We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Endpoint and Trend Micro Apex One based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a sophisticated defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. The solution is praised for its forensic analysis and VPN connectivity. Trend Micro Apex One stands out for its centralized reporting, efficient policy implementation, and a diverse array of features including DLP, encryption, and patch management. Users say Check Point could improve its endpoint vulnerability management and threat-hunting features. Trend Micro Apex One users say the platform should improve its compatibility with different operating systems and address performance issues. Users also say the reporting, forensic analysis, and ransomware features could use some work.
Service and Support: While several users lauded Check Point support for its problem-solving skills, others said there is room for improvement. Trend Micro support generally earned positive reviews, but some said that support could be more proactive and respond faster.
Ease of Deployment: Setting up Check Point Harmony Endpoint is uncomplicated, and one admin is usually enough for the job. It may take time to configure the solution due to the wide range of available blades. Most users thought Trend Micro Apex One was easy to set up, but a few said that it’s more complex than competing solutions.
Pricing: Users generally find the price of Check Point Harmony Endpoint to be reasonable and competitive. They perceive it as more cost-effective than other solutions, though some said it could be lower. Some considered the price of Trend Micro Apex One to be fair, while others found it expensive.
ROI: Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a comprehensive and economical solution, and customers say the product has helped them grow. Trend Micro Apex One provides extra cost-effective advantages and safeguards vital information.
Comparison Results: Our users prefer Check Point Harmony Endpoint over Trend Micro Apex One . Check Point Harmony Endpoint provides a robust defense against ransomware and phishing attacks. While Trend Micro Apex One receives praise for its DLP, encryption, and patch management, users say it needs to address sluggish performance and expand compatibility with various operating systems.
"The console is easy to read. I also like the scanning part and the ability to move assets from one to the other."
"We have FortiEDR installed on all our systems. This protects them from any threats."
"Fortinet is very user-friendly for customers."
"The product detects and blocks threats and is more proactive than firewalls."
"The most valuable feature is the analysis, because of the beta structure."
"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."
"This is stable and scalable."
"The solution was relatively easy to deploy."
"We were under an attack in our environment, and the Check Point response was good because we didn't lose anything."
"It's great for securing our endpoints from any external attacks."
"The main advantage of the solution is the ability to implement complete security policies for the terminals in order to address how apps are installed on corporate devices."
"A unique feature with this product is that it will detect if the user is entering their password on a website, and then block it."
"It provides remote access for the staff and increases their productivity."
"The product improved the overall security of our organization with the features like sandboxing and phishing prevention."
"The tool minimizes the impact of a breach with autonomous detection and response."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point Harmony Endpoint is it can be used for all kinds of endpoints, including mobile phones."
"Its reporting and dashboard are valuable. Its dashboard is easy to use."
"The general anti-virus on offer is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"This solution protects us from virus attacks before they affect the organization."
"The most favorable features have been behavior monitoring and zero-day threat protection."
"I use Trend Micro Apex One for work control, application control, firewall, whitelist and blocklist filtration, analysis, monitoring, deep security for the servers, major monitoring, and IPS modules."
"I can run a full scan and it won't cost too much in terms of resources, which is good."
"I think this is the best solution in the category of endpoint protection, it's really excellent. It's better than McAfee."
"The nano protection and device control are great."
"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."
"The security should be strong for the cloud. Some applications are on-prem and some are on the cloud. Fortinet should also have strong security for the cloud. There should be more security for the cloud."
"Everything with Fortinet having to do with their cloud services. They need to invest more in their internal infrastructure that they are running in the cloud. One of the things I find with their cloud environment compared to others' is that they go cheap on the equipment. So it causes some performance degradation."
"I think cloud security and SASE are areas of concern in the product where improvements are required. The tool's cloud version has to be improved in terms of the security it offers."
"Detections could be improved."
"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."
"Integration with Azure and SaaS provisioning tools could improve Fortinet FortiEDR."
"Making the portal mobile friendly would be helpful when I am out of office."
"Check Point offers solutions with only a few features for our company's customers' sites."
"We would like to make the documentation for more modern solutions like the Harmony family easier to find."
"They could be focused on the analysis of USB devices."
"This is one of the most innovative solutions due to the fact that it includes many real-time content filtering features, management, and assurance of the transactions of what went in or out of our peripherals. That said, it is important to integrate other solutions to continue innovating in the market."
"If the IT department is used to "cloning" endpoints (making images) you are going to have a hard time trying to install the product and you are going to end up reading a lot of Check Point documents."
"Its guides are identical to the existing ones. These guides should be updated and they should improve their design."
"There are a number of features behind paywalls which can be frustrating when you are already paying a premium."
"The application control and URL filtering features are not very strong."
"We cover many things, but there is something called ATP, advanced threat prevention. I think they need to invest in this technology."
"The solution could use signatureless detection."
"The customization has room for improvement."
"Product performance needs improvement. Customers face the same performance issues on the endpoint of the product. We need improvement on that side."
"I'd like to see the different interface components combined into one, or be allowed to get to the agent management portion without having to log into the main console."
"I would like to see the initial setup simplified to make it less complicated, and the price reduced."
"The menus can be more user-friendly or easier. For example, if we want to enable access to the USB ports, it should be more user-friendly. It is not easy. We need to navigate through several menus to be able to give access."
"We have to manually log in to the machines and give them an update command."
Check Point Harmony Endpoint is ranked 8th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 101 reviews while Trend Micro Apex One is ranked 6th in Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) with 124 reviews. Check Point Harmony Endpoint is rated 8.8, while Trend Micro Apex One is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Endpoint writes "Excellent anti-ransomware protection, zero-day phishing protection, and web browsing filtering". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trend Micro Apex One writes "Good monitoring and server protection with helpful machine learning". Check Point Harmony Endpoint is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business and SentinelOne Singularity Complete, whereas Trend Micro Apex One is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks, Trend Micro Smart Protection and ESET Endpoint Protection Platform. See our Check Point Harmony Endpoint vs. Trend Micro Apex One report.
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