positive ROI.

It is a great cost with high-end Check Point features within reasonable cost brackets. You must try it.

Overall this is a great solution with a lot of benefits and ease of use.