We performed a comparison between Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade and Darktrace 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."Some of the valuable features on the email side are anti-phishing, anti-malware, and Safe Links."
"It also gives me good visibility because, with Defender, I'm using a Microsoft product to defend Microsoft products. The integration was really seamless and I have wide visibility because it picks up almost everything. Literally, I can see almost every activity that happens, from the e-mail to the workstation itself."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution."
"Threat Explorer is an invaluable tool for me, and it plays a crucial role in helping me discern the origins of various email campaigns, pinpointing where they emanate from, and identifying the individuals within our organization who are affected."
"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."
"The basic features are okay and I'm satisfied with the Defender."
"Defender helps us prioritize threats across our organization."
"The product's scalability is good."
"It has provided us with an easy way to avoid invasive mail."
"It is certainly very beneficial for a small business and works best in combination with other Check Point blades, such as the Data Protection Blade that protects against data loss via email."
"It refreshes the dynamic database regularly to ensure IP addresses that no longer misbehave are not blocked by mistake."
"The policies and port blocking are the most valuable features. We have a significant amount of spam emails passing through our network."
"I like the flexible configuration set, e.g. both the content-based and the IP reputation anti-spam are supported, but you may choose to disable the mechanism you don't like."
"Since the engine is made to block by IP, domains, and reputation, we minimized the spam threats that end up in the user's mailbox."
"Due to its technology, monitoring, and manufacturer features, we have been able to reduce the intrusion of spam and other threats that can be uploaded via email."
"This solution helped us lock down and have our infrastructure easier to manage."
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"t was pretty as far as the granularity of what you were getting out of it."
"Provides great network protection."
"We are able to detect a lot of things, actually, and see what is happening in our network."
"It is a stable solution."
"Technical support is helpful and responsive."
"The most valuable feature of Darktrace is the AI that detects abnormal network activity."
"The platform has many modules, and each module examines a different situation in the behavior."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives us visibility of rogue traffic that is on the network."
"The XDR dashboard has room for improvement."
"The UI needs to be more user-friendly."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 should be more proactive."
"The company should focus on adding threats that the solution is currently unable to detect."
"One area for improvement is integration. For example, when it comes to external SaaS platforms, we were not able to get a lot of information on integrations with such apps for security and authentication."
"They have moved features from one console to another. Things have been moved around in the interface and it takes me time to find where certain features are."
"The only thing they should improve is the licensing model. They should stop changing it. A year ago, the five features I mentioned were included in one product. Now, three of them are bundled into one product, and you have to pay extra for the other two. I don't mind paying extra, but I don't want them to change it every year or every six months. I need to know what I'm looking at and not worry about it next year."
"Microsoft should provide more documentation for users so they can self-educate. I would like to see more documentation for advanced security features."
"A major area for improvement is within some of the heavily discounted software blade add-ons on top of the current Next Generation Threat Prevention and SandBlast and Next Generation Threat Prevention offerings."
"The technical team could improve services by ensuring when there are changes they inform enterprise users of effective upgrades."
"The support language is only English."
"I can say that the solution's price level is a problematic area that needs to be considered for improvement."
"There's definitely room for improvement when it comes to adapting to different languages in one environment."
"There could be an extension of the trial period to 60 days."
"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."
"The solution's technical support is an area with shortcomings that need to be improved for the better."
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"The pricing is a bit high for the region."
"Darktrace could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Its threat analyzer could be better. It should also have agents. They should improve this product by installing agents for the machine to get more visibility. Currently, they are monitoring only the network. They should also monitor the agents from inside. It should also have a better pricing plan because it is an expensive product."
"It's a very complex platform."
"The interface is too mathematical and it should be simplified."
"Darktrace needs to automate the reports of false positives, botnets and everything."
"The dashboard and reporting for this solution could be improved as it is currently complex. The GUI for this solution could also be improved."
"The main portal needs improvement as it is difficult to use."
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Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is ranked 9th in Email Security with 32 reviews while Darktrace is ranked 11th in Email Security with 65 reviews. Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is rated 8.2, while Darktrace 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 Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade is most compared with Barracuda Email Security Gateway, Abnormal Security, Cisco Secure Email and Fortinet FortiMail, whereas Darktrace is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Vectra AI, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco Secure Network Analytics. See our Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade vs. Darktrace report.
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