Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) vs Jamf Connect comparison

Check Point Software Technologies and JAMF are both solutions in the ZTNA as a Service category. Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.6, while JAMF is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.7. Check Point Software Technologies holds a 7.1% mindshare in ZaaS, compared to JAMF’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Check Point Software Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of JAMF users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Jamf Connect and Check Point Harmony SASE compete in network security and identity management. Check Point Harmony SASE seems superior due to its robust features, despite Jamf Connect receiving positive feedback for pricing and customer support.

Features: Jamf Connect integrates seamlessly with identity providers like Azure AD and Okta, simplifies user authentication on macOS, and supports single sign-on and multi-factor authentication for enhanced security. Check Point Harmony SASE combines Zero Trust Network Access, Secure Web Gateway, and Firewall as a Service to deliver comprehensive cybersecurity across various platforms, offering data loss prevention and centralized management.

Room for Improvement: Jamf Connect could enhance support for non-Apple environments, provide more robust integration options beyond identity management, and reduce configuration complexity for IT teams. Check Point Harmony SASE could improve its user interface for easier management, offer more cost-effective solutions for smaller businesses, and simplify the deployment process to reduce the learning curve for new users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Jamf Connect offers streamlined deployment in Apple ecosystems and is known for responsive customer service. Check Point Harmony SASE, while also easy to deploy, requires configuration across multiple platforms but provides flexible security solutions, benefiting from efficient customer support for troubleshooting and assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Jamf Connect is preferred for its competitive pricing, appealing to Apple-focused organizations with lower initial costs. Check Point Harmony SASE may have higher setup costs but offers an extensive feature set that could lead to higher long-term ROI for businesses requiring comprehensive security, making it more valuable for varied technology environments.

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Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) vs. Jamf Connect

June 2026

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iboss

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the ZTNA as a Service category, the mindshare of iboss is 3.7%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) is 7.1%, up from 5.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jamf Connect is 1.8%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

ZTNA as a Service Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
iboss	3.7%
Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81)	7.1%
Jamf Connect	1.8%
Other	87.4%

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Featured Reviews

Ashok Ananthula

Senior Consultant Proxy Engineering at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Cloud gateway has strengthened remote web security and now needs better Mac and ISP support

The problem our organization had is that iboss failed for the Mac devices. It is not able to give a successful agent for the Mac agents. That is where in 2025, we had to migrate to the Palo Alto-based platform. If your use case is for just Windows laptops,you can consider this platform as an option One issue is the data center resiliency part. In India especially, they are not tied up with the Tier 1 ISPs like Tata or Airtel; they were having Tier 2 ISPs and encountered many issues reaching few major sites that my organization depends on, and they were having problems that they could not fix quickly. They also lack a mechanism to route that traffic within their data center; rather, they ask customers to make a pac file change to route it to Singapore explicitly. It would be better if they route from their backend , i mean even if I send it to India DC, they should be able to route it internally to make that work; however, they fail to do that and ask the customer to route it in the pac file. Another suggestion is that in China, they do not have the proper setup; they used to have numerous problems with slowness and lack of premium circuits in China as well. That leads to multiple sites working slowly with latency-related issues. So the main issue is the ISP-related problems that need to be solved.

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Nasseer Qureshi

Pre Sales Consultant at Redington Group

Delivers seamless and secure remote access while enhancing security posture

Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) offers strong features, but there are areas that could be improved. One area for improvement is integration with third-party identity providers. It works with standard SAML and SSO, but we would prefer deeper integrations with solutions such as Ping for more advanced identity-based policies. Additionally, a mobile-specific client or lightweight agent would be helpful for securing access from smartphones, especially in BYOD environments. We would appreciate more granular reporting and analytics, including better drill-down capabilities to investigate specific users or app activity. The logs are comprehensive, but filtering them can sometimes feel messy. The user interface on the management portal could be more intuitive, especially when managing multiple sites or remote offices. Some of the policy configuration steps are nested and could be streamlined.

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Robert Ojok

Systems Engineer Iii Apple Devices (Jamf Engineering) at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Unified sign-on has simplified password management and now secures our mobile workforce

The ability to have a single password for the local device and the same password for the IDP is part of our security requirements. Jamf Connect integrates with multi-factor authentication from any IDP and facilitates initial device enrollment. It ensures that when a new user sets up the device, they sign in with their IDP username and password, which then creates the profile on the device. Furthermore, Jamf Connect is now integrated into Jamf Self Service Plus, providing a single dashboard for user password management and allowing users to sync and change their passwords. Additionally, Jamf Connect enhances security by offering two-factor authentication and permitting users to manage or seek help through support features directly within the app.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"As I mentioned, the return on investment is significant, as it saved our office locations' bandwidth because when you are working remotely at home, your internet traffic routes directly to iboss and will not go to your office building, saving bandwidth bottlenecks and ensuring that issues with our building internet circuits will not impact your internet connectivity because you are directly going to the iboss data center."

