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Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade vs Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Anti-Spam and E...
Ranking in Email Security
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fortra's Clearswift Secure ...
Ranking in Email Security
41st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Email Security category, the mindshare of Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is 0.7%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Email Security Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade0.7%
Fortra's Clearswift Secure Email Gateway1.1%
Other98.2%
Email Security
 

Featured Reviews

Abnet Tsegaye Belay - PeerSpot reviewer
Has reduced phishing threats and provided better visibility through detailed dashboards and logging
One thing I noticed with Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is that without configuring the MTA or transfer agent, it cannot work fully. The MTA feature has significant resource needs, and without it, we cannot use the full-fledged features of Anti-Spam and Email Security Blades. Its dependency on MTA is substantial. I chose 8 out of 10 for Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade because of the MTA dependency feature. Disabling MTA is problematic as it is very important for deploying this solution. If you want full content scanning or threat extraction and emulation, you have to enable MTA to work effectively.
PC
Stable, but malware needs improvement and customer support is poor
They need to improve the malware in the product. I am not satisfied with Clearswift because of the lack of customer support. The support is poor, the supplier takes a lot of time and it's expensive. We have some issues here when I contact the supplier, it takes a lot of time for them to get back to us but there's no solution. I am now looking at Symantec as a possible alternative.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It does a better job of recognizing spammers."
"Mail sanitisation features are second to none."
"The policies and port blocking are the most valuable features. We have a significant amount of spam emails passing through our network."
"Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade has positively impacted my organization by causing a very steep drop in spam and phishing mail after implementing this, with the risk of ransomware entry now very low and around 80% of spam mails prevented."
"It is a highly cost-effective solution for all kinds of small, marginal, and medium enterprises."
"Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is quite reliable...It is a very stable solution."
"The functionality is better."
"One of the standout features of the product is a significant reduction in false positives, achieved through the implementation of artificial intelligence for detecting malware, phishing attempts, and spam emails."
"A stable solution."
"Ability to create your own content-filtering policies with relative ease."
 

Cons

"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."
"The solution could be improved by reducing false positives."
"The technical team could improve services by ensuring when there are changes they inform enterprise users of effective upgrades."
"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."
"The ease of use with the user interface could be better as it is very static."
"Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade can be improved as there is a lack of KB documentation while deploying and configuring this solution."
"The user should be able to perform a real-time search of the objects and see the messages."
"The anti-spam features could be upgraded to be able to detect unnoticeable spam."
"FTP server and TRUST Manager functionality."
"Malware needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product pricing a seven out of ten."
"Reasonably priced solution."
"This is a simple system with a very low cost and basic functions, which surely is ideal for a small company."
"The cost is competitive with other security products on the market."
"For licensing, my company makes yearly payments, which is expensive."
"Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."
"I rate the pricing as an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Security Firm
7%
Educational Organization
6%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise19
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade?
One thing I noticed with Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is that without configuring the MTA or transfer agent, it cannot work fully. The MTA feature has significant resourc...
What is your primary use case for Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade?
My main use case for Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is to block and allow some malicious domains based on the IP reputation, based on the content that it holds, or based on...
What advice do you have for others considering Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade?
The combination of reputation, content fingerprinting, blacklisting and Zero-hour outbreak protection in Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is not just a single point of failur...
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