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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
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Fortra's Clearswift Secure ...
Ranking in Email Security
39th
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 January 2026, 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 1.0%, 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 Gateway1.0%
Other98.3%
Email Security
 

Featured Reviews

AimanSayyed - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Lead at DigitalTrack Solutions Pvt Ltd
Has significantly reduced phishing threats through proactive monitoring and centralized visibility
A specific example of how Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade helps protect my organization from spam or phishing is when I log in to my management console of the Check Point tool and I open the email security blade logs, and I see all the overnight status of spam, what was the spam message volume, how many phishing attempts were made, and what kind of attachments were quarantined. This gives a real-time threat intelligence and advanced detection of phishing attacks. Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade offers a very easy-to-use dashboard and a proactive approach. Whatever trends are observed will directly inform us. The dashboard is very easy to understand. It gives a spam detection summary where it provides a visual representation through pie or bar graphs for spam suspected or clean mails. I also really appreciate the quarantine summary as it is very descriptive and gives a quick insight into the user complaints, compliance, and backlog. The system health, such as the CPU and update types of status of signatures, is also very well represented, so it does not cause any overload. Integration with SIEM or SOC dashboards, such as QRadar which we use in the organization, is very easy via Syslog exports. This gives centralized visibility, so you do not need to check with all the other devices as one device will give you a centralized overview. Smart events are also very configurable and will give us notifications or mitigation actions, which is beneficial.
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Systems Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
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 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."
"Check Point offers us flexibility when it comes to customizing the configurations that we want to manage, thus allowing us to meet the specific needs of our company."
"The most valuable feature for me is real-time detection and remediation."
"It is easy to install, and the deployment is super easy as well."
"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."
"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's a fairly old solution, however, that has been updated over time to become one of the best manufacturers of security solutions."
"A scalable, stable solution with good technical support."
"A stable solution."
"Ability to create your own content-filtering policies with relative ease."
 

Cons

"Improvements could be made to the user interface and reporting because the management console can feel a bit outdated, so a more real-time dashboard would make it easier, and while the detection is strong, false positive tuning is sometimes needed as occasional legitimate emails get flagged as spam and phishing."
"Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade could improve by focusing more on promoting and marketing its products. Despite having a great solution, it hasn't captured a larger market share, possibly due to insufficient promotion. It should also incorporate a module to monitor client identities, similar to CrowdStrike. It could also improve by systemizing and simplifying their documentation to make it easier to find needed information."
"A possible improvement for the solution would be to be able to implement artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to improve the accuracy of detecting spam and malicious emails that are constantly arriving."
"The technical team could improve services by ensuring when there are changes they inform enterprise users of effective upgrades."
"I can say that the solution's price level is a problematic area that needs to be considered for improvement."
"The customer support for Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade rates at 6 out of 10. Sometimes the Check Point support has issues as they do not respond immediately when I log a ticket and sometimes they lag."
"One area where Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade can be improved is the knowledge base configuration."
"Mobile solutions should be added to Check Point because business email is also used by users on mobile devices."
"Malware needs improvement."
"FTP server and TRUST Manager functionality."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product pricing a seven out of ten."
"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."
"The cost is competitive with other security products on the market."
"This is a simple system with a very low cost and basic functions, which surely is ideal for a small company."
"Reasonably priced solution."
"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
Outsourcing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Wholesaler/Distributor
5%
Computer Software Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise18
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade?
At this time, I do not see anything lacking in Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade. It is working fine for my organization and providing an excellent solution and security.
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 protect document or file links attached through emails, and I have applied a security rule so that no malicious ma...
What advice do you have for others considering Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade?
Any organization looking for the best email security solution should consider Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Software Blade as one of the leading solutions currently present in the IT dom...
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