Check Point SandBlast Network vs Symantec Advanced Threat Protection comparison

Check Point Software Technologies and Broadcom are both solutions in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category. Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.7, while Broadcom is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.5. Check Point Software Technologies holds a 3.1% mindshare in ATP, compared to Broadcom’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Check Point Software Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection and Check Point SandBlast Network are cybersecurity solutions competing in threat protection. Check Point seems to have the upper hand due to its advanced features like zero-day protection and threat emulation.

Features: Symantec includes real-time threat analysis, email protection, and efficient incident management, alongside extensive documentation and integration capabilities. Check Point offers signature-based and zero-day protection through sandboxing and threat extraction, with capabilities for real-time threat detection and network segregation.

Room for Improvement: Symantec could improve storage efficiency, cloud platform features, and behavioral detection, while Check Point may need to enhance its GUI, reduce configuration complexity, and address performance issues related to resource consumption.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Symantec suits on-premises and hybrid environments but needs better response times for tech support. Check Point accommodates hybrid and public clouds and provides responsive support, though improvements in efficiency are necessary.

Pricing and ROI: Symantec offers competitive pricing but has been seen as more expensive due to changes, with positive ROI acknowledgments. Check Point's pricing is high, justified by comprehensive security features, and users appreciate the ROI for its integrated security solution.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point SandBlast Network

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Symantec Advanced Threat Pr...

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

21st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Check Point SandBlast Network is 3.1%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is 1.9%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Check Point SandBlast Network	3.1%
Symantec Advanced Threat Protection	1.9%
Other	95.0%

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

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Mayur Wadekar

Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited

Comprehensive security solution mitigates advanced threats

Improvements for Check Point SandBlast Network can be seen in dashboard usability; the threat emulation logs and analysis reports could be made more intuitive and visually appealing. Enhancing the system for granular tuning to reduce false positives and allowing benign files to bypass checks more simply for non-expert users would be beneficial. Additionally, faster emulation times could be achieved by increasing file scanning speed through hardware productivity enhancements. A specific instance where file scanning speed posed an issue was when the time taken depended on the file size. Scanning can take less than a minute or up to 2 minutes for larger files. Enhancing the file scanning time would be a significant improvement to the system.

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TapabrataSamanta

Lead Architect at Zones

Reliable platform with effective integration capabilities

Our primary use case for the product is to provide advanced threat protection to our clients, primarily in the banking and financial sectors Symantec ATP has been beneficial in ensuring robust security for our clients. Its effectiveness in detecting and mitigating threats has improved customer…

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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

"The best feature Check Point SandBlast Network offers is real-time threat extraction capabilities, which sanitizes the files, mails, and other content before reaching the end-users."

"Threat Emulation gives networks the necessary protection against unknown threats in files that are attached to emails. The Threat Emulation engine picks up malware at the exploit phase before it enters the network. It quickly quarantines and runs the files in a virtual sandbox, which imitates a standard operating system, to discover malicious behavior before hackers can apply evasion techniques to bypass the sandbox."

"Check Point SandBlast is best in terms of the extraction function. Customers can get a clean firewall with extraction after I've cleaned and scanned it from Check Point. It's easy for users, too."

"The best feature about Check Point SandBlast Network is its capability to prevent and secure the LAN network from zero-day attacks."

"The most valuable feature of Check Point SandBlast Network is the sandboxing of PDF and Microsoft system files."

"The Check Point SandBlast Network uses caching and static analysis to actually reduce the time it takes to scan and isolate the same file for incoming data compromises."

"Check Point has enabled us to detect a lot of threats and prevented a lot of threats from entering our environments. It has kept us safe."

"One of its characteristics that we liked the most was its analysis and emulation of activities in the emails since it manages to review them and inspect them if they have an infected attachment."

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"The incident management on the solution is very good. You get a lot of detailed information about an incident. You also get a lot of documentation in connection with the CVI or integration."

"They manage to solve detection quite nicely. There is some rather elaborate detection compared to other providers."