"iboss is among the few products providing inline filtering where no application is needed on the device. It operates on the network side and is not device-based. This feature was one of the main reasons why we stayed with them for so long."

"The solution has massively improved our security posture, giving us full visibility into what our staff does online."

"iboss is pretty scalable. They provide good support. The case managers you work with to coordinate what you need are pretty good."

"Deploying iboss leads to good return on investment, estimated around 70% to 80%."

"Iboss is a solution that prevents advanced persistent threats, and has a zero tolerance for attacks."

"The iboss solution gives me the ability to scan the traffic through all the ports, through all the 131,000 PCP and UDP ports, and with this ability, we have the granularity also for consults over social media and applications on mobile, and this is an advantage that the customers are looking for right now."

"Technical support is pretty sharp and very responsive."

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"The Harmony Connect solution helped by unifying in a single portal all the necessary accesses for the company's internal employees, such as RDP, SSH, bank access databases, and even internal portals, bringing security and organization to the entire environment and facilitating employee access with a single, centralized login to the entire environment."

"Overall, the unified agent covers endpoints as well as prevents web browser attacks."

"Harmony Mobile has enabled us to provide the necessary information for the evaluation and analysis of the risks, threats, and security vulnerabilities to which mobile devices are currently exposed, as well as the technology used to address these risks."

"Customer service is excellent."

"The features are excellent, particularly the user interface and user accessibility."

"It keeps us all accountable and ensures secure internet connections while we all work remotely."

"What I like about Harmony Connect is that every packet through the network is screened and filtered so that only clean packets can enter the PC. This is useful for a variety of security reasons because you no longer need to worry about things like DDoS attacks."

"The application control and granular access feature are very easy to use, intuitive, and effective."

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"It has definitely reduced the IT support burden, as 31% of Mac tickets are password-related, costing an average of 70 or 80 dollars for just one ticket, and that has been drastically reduced with the automation of these tasks through Jamf Connect."

"It's a good and stable tool, so you should use it if you have a need."

"For those kinds of users, it is an awesome solution because it syncs their password across the devices they are using, which was not the case previously."

"Jamf Connect is a pretty simple and straightforward tool overall."

"Jamf Connect is an identity provider, and once you log in, you will have all the device's access."

"The initial setup of Jamf Connect was straightforward with clear instructions provided in the documentation."

"The most valuable feature is the synchronization of passwords with a local password, which works well."

"The most valuable feature is ease of access. It's convenient to do things like resetting passwords. Previously, users were bound to their domain. We had to bind the user to the domain and log them in through the AD. Now, using Jamf Connect, we don't face any of these challenges. Resetting passwords is hassle-free so we can regularly rotate passwords according to best practices."

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Cons

"To scale up, a new iboss Node Blade Chassis must be purchased."

"One thing I would like to see differently with their Zero Trust platform is that some of the AI aspects related to high-risk activities have more false positives."

"If they could implement an extra security layer preventing access to iboss from the open internet, it would be great."

"The reporting feature needs improvement. It doesn't give you the expected results. It is quite difficult to get the specific reports needed, and it is not as intuitive as the rest of the platform."

"I'd like to see them accelerate development on the security side, particularly around data loss prevention."

"Sometimes, obviously, there are bugs."

"The problem our organization had is that iboss failed for the Mac devices; it is not able to give a successful agent for the Mac agents, and that is where in 2025 we had to migrate to the Palo Alto-based platform."

"Our iboss subscription access should be more secure with an OTP or VPN etc. It is easy to gain access if, for example, hackers obtain my username and password."

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"The tool could be more user-friendly."

"The access to the portal should be faster. It shouldn't crash a lot."

"Automation and scalability are areas where the solution lacks and needs to improve."

"Sometimes, the product is very slow."

"When it comes to Check Point Quantum SASE, though the OEM provides security, it is not 100 percent full-fledged to meet the requirements from the customers' end."

"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."

"The integration from a management perspective could be improved so that the management can, from an existing Check Point firewall, manage a Harmony firewall through one pane of glass."

"The remote browser isolation is not part of the unified agent, as of now."

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"There is room for improvement with Jamf Connect in reducing its cost and overcoming limitations during pre-stage enrollment, which prevent it from creating MDM-capable users."

