Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) vs Trend Micro Web Security [EOL] comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 26, 2026

Trend Micro Web Security and Check Point Harmony SASE compete in the cybersecurity sector. Check Point Harmony SASE takes the lead with its comprehensive SASE framework that merges advanced network and security services, while Trend Micro mainly provides basic web security.

Features: Trend Micro Web Security provides URL filtering, threat protection, and application control. Check Point Harmony SASE offers zero-trust network access, secure remote access, and a secure web gateway, addressing extensive enterprise security requirements.

Room for Improvement: Trend Micro can expand its offering beyond basic web security features to include more advanced threat detection capabilities. It could benefit from cloud-native enhancements to align with current cybersecurity demands. User feedback often requests improved integration with other security solutions. Check Point Harmony SASE might focus on simplifying its management interface to be more intuitive for users unfamiliar with advanced configurations. More detailed user guidance could aid in feature utilization. Despite its broad features, ensuring compatibility with more legacy systems could enhance its appeal to enterprises with mixed technology environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Check Point Harmony SASE offers a cloud-based deployment model, ensuring quick setup and minimal upkeep, with proactive customer support enhancing user experience. Trend Micro Web Security, though dependable, follows a more conventional deployment pattern, and its customer service is recognized for its traditional support framework.

Pricing and ROI: Trend Micro Web Security requires a lower initial investment, aligning with its basic feature set, making it suitable for small to medium enterprises and potentially offering a decent ROI. Conversely, Check Point Harmony SASE, while initially more expensive, provides extensive features that justify its cost, delivering greater ROI for large enterprises needing sophisticated security frameworks.

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iboss

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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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Vladimir Alexandrov

CEO at Chorus

Consistent web protection has prevented incidents and supports flexible hybrid security models

I would rate Trend Micro Web Security a nine, but not because I have some issues in mind. I have only seen a bit better product. I was also a McAfee partner some time ago, when there was still McAfee. Some features definitely in McAfee were better than what I see in Trend Micro. I cannot tell what Trend Micro could learn from web security products of their competitors because this product has not existed for at least eight years now for McAfee, and I have no experience with other competitors. But relative to my experience and expertise, I should rate it a ten, but still I am a bit cautious because other products also have great features and these features are not covered 100% by Trend Micro. I cannot tell what additional features I would like to see in the next release, but when I see such a feature, it is very compelling. When you get into a new car and this car has something new and great, adaptive suspension, whatever, you just feel a nice feeling and you want this car. That is how I feel. I have not complained that something is missing from Trend Micro product, but I have seen in specific examples some great ideas in competition.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Overall, the major benefit from Browser Isolation is improved security without compromising employee productivity."

"The students were always protected, and the content filtering worked very well, seeming to work better than other products we had tried previously."

"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."

"The console is cloud-based, which is something I really appreciate."

"The security aspect of the solution, particularly the malware behind it, is excellent."

"The iboss system is highly reliable. The false positive rates are small compared to some other systems we've experienced through other partner agencies who use competing solutions."

"I would say iboss is a very good product; its scalability is very good, and it's seamless for the user."

"I would definitely recommend iboss for web filtering purposes to other organizations or individuals."

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"Its software solution also ensures connectivity and protects against NSF filtering."

"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."

"With Perimeter 81, we only need to create a user and install the Perimeter81 application on the computer."

"Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) has positively impacted my organization by leading to overall security improvements, especially for our VPN users."

"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."

"The Check Point VPN connection is way more stable than our previous software."

"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."

"Providing access and security allows our company employees to work from home and remotely."

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"It's a stable solution."

"Overall, I would rate this solution a ten out of ten."

"It has just about everything we need at a good value."

"It's secure and useful from an administrative point of view, with controllable login monitoring and so on."

"The security of Trend Micro Web Security is good."

"The most valuable feature is machine learning, which automatically monitors the activity on the machine."

"We find the advanced license for the DLP to be particularly useful with this product."

"Trend Micro Web Security is used to protect the organizations from shoulder surfing and it also does certain classifications to provide protection not only from a security point of view, but also from a GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) point of view."

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Cons

"The endpoint-type solution is an area that needs some improvement."

"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."

"Fold that in with the risk intelligence they're getting from all of the different subscriptions they are a part of. Now, these security companies subscribe to things like emerging threats, databases, etc. You can fold all this intelligence to decide what's happening on an endpoint. I would love to see them start moving into that space. That would compete directly with Microsoft. Maybe that's why they haven't. Having that ability native within the solution would be great. The other area in which I would love to see improvement is more detailed descriptions of why they block websites."

