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We performed a comparison between Check Point Harmony Mobile and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"With Harmony Mobile, we have been able to provide additional security to our network.""The environment is managed and administered centrally in Check Point Infinity which provides a lot of stability with its other features.""The use and management of our portal is easy.""The ease of use, along with comprehensive protection for all devices, is a key advantage. It provides visibility into malicious applications installed on the phone.""As a security solution for devices, it can benefit us in many ways, including providing us with data security, access control, network security, and more.""The usability is the most valuable feature. It's really easy to use. It's a durable solution. I don't have any breaches. It is a good solution from that angle.""Harmony Mobile presents many innovative features.""I really like the application scanning feature that scans all of the installed applications, and not only what appears in the add or remove apps, and then reports the results in the console."

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"The solution has good performance. It is a simple tool to use, once I turn on Windows it automatically starts to use the VPN.""AnyConnect SMC's best features are that it's secure and connects seamlessly to clients' networks.""I think Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is stable.""We have plans to increase the usage of this solution, it can scale well.""The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the consistency, I have not had any issues with the performance.""What I like most about Cisco AnyConnect VPN is its reliability and stability.""The VPN is the most valuable feature. In general, I like the solution and it helps me connect to my corporate site.""The most valuable features of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the reliability and scalability."

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Cons
"We can say that this is a very good solution but Check Point has to reduce the cost.""I would quite like to be able to block ads on my phone by blocking known inbound ad websites and services.""Harmony has more support for Android OS as opposed to iOS. You need a third-party MDM solution to integrate with iOS. If you don't have an MDM, your app can't scan on an iOS device. The solution can scan everything on Android. It sees all your apps.""The admin portal is slightly clunky and sometimes shows a different status than what the device is actually doing.""We had some issues with loopback VPN DNS filtering stopping working periodically, however, this is something that we could probably iron out with support.""While it's great, there's always room for improvement. Adding capabilities for automatic deployment in an enterprise environment would be useful.""The ability to integrate local and cloud technologies to create a hybrid scenario would be an upgrade.""Sometimes, the mobile app crashes and stops responding."

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"If there's any cloud version available, instead of on-premise, that would be ideal.""There are situations where the connection drops, and you may not even be aware of it until you try to do something critical.""There is nothing they need to improve at this moment.""Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could improve by making a feature to set it apart from other competitors.""I haven't found there are any shortcomings in the product. For how I use it, it works well.""The configuration from the client-side would be useful. Right now, it's not centralized. There should be a lock so that it can only be configured from one place.""Sometimes when you are on the VPN, it can be a little bit slow.""The notifications need to be improved. If the VPN is disconnected for a long period of time, they should push out notifications. We need to manually check if the VPN is connected or not. Sometimes it automatically disconnects, but the user doesn't get notifications, and we need to troubleshoot or open the client to manually reconnect. Auto-reconnection would be an improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is a little high."
  • "We didn't actually purchase the software. It was given to us by Check Point. We are using it as a test bed for possible future customers."
  • "Check Point pricing is better than Symantec."
  • "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 huge compared to other products, and it seems this solution is only for companies with a large budget."
  • "This is a very expensive product."
  • "The quality, price, and support ratio are very good."
  • "Regarding the cost of licenses, each device consumes one, even if it has both professional and personal profiles."
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  • "Sometimes there is a problem with the number of licenses for the end-user. The number of concurrent users is limited due to a valid license."
  • "The pricing depends on the requirement, so proper planning and an RF analysis help to properly size the solution and get the best pricing."
  • "The licensing costs are reasonable."
  • "We pay for an annual subscription. Additionally to the subscription, we thought in order to connect this solution to the Active Directory we had to purchase a Cisco ACS, Access Control System. It turns out we did not actually need it."
  • "I am using a paid version of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client."
  • "One thing I've noticed is the price in comparison to other VPNs."
  • "The price is okay."
  • "It costs around 80,000 Indian rupees for a hundred licenses, so approximately $1,020 USD."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It is very easy for my company to get information from the product's support team.
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    Top Answer:There are certain shortcomings in the integration capabilities that a product offers. In the future, I would like to see the product offer more integration features.
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    Also Known As
    Check Point Mobile Access, Check Point SandBlast Mobile
    Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility, AnyConnect Secure Mobility, Cisco AnyConnect, AnyConnect
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    Overview

    Check Point Harmony Mobile is a unified security solution for user devices and access. It is a complete threat defense solution for mobile devices that prevents cyberattacks and enforces security for remote workers and users. It prevents threats on apps, networks, and OS while enhancing the user experience and preventing the disruption of device performance. 

    Check Point Harmony Mobile Benefits

    Some benefits of Harmony Mobile include: 

    • Advanced app analysis that detects known and unknown threats
    • Mitigates threats regardless of the mobile management platform or what the user is doing
    • Prevents infected devices to send data to botnets
    • Blocks phishing attacks on social media, email, and messaging

    Harmony Mobile integrates with UEM systems to assess the device’s level of risk. The UEM quarantines and activates security policies, such as blocking access to corporate assets. 

    Check Point Harmony Mobile Key Features

    Harmony Mobile's key features include: 

    • App protection: The platform detects and blocks the download of malicious applications in real-time. It runs the application in a cloud-based environment and tests it by leveraging techniques such as sandboxing, advanced static analysis, anomaly detection, and other techniques. By doing so, it prevents malware from infiltrating employees’ mobile devices. 
    • Network protection: The platform’s unique infrastructure extends Check Point security capabilities to mobile devices. It includes features such as anti-phishing, safe browsing, conditional access, anti bot, and URL filtering. 
    • Simple and easy to use management: Check Point Harmony Mobile integrates with almost all mobile management solutions (MDM/UEM), and supports BYOD programs and remote work settings. It delivers scalability and efficiency with zero-touch deployment. The system works for all Android deployment models. The management console is cloud-based, delivering visibility over the risk posture and enabling admins to roll granular policies. 
    • User friendly: The platform is easy to adopt, with no disruption of the user experience or the device's usability. The system delivers detailed threat notifications in real time as well as weekly reports. The platform doesn’t impact battery life or data consumption. Additionally, it keeps the user and corporate data private without collecting or analyzing personal information. Finally, the platform anonymizes the context metadata from apps and networks it uses for analysis.  