"The configuration could be faster."

"The solution’s technical support is bad and should be improved."

"The logs are an area with a shortcoming."

"When a Mac is joined to Azure, the generic Pro console in the MDM should accurately display the Mac as joined to Azure in the inventory section. Currently, it shows "no domain account found," which can be misleading."

"The main use case for Jamf Connect was to synchronize local accounts with the identity provider, like Entra. However, due to some limitations with the enrollment sequence and user limitations, we decided to discontinue using it."

"I see a potential area of improvement for Jamf Connect from the commercial side, not from the technical side, because technically we do not have any issues."

"We have faced issues with the product's configuration. If we use the tool with other business manager solutions, then there is the issue of naming conventions. The tool needs to be careful with newer updates so that it doesn't break any of the existing configurations."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is not expensive, and it is also not cheap. iboss is priced right in the sweet spot for the number of features it offers."

"It is probably in line with other solutions, but I do not deal with the financial side."

"It is expensive compared to one of its competitors."

"We had the cost of purchasing a new appliance along with the implementation and licensing costs. However, the following year, the cost of just licensing was similar to what was paid the previous year for a new appliance along with the implementation and licensing costs."

"The overall pricing for iboss is very competitive and transparent."

"We have not priced the solution recently, but they were competitive with other vendors in the past."

"The pricing of Check Point is relatively high when compared to other competitors like Palo Alto and Fortinet. While Palo Alto may be on the higher side in terms of cost, Check Point's pricing is similar to that of Fortinet. In some cases, Check Point offers better value for the features it provides. We initially considered other options but ultimately decided to purchase hardware that came with three years of iOS. This approach eliminated the need for any additional costs associated with Check Point. I would rate it 10 out of 10."

"The solution's pricing model may not be suitable for smaller companies, as they might find it expensive. Larger companies tend to receive more value due to many users."

"I would rate Harmony Connect's pricing at six out of ten. It wasn't particularly expensive, but it wasn't super cheap either."

"The solution is priced appropriately considering its uses. For an essential license, a user pays only 30 USD per month. For an enterprise version, the prices can be negotiated with the company."

"The pricing is good, especially when you compare it to other firewall or UTM solutions from FortiGate or SonicWall, where you would have to invest about four hundred thousand rupees for 100 users over a three-year period."

"The cost of the solution's licenses depends on the particular use cases."

"Overall I am very happy with the solution’s flexibility and pricing."

"I consider the product to be a medium-priced solution. There are no additional costs attached to the tool."

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"It's relatively inexpensive."

"I rate the cost as three out of ten, with ten being the highest."

"The pricing is definitely on the higher side."

"Jamf Connect has a yearly licensing cost, which is expensive."

"The pricing is good."

"The solution's price is reasonable."

"We pay 2 dollars per device monthly. For the plus version, you have to pay 4 dollars per month. I think the product will give discounts based on the number of users and devices."

"The pricing model could be improved, especially considering the availability of alternative MDM solutions like Kandji, which offers similar features for free or at a lower cost."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Construction Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	53
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	14

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with iboss?

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My experience with iboss's pricing structure, setup cost, and licensing model has been positive, straightforward, and...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Harmony Connect?

I am not aware of the pricing, setup cost, and licensing, but I would say the setup cost is our resource, and we have...

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What needs improvement with Harmony Connect?

When I'm raising a ticket for Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81), it's a bit technical for non-technica...

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I have experience with this product as a user. Currently, the Check Point product that I worked with mostly was the F...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jamf Connect?

We purchased Jamf Connect directly from Jamf.

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Jamf Connect is pretty good software and well developed. I just wish it would also be available for Windows, but I am...

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Jamf Connect is used for logging in from the Mac to our Okta, or connecting to my organization network, which helps M...

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Also Known As

iBoss Cloud Platform

Check Point Quantum SASE

Wandera, Wandera Private Access

Overview

Iboss offers a comprehensive cloud-based security platform valued for its scalability and autonomous features, ensuring robust security with easy deployment and management capabilities.

Renowned for its robust security architecture, Iboss integrates seamlessly within diverse networks, delivering efficient granular filtering and advanced content categorization. Its single pane of glass console provides ease of management, allowing rapid scalability suitable for rapidly deploying environments. Operates in BYOD setups due to inline filtering without device installation. Integration with cloud-based applications enhances user control, and features like SASE, SSL inspection, and ChatGPT risk protection stand as highlights. Despite its strengths, users have pointed out areas for enhancement like direct navigation in reports, SSL decryption, and better cloud integration while having room to improve data loss prevention.