"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."

"Our biggest problem with their service was it did not recognize the device and filtering did not always work correctly."

"The reporting feature needs improvement."

"For zero trust implementation, we encountered complexity issues, especially with a large infrastructure company ExxonMobil."

"I appreciate that iboss's single pane of glass console gives centralized visibility into web traffic, user activity, security policies, and alerts from one dashboard, allowing us to quickly investigate incidents and monitor policy violations without switching between multiple tools, improving operational efficiency; however, the dashboard customization and reporting could be more flexible."

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"Currently, I am not able to define a different country or location, which can result in negative experiences as the tool is being recognized by websites and this can make it difficult to access them or force me to disable the program temporarily."

"They should work towards the WAN intergration."

"I have found that the log-in/out process takes quite some time."

"The platform's pricing can be an issue for smaller companies, as the cost may be higher than for larger organizations."

"If Harmony SASE supported bidirectional traffic and the UDP protocol, it would be better."

"The connectivity issue can be improved as at times it lags when connecting to their server."

"The complex initial setup phase of the product is an area that can be improved"

"Sometimes downloading PDF files can be slow."

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"The cons include it not being implemented in the mid-enterprise segment. For these organizations, it is an additional expense."

"his legacy version currently lacks WFA, which is a useful tool for managing bandwidth and applying data control limits to specific users. It's especially beneficial for organizations using Android and Azure."

"There is room for improvement in the anti-malware capabilities."

"I would like to see better scalability and better performance."

"The licensing is paid annually. It is a little bit expensive when you compare it to the competition."

"There are multiple ways Web Security could improve, such as usability and web access to several programming modes."

"The costs are a bit high in terms of licensing."

"The installation is a little bit complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"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."

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

"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 product is neither cheap nor expensive."

"Regarding pricing, I can say that the more the number of users, the less they have to pay."

"Annual licenses cost $30 to $40 each."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"Perimeter 81 charges separately for gateways and VPN connectivity, but compared to Azure, it seemed more reasonable."

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"It is pricey. Trend Micro has been in the field for 30 years, so you have to pay a premium amount for that."

"I don't remember the exact pricing, but I think that it is approximately $10.00 per user."

"I rate the product's price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"We pay for the license on an annual basis."

"We have found this product to be very cost effective. The endpoint product costs roughly $20, and when purchasing the endpoint product, there are multiple other features included."

"There's annual and monthly options for the license. When you're on the managed services option, it's monthly. They're also setting up an option via AWS where there will be a monthly option via the AWS shopfront."

"The license is yearly and user based."

"The solution is expensive in terms of deployment."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Construction Company

13%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

Performing Arts

13%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	16

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with iboss?

iboss could be improved by making the dashboard more user-friendly, providing more detailed real-time alerts, and imp...

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What is your primary use case for iboss?

iboss is primarily used for cloud security, helping to protect users when they access websites and cloud applications...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iboss?

The pricing and licensing for iboss were reasonable for the security features. The setup costs were manageable, thoug...

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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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What is your primary use case for Harmony Connect?

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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Do you recommend Trend Micro Web Security?

I would recommend Trend Micro Web Security to organizations looking for an end-to-end security solution. Trend Micro ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Trend Micro Web Security?

It is pricey. Trend Micro has been in the field for 30 years, so you have to pay a premium amount for that. SentinelO...

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What needs improvement with Trend Micro Web Security?

I would rate Trend Micro Web Security a nine, but not because I have some issues in mind. I have only seen a bit bett...

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Also Known As

iBoss Cloud Platform

Check Point Quantum SASE

Virus Wall, VirusWall, Trend Micro VirusWall

Overview

iboss is the Zero Trust SASE platform that gives organizations complete visibility and governance over their AI, data, and applications through one unified platform, one console, one policy engine, and one data lake.

Your endpoints may already stop malware. Your data and application activity can still be invisible. iboss decrypts and understands every connection, then turns that signal into answers security leaders can act on.

The platform leads with three capabilities in this order: AI Security and Visibility, Data Security and Visibility, and App Visibility and Control. Zero Trust Network Access, VPN replacement, and SD-WAN sit underneath as the access fabric that carries those three. Trusted by global enterprises and government agencies.

What are the most important features of Iboss?

- AI Security and Visibility: conversation capture, shadow-AI discovery, AI DLP, and agent governance across Claude, Co-Work, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, and emerging services.

- Data Security and Visibility: full SSL/TLS decryption, deep content inspection, MIP label compliance, and one-click compliance reporting.