    Check Point Harmony Mobile Components 

    • Behavioral risk engine: The engine uses data received from the app about the network, configuration, and OS data integrity, detects and analyzes suspicious activity, and produces a risk score.
       
    • Mobile gateway: A multi-tenant architecture and mobile devices are registered. The gateway manages the solution communications with connected mobile devices and with the dashboard.
       
    • Management dashboard: The dashboard enables administration, provisioning, and monitoring of devices and policies. It integrates with Unified Endpoint Management.

    • Mobile Protect app: This lightweight app for iOS and Android collects data and analyzes threats to devices. It monitors the operating systems, applications, and network behavior and collects data to detect malicious behavior.

    • ThreatCloud: A database with real-time threat intelligence on indicators of compromise from hundreds of thousands of Check Point gateways and millions of endpoints worldwide.  

    Check Point Harmony Mobile Capabilities

    • Prevents malicious app downloads
    • Prevents phishing on applications
    • Prevents man-in-the-middle attacks
    • Stops infected devices from accessing corporate applications
    • Detects OS exploits

    Reviews from Real Users

    "The easy navigation of the admin portal is a welcome change to how some other admin portals are not very user-friendly," says G.S., a Manager of Infrastructure Services at an energy/utilities company.

    Kadeem C., an IT Security Analyst at an energy/utilities company, says, "I really like the application scanning portion where it scans your current applications and any new applications that you add to the device to let you know if it is malicious."

    Oleg P., Senior Network/Security Engineer at Skywind Group, says, "The most impressive thing is the SSL VPN Portal."

    Hans V., an Engineer at Caldoo, adds that “We've found that the product is quite stable."

    Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility is a unified agent that provides different security services to help empower and protect organizations. It offers the visibility and control you need to figure out who and what is gaining access to your extended company before, during, and after an attack.

    Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility is an endpoint security platform that includes remote access, posture enforcement, and online security features. It provides your IT department with all of the secure access options it needs to deliver a reliable, user-friendly, and highly secure mobile experience. It not only allows VPN access via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), but it also provides additional security via built-in modules, such as Cisco Network Access Manager, Cisco

    AnyConnect ISE Agent, and Cisco AnyConnect Web Security Client.

    Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Features

    Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Accessible from any location: Cisco AnyConnect allows any user to connect to the workplace network from any device, at any time, and from any location.
    • Unified endpoint compliance: Cisco AnyConnect unifies endpoint posture and remediation across wired, wireless, and VPN environments for Cisco ISE. It offers endpoint posture testing for OS levels, the most recent antivirus updates, and other resources to improve endpoint security and compliance.
    • Web security: Cisco AnyConnect includes a web security module that may be used with either the on-premises Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) or the cloud-based Cisco Cloud Web Security (CWS). Admins can give comprehensive secure mobility to all end users by combining online security with VPN access, which is critical for BYOD deployments.
    • Secure network access: The Network Access Manager has advanced connection features that allow managers to decide which networks or resources endpoints can access. It includes an IEEE 802.1X supplicant as well as some unique encryption methods that can be deployed as part of authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) capabilities.
    • Mobile device support: Cisco AnyConnect is compatible with the most common devices used by today's workforce. With per-application VPN, highly secure remote access can be device-based or powered transparently by certain enterprise mobile applications.
    • Simplified management and usability: Cisco AnyConnect provides a consistent user experience across on-premises and off-premises devices without causing IT headaches.

    Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Endpoint security that is context-aware, comprehensive, and ongoing
    • Flexible access to company resources over wired, cellular, and VPN networks
    • Low cost of ownership
    • User Verification
    • Prevents data threats at entry
    • Protects users who are off the VPN
    • Uses visibility and analytics to optimize security
    • Unlocks endpoint visibility

    Reviews from Real Users

    Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its ability to be customized and its reliability. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

    Hakan T., Senior Solution Sales Consultant at a tech services company, writes, “Every time I have to connect to the network I use this solution. It is a customizable solution, it makes life easier for me. It makes the global workforce work much easier and more secure.”

    Another PeerSpot reviewer, a Product Manager and CMOS Image Sensors at a manufacturing company, mentions, “Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client works well, we don't have any issues with it. The most valuable feature of this solution is that it works all of the time.”

    Sample Customers
    Samsung Research America, Mississippi Office of the Secretary of State
    MST, Molina Healthcare, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Arup, New South Wales Rural FireService
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Security Firm14%
    Energy/Utilities Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Government7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Comms Service Provider20%
    Energy/Utilities Company14%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization41%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Government5%
    Financial Services Firm5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise32%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise49%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise47%
    Large Enterprise35%

    Check Point Harmony Mobile is ranked 1st in Mobile Threat Defense with 42 reviews while Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 67 reviews. Check Point Harmony Mobile is rated 8.8, while Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Check Point Harmony Mobile writes "Easy to implement, simple to maintain policies, and does not disrupt end-user functionality". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". Check Point Harmony Mobile is most compared with Check Point Remote Access VPN, Lookout, Fortinet FortiClient, VMware Workspace ONE and Zimperium, whereas Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Zscaler Private Access, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Fortinet FortiClient.

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