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Check Point Harmony Mobile vs IBM MaaS360 comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
Check Point Harmony Mobile enhances security, reduces breaches, and improves efficiency, offering valued protection and cost savings for users.
Sentiment score
7.5
IBM MaaS360 enhances productivity, ensures HIPAA compliance, and provides a positive ROI, particularly beneficial for medical industry security needs.
It reduced the cost of data breaches.
Incidents have dropped by around 15% since we started using Check Point Harmony Mobile.
Our ROI with Harmony Mobile has been strong, we have prevented multiple phishing and malware incidents in mobile devices saving time, potential breaches, and compliance-related costs.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
Check Point Harmony Mobile support is responsive and knowledgeable, with prompt resolutions, despite occasional delays and language barriers.
Sentiment score
5.6
IBM MaaS360's customer service is praised, but technical support reviews are mixed, citing response time and solution adequacy issues.
The support for Check Point Harmony Mobile was excellent, both for technical support and other aspects.
Their team is responsive, knowledgeable and proactive in resolving issues and providing guidance.
I had to reach out to customer support for Check Point Harmony Mobile recently to understand better where the log location was, and they replied with the correct SK procedure.
IBM's support and technical service were helpful when needed.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Check Point Harmony Mobile excels in scalability and integration, fitting various infrastructures and enabling flexible, seamless organizational expansion.
Sentiment score
8.5
IBM MaaS360 is praised for its scalability, effectively supporting both small and large organizations, despite some cost concerns for smaller businesses.
Check Point Harmony Mobile is scalable and can be integrated with our existing security infrastructure.
Check Point Harmony Mobile's scalability is good, and I have been able to add more users or devices easily as my organization has grown.
Harmony mobile scales easily with growing device fleets making it well suited for both small teams and large enterprises.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Check Point Harmony Mobile is highly reliable with stable performance, minimal issues, and excellent data protection across devices.
Sentiment score
7.8
IBM MaaS360 is praised for stability and performance, though a few users experience minor issues like passcode delays and battery drain.
Check Point Harmony Mobile is absolutely stable with no downtime, and it is working excellently.
Harmony mobile has proven to be highly stable in our environment with consistent performance and no major downtime or crashes.
 

Room For Improvement

Check Point Harmony Mobile requires improvements in usability, integration, cost-effectiveness, feature parity, performance, and customization for better efficiency.
IBM MaaS360 requires enhancements in UI, reporting, support, device management, security, and feature integration to match competitors.
While it is worth the investment given the increased security and improved user experience, it is definitely a significant expense.
In the future versions adding AI-driven threat prediction and automated remediation could take the solution to the next level.
I would like to see improved speed, overall speed, and customization in the reporting.
 

Setup Cost

Check Point Harmony Mobile is expensive but justified by security, and negotiation or bundling can reduce costs for installations.
IBM MaaS360 is cost-effective for some users, yet pricing pressure and mixed reviews highlight concerns over affordability and value.
It is a significant expense, but it is worth the investment given the increased security and improved user experience.
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Check Point Harmony Mobile is that pricing can be a little bit lower, which would be good because other antivirus solutions are significantly cheaper.
Harmony Mobile's pricing is per device and generally affordable especially when bundled with other harmony solutions.
The pricing and licensing experience with IBM MaaS360 was satisfactory and not expensive.
 

Valuable Features

Check Point Harmony Mobile offers real-time threat detection, ease of use, and seamless integration for comprehensive mobile security.
IBM MaaS360 offers efficient, secure device management with comprehensive tracking, BYOD support, user-friendly interface, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
Network protection especially against unsafe wifi has been crucial for securing remote work.
Check Point Harmony Mobile's advanced threat prevention capabilities have been very effective in blocking these threats.
Check Point Harmony Mobile has positively impacted my organization by saving time and providing better security.
The main benefit of IBM MaaS360 is phone control and rollout.
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Harmony Mobile
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
54
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Threat Defense (1st)
IBM MaaS360
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (13th), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Check Point Harmony Mobile is designed for Mobile Threat Defense and holds a mindshare of 11.3%, down 15.8% compared to last year.
IBM MaaS360, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), holds 5.0% mindshare, up 4.1% since last year.
Mobile Threat Defense Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Check Point Harmony Mobile11.3%
Zimperium28.5%
Lookout23.9%
Other36.300000000000004%
Mobile Threat Defense
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM MaaS3605.0%
Microsoft Intune30.6%
Workspace ONE UEM11.4%
Other53.0%
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
 

Featured Reviews

Nasseer Qureshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Ensuring remote work security with effective protection for Mobile device access
Check point harmony mobile is strong but could improve in reducing alert fatigue, sometimes we get too many notification which can overwhelm users and IT staff. Making alerts smarter or more customizable would help focus attention on the most critical threats. Also enhanced reporting with more detailed insights and easier integration with other security tools would be great. In the future versions adding AI-driven threat prediction and automated remediation could take the solution to the next level.
Bijay Kumar Swain - PeerSpot reviewer
Ability to segregate data, well-suited for medium enterprises and installation is quick
We have some challenges. If we look at the challenges we face in the market, there are a few products like Sophos, where there are features of MaaS360, and the IBM EDR product, ReaQta. So, there are features from both ReaQta and MaaS360 available in Sophos, as well as a few other products, which we have challenges in replacing. MaaS360 definitely caters to a few of the requirements, but when someone is going for a solution, all the features are not available in MaaS360. It is like a combo, MaaS360, and IBM ReaQta, that is, EDR, ReaQta. Both of them, together as a combo plan, actually offer a very good proposition in terms of market competitors. There are a few products like Sophos and another product which have features from both endpoint detection and response and mobile device management. Because we have two different products with those features, we face challenges in proposing a particular product for the client. It is like a marketing challenge. The way other competitor products are available in the market. So it is better to have a different positive team, but, again, to remain in competition and have better scalability. So, IBM needs to integrate a few features that the competitors have in their products. No doubt, this is a different product, MaaS360. We call it MDM. We call it endpoint mobile device management. Then we call it different names that MaaS360 falls into. But when we are talking about competitor products, to remain in the competition, you need to have features that others provide. IBM surely has those features in other products, but not in MaaS360. The only challenge was replacing already existing competitor products with MaaS360. So, that’s the only area where we struggle because they always come with those requirements that they are already getting in the competitor’s product, which is not available in IBM’s MaaS360. So this product lacks some features, like Unified Endpoint Management.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business34
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise22
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Harmony Mobile?
The most valuable features of the solution are threat emulation, threat extraction, URL detection, antimalware, antivirus, and IPS.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Harmony Mobile?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is very expensive.
What needs improvement with Check Point Harmony Mobile?
Troubleshooting on Check Point Harmony Mobile is quite difficult because the logs are not located in the cloud, but they are on the local device. If there is an issue, you need to retrieve the logs...
Microsoft Intune vs IBM MaaS360 - which to choose?
Our organization researched both Microsoft Intune and IBM MaaS360 when considering the type of endpoint security tool that we wanted. Ultimately we decided to choose IBM MaaS360 to secure and manag...
What do you like most about IBM MaaS360?
We introduced the product as part of the SOC-2 requirement. The tool's most valuable features include keeping the operating system updated, tracking software inventory, controlling computer adminis...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM MaaS360?
The pricing and licensing experience with IBM MaaS360 was satisfactory and not expensive.
 

Also Known As

Check Point Mobile Access, Check Point SandBlast Mobile
Fiberlink MaaS360, MaaS360
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Samsung Research America, Mississippi Office of the Secretary of State
Bancroft, Garuda Indonesia
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