What are the most important features of Iboss?

Scalability: Supports rapid deployment across diverse networks.
SASE: A consolidated approach to secure access.
SSL Inspection: Ensures safe data transmission.
Granular Filtering: Detailed control over accessible content.
Single Pane Management: Unifies control through a centralized console.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Cost-effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing with robust features.
Autonomous Operation: Reduces management overhead.
Responsive Support: Provides assistance when needed.
Flexible Deployment: Available for both cloud and on-premises environments.

The usage of Iboss spans educational institutions, specifically K-12, to enforce internet policies, protect data, and support remote work environments. It provides web filtering and security frameworks to ensure safe browsing. Its platform-as-a-service model offers flexibility for both cloud-based and on-premises requirements, integrating seamlessly to deliver enhanced security features suitable for various deployment needs including zero trust, CASB, and network security for work-from-home setups.

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Check Point Harmony SASE, formerly Perimeter 81, offers robust security features like split tunneling, MFA, and Zero Trust Network Access focused on secure remote access and optimized connectivity for remote teams.

Check Point Harmony SASE delivers advanced security through a user-friendly interface, efficient VPN connections, and a centralized management console. It enhances security with real-time threat intelligence from ThreatCloud and traffic management via built-in optimization. Firewall as a Service and Secure Web Gateway safeguard against unauthorized access and phishing. While users seek enhanced networking customizations and better integration with identity providers, there's an emphasis on improving reporting, real-time analytics, and policy management. Requests also include a Chrome extension, traffic balancing, and simplified configuration to address some resource-intensive aspects.

What are the key features of Check Point Harmony SASE?

Split Tunneling: Manages internet traffic more efficiently by routing only necessary data through the VPN.
MFA: Provides an additional layer of security through multi-factor authentication.
Zero Trust Network Access: Ensures secure connections by validating every user and device.
ThreatCloud: Enhances protection with real-time threat intelligence.
Firewall as a Service: Protects against unauthorized access and threats.
Secure Web Gateway: Prevents phishing attacks and unauthorized internet access.

How can organizations benefit from using Check Point Harmony SASE?

Improved Security: Real-time threat intelligence and robust authentication minimize risks.
Centralized Management: Simplifies control over network security and policies.
Optimized Connectivity: Efficient traffic routing enhances user experience.
Flexible Integration: Seamlessly integrates with existing IT infrastructure, enhancing strategic security deployment.

Check Point Harmony SASE is used across industries for secure remote access and connectivity, protecting sensitive data, and managing access to corporate resources. It is ideal for those with hybrid cloud models and requires comprehensive security measures combined with existing IT infrastructures to meet specific industry demands.

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Jamf Connect simplifies deployment and user authentication by integrating seamlessly with Azure AD and Active Directory, providing centralized identity management and minimizing password-related issues.

Leveraging its capabilities such as single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and password synchronization, Jamf Connect enhances security and user management efficiency. Users can easily manage accounts across multiple devices and IDP providers like Okta, benefiting from an intuitive interface that aids in password recovery and account provisioning. Comprehensive documentation supports streamlined usage. However, improvements are needed in licensing, setup process, pricing competitiveness, particularly in India, and documentation for offline MFA. Post-restart login issues and technical support challenges are noted.

What are the most important features of Jamf Connect?

Seamless Integration: Connects with Azure AD and Active Directory.
Single Sign-On: Simplifies user authentication.
Multi-Factor Authentication: Enhances security across devices.
Password Synchronization: Syncs passwords between identity providers and local devices.
Support for Multiple IDP Providers: Works with providers like Okta.
Intuitive Interface: Facilitates easy password recovery and account provisioning.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Increased Efficiency: Reduces manual processes and boosts productivity.
Improved Security: Enhanced security features minimize risks.
Streamlined IT Support: Reduced IT support tickets due to simplified management.
Centralized Identity Management: Simplifies user management and integration.

Organizations in different sectors use Jamf Connect to synchronize user passwords between local devices and identity providers like Azure, streamlining password management and account integration. By supporting single sign-on and multifactor authentication, it optimizes Mac authentication and enhances cloud-based connections, leading to fewer IT support tickets and increased productivity.

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Sample Customers

More than 4,000 global enterprises trust the iboss Cloud Platform to support their modern workforces, including a large number of Fortune 50 companies.

Aqua Security, Cognito, Multipoint, Kustomer, Postman, Meredith

Mastercard, Deloitte, PayPal, Toshiba, BNP Paribas, EY, Otis, Rollins, Eurostar, Frontier, Sealy, Rolex, VITAS Healthcare

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