- App Visibility and Control: signatureless CASB, dual risk scoring, in-app controls, and SSPM for major SaaS.

- Containerized Zero Trust SASE: dedicated containers, isolated SSL keys, one console, one policy engine, one data lake.

- Access fabric: ZTNA, VPN replacement, and SD-WAN under the same platform.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

- Complete visibility over AI, data, and applications from one platform instead of separate point tools.

- Encrypted traffic is inspected by default so data decisions use content and context together.

- Shadow SaaS and new web tools appear as they are used, with enforceable controls in one console.

- Native data sovereignty through dedicated containers, in-region inspection, and per-customer SSL key custody.

- Scale proven in published materials: 10M+ users, 100+ countries, 150B+ transactions, 2.5B+ threats blocked.

Economic buyers are CISOs, CIOs, and VPs of Security. Champions include security architects, network and infrastructure leaders, SecOps, and GRC. Primary segments: enterprise and business, financial services, government (including FedRAMP Gov Cloud), healthcare, manufacturing, legal and professional services, retail and hospitality, and MSP/MSSP partners. Education, including K-12, is one vertical among these.

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Check Point Harmony SASE, formerly known as Perimeter 81, offers advanced security through Zero Trust Network Access and centralized management that supports seamless remote operations and hybrid infrastructures.

Check Point Harmony SASE provides organizations with a robust platform for securing remote operations and hybrid infrastructure. It integrates cloud and on-premise networks, featuring centralized management for efficient policy control and real-time threat monitoring. With integration capabilities like Citrix SD-WAN, remote branch implementations become straightforward. Network access is secured by advanced anti-phishing and URL filtering. A user-friendly interface combined with strong customer support enhances management while promoting productivity.

What are the key features of Check Point Harmony SASE?

Zero Trust Network Access: Ensures secure internal resource access without relying on a fixed perimeter.
Centralized Management Console: Facilitates efficient policy control and threat monitoring.
Integration with Citrix SD-WAN: Simplifies remote branch network setups.
Anti-phishing and URL Filtering: Protects network access from malicious threats.
User-friendly Interface: Promotes ease of management and increased productivity.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Enhanced Security: Offers strong VPN, zero-trust, and firewall capabilities.
Improved Productivity: Supports seamless and secure connectivity across environments.
Operational Efficiency: Centralizes network management for simplified control.
Comprehensive Support: Backed by robust customer support and security guidance.

For industries managing remote operations, Check Point Harmony SASE is instrumental in securing connectivity across cloud and on-premise networks. By unifying access control, it allows employees worldwide to securely connect to corporate resources, be it from home, public locations, or through various Wi-Fi connections.

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Trend Micro Web Security [EOL] integrates machine learning, endpoint security, and Zero Trust technology to offer comprehensive threat detection and protection. It supports cloud filtering, access control, and advanced DLP licensing for effective monitoring and security management across environments.

Trend Micro Web Security [EOL] is designed for robust protection against threats like hacking, malware, and ransomware. Combining features such as centralized management with OWASP Top 10 monitoring, it facilitates proactive web filtering, identity management, and cloud security. Enhanced with HTTP decryption rules and patch updates, users benefit from responsive support and reliable stability. Despite its comprehensive capabilities, improvements are needed in reporting, performance, anti-malware enhancement, and cost efficiency, especially for scalability and multi-tenant use. Companies capitalize on its sandboxing, URL filtering, and application control to secure on-premises and cloud infrastructures. Its potential is enriched yet requires enhancements in site blacklisting, SQL injection security, and DDoS protection.

What are the key features of Trend Micro Web Security [EOL]?

Machine Learning: Enhances threat detection accuracy.
Endpoint Security: Protects endpoints from security breaches.
Zero Trust Technology: Ensures strict identity verification.
Cloud Filtering: Monitors and secures cloud environments.
Advanced DLP Licensing: Safeguards sensitive data across networks.
Access Control: Manages user permissions and access.

What benefits or ROI should users expect from Trend Micro Web Security [EOL]?

Scalability: Adapts to growing enterprise requirements.
Stability: Provides consistent performance under heavy load.
Responsive Support: Offers timely help and resolution of issues.
Regular Logs: Delivers comprehensive logging for analysis.

Trend Micro Web Security [EOL] is prominently used in industries such as finance and delivery, where secure data handling is crucial. Organizations deploy it to protect endpoints, remote work environments, and manage identity securely. Essential for preventing unauthorized access and ensuring compliance, its features cater to complex network infrastructures.

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