"Technical support has been helpful and responsive."

"Symantec Endpoint Protection provides end-to-end protection. Along with antivirus protection, it has a lot of key areas, including intrusive prevention, firewall features, and application and device control."

"You don't have to buy a separate email security platform. You can enable that using their endpoint, and I like that. You don't have to have two agents running on the same box."

"Real-time threat analysis is quick and takes action on threats immediately."

"The most valuable feature is NetFlow threat protection."

"Technical support is very responsive. You just have to open a ticket. They respond in a timely manner. Their response is good. I'm satisfied."

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Cons

"The technical support could use some work, but it's okay. It's a little bit of a tedious process to get through."

"When you have to scan emails that come with attachments, it takes a long time to examine them, which causes other emails not to be scanned, which can cause some danger to our organization."

"I think Check Point provides standard time which ideally most other vendors take to identify behaviors of a file by sending them into a sandbox environment for inspection."

"Check Point SandBlast Network can improve the integration with third-party vendors, such as EDR or CRM products. For example, IBM Curator."

"The initial setup was complex because of the lack of information from the consultant."

"There should be some customized price reductions in the offered packages."

"Improvements for Check Point SandBlast Network can be seen in dashboard usability; the threat emulation logs and analysis reports could be made more intuitive and visually appealing."

"Check Point SandBlast Network can be improved by adding more integration capabilities, such as integration with third-party firewalls, third-party EDR solutions, and SIEM."

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"The product's support services need improvement."

"The support has dropped down to a five out of ten."

"An improvement could be made on the reporting because then it would be easier to collect information and submit it for compliance."

"It's a strange situation where the infrastructure of the consumer or customer is behind some kind of firewall and they have always used some kind of customized proxy. In this situation, the ATP has a very tough time to pass the information to the cloud and back. To fix, it requires a more elaborate and complex configuration for that particular case."

"It also needs network-based threat protection for shared folders and files."

"Scalability could be better."

"It should be able to collect information if the agent is disabled."

"There are some ‎features that would add value to this product. One of them would be a graphical presentation of threats that the system has encountered."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is not significantly high and it can be negotiated during any purchase of NGFW."

"I think the overall cost for introducing Check Point with SandBlast was reasonable and competitive in the market."

"The product's cost is high."

"Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."

"We would like to try the Threat Extraction blade, but you need to buy a license. Check Point is expensive. I would like to buy things, but I would need the funding."

"We have seen ROI."

"The pricing is quite effective, not excessively high. On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the highest price, I rate the pricing a nine."

"The cost of Check Point SandBlast Network is annually, and there is only a standard license."

"The pricing of this solution is inexpensive and affordable."

"Pricing is good. It is nice to have a great product at a fair price."

"The price is quite expensive."

"Symantec Endpoint Protection has an average price."

"Symantec Advanced Threat Protection's pricing is comparable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

Retailer

University

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point SandBlast Network?

My experience with pricing and setup cost is that pricing was a bit high, but the setup cost was initially justified.

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What needs improvement with Check Point SandBlast Network?

I feel that Check Point SandBlast Network could be improved with slight delays in cleaning the file delivery. Additionally, I think it requires proper tuning to avoid unnecessary notifications.

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What is your primary use case for Check Point SandBlast Network?

My main use case for Check Point SandBlast Network is advanced threat protection, especially for scanning emails, attachments, web downloads, and incoming files through a sandbox environment. A qui...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?

The price is quite expensive because a different entity has taken over the company.

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What needs improvement with Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?

One area for improvement could be the pricing model. Future releases could further enhance integration capabilities with other platforms and simplify the licensing model to compete more with Micros...

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What is your primary use case for Symantec Advanced Threat Protection?

Our primary use case for the product is to provide advanced threat protection to our clients, primarily in the banking and financial sectors.

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Overview

Check Point’s evasion-resistant technology maximizes zero-day protection without compromising business productivity. For the first time, businesses can reduce the risk of unknown attacