Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) vs Twingate comparison

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Check Point Software Technologies and Twingate are both solutions in the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) category. Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.6, while Twingate is ranked #20. Check Point Software Technologies holds a 5.1% mindshare in SASE, compared to Twingate’s 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Check Point Software Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Twingate users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 8, 2026

Check Point Harmony SASE and Twingate compete in the network security space, offering secure access solutions. Twingate has an advantage in features and deployment convenience, making it favorable for tech buyers seeking refined network solutions, despite Check Point Harmony SASE's attractive pricing and support options.

Features: Check Point Harmony SASE integrates multiple security tools into a unified platform, simplifying network management. It is highly valued for its comprehensive security suite. Twingate focuses on privacy and offers a zero-trust access model, providing seamless direct connections without a VPN. Twingate's standout features are its innovative access model and the ability to offer direct resource access.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Twingate is known for quick deployment due to its cloud-based architecture, minimizing setup complexity, with effective customer service support. Check Point Harmony SASE requires more intricate setup due to extensive capabilities, yet it remains supported by reliable customer service. Twingate's deployment may appeal to those prioritizing ease of use.

Pricing and ROI: Check Point Harmony SASE offers competitive pricing with lower upfront costs, making it attractive while delivering a comprehensive security suite, positively impacting ROI for budget-conscious buyers. Twingate might have higher setup costs but offers high returns through innovative user experience and security enhancements.

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iboss

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) category, the mindshare of iboss is 3.2%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) is 5.1%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Twingate is 2.0%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
iboss	3.2%
Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81)	5.1%
Twingate	2.0%
Other	89.7%

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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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Joey Benamy

Senior Cyber Liability Engineer at OncoLens

Helps reduce access-related support tickets, is quick to deploy, and streamlines onboarding

We were able to add Twingate into our infrastructure without having to change our infrastructure or how people work. We reaped the benefits of Twingate immediately because it replaced an alternative solution with a lot of overhead. Twingate helped reduce access-related support tickets by 80 percent. Twingate streamlines onboarding for our company, especially for the engineering team, by automating resource access through directory integrations. New employees generally require no manual configuration within Twingate, saving us significant time and effort. The resiliency is directly proportional to the level of control we exert over its components. We can manage Twingate connectors to support high availability, ensuring the system is as reliable as needed. This flexibility and control enhance Twingate's resiliency capabilities significantly.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We chose iboss for both zero trust and proxy (SWG) because their SWG was superior."

"iboss has significantly lowered the number of security incidents. It is crazy how much it blocks and how much it is aware of the outside danger."

"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."

"We were impressed by the solution's mental health function, which can detect if someone needs help. It scans what users are browsing and flags warning signs so we can check to see if they are okay. We've had to use it a couple of times."

"First of all, the security policies are essential. I do not have to rely solely on Active Directory for our users."

"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."

"The main advantage of iboss is its cloud-based security centralized policy management, which helps organizations protect users working from different locations, secure access to cloud applications, and reduce security risks."

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

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"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."

"The installation is very easy."

"Customer service is excellent."

"Harmony Endpoint gives us a complete security package with a lot of security features that regularly require a lot of separate security products and a lot of overhead management."

"The solution provides high performance along with ATP prevention, policy management, remote activity, and IoT support."

"I find it very easy to implement and deploy in the organization."

"While the higher cost and complexity may pose challenges for smaller companies without extensive IT resources, the value provided by Check Point's advanced capabilities and excellent 24/7 support justifies the investment. Overall, it is highly recommended that insurance firms prioritize data security and regulatory compliance, especially medium to large companies with the resources to manage and fully utilize its features."

"Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) strikes a great balance between security, usability, and scalability, especially for distributed and hybrid environments."

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"I appreciate Twingate's developer-first approach, particularly its excellent developer tools for deployment and management."

Cons

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

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

"The reporting feature needs improvement."

"Sometimes the agent stops working in iboss, and we have to reinstall the agent."

"Iboss is growing so fast that it is often hard for them to keep up with the challenges."

"Sometimes when you call in support, you get someone who is just following a sheet. It feels like a runaround. You feel that you are running into that support wall."

"The solution could be stronger on the integration side and offer more cloud applications like G Suite or Oracle."

"The easiest device I have set up was the Barracuda line of products."

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"More report and alert options would be useful. The reports are not capable of giving important information from some parts of the system - like inventory details, etc."

"A Google Chrome extension would be handy instead of logging into the app."

"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."

"More report and alert options would be useful."

"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."

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

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

"In the future, maybe P81 can improve the network traffic balancing and redundancy."

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"Twingate's lack of native support for Windows Server is a significant limitation."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"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."

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

"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 product is reasonably priced."

"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 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."

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

"The product is neither cheap nor expensive."

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"Twingate's pricing is fair."

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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

Comms Service Provider

13%

University

10%

Outsourcing Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with iboss?

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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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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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Twingate is a secure remote access solution designed to replace traditional VPNs by providing a streamlined approach to network security, enabling companies to protect sensitive resources effectively.

Twingate redefines secure access by enabling network security and data protection without compromising performance. By leveraging a zero-trust model, Twingate ensures that only authenticated users can access resources, minimizing potential threats. It's tailored for modern distributed workforces, facilitating seamless and secure remote work environments. Twingate's integration capabilities and scalability make it an excellent choice for growing businesses looking to enhance network security with minimal disruption.

What are Twingate's most important features?

Zero-Trust Network: Ensures secure access by authenticating every user and device.
Scalability: Easily adapts to the growing needs of any organization.
Integration: Compatible with cloud services and traditional infrastructures.
Performance Optimization: Reduces latency and improves connection speeds.
Access Controls: Provides granular access management for enhanced security.

What benefits should users look for in Twingate reviews?

Enhanced Security: Offers an advanced defense against unauthorized access.
Improved Connectivity: Facilitates consistent and fast remote access.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces expenses associated with traditional VPNs.
User Satisfaction: Recognized for its ease of use and adaptability.
Business Growth Facilitation: Supports secure operational expansion.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and technology, Twingate enables secure remote access to sensitive data while ensuring compliance with industry regulations. For tech companies, it supports reliable integrations, while healthcare can benefit from protected patient data transmission. Finance sees advantages in secure transactions and client data protection. Implementation across industries demonstrates Twingate's flexibility and capability in enhancing organizational security frameworks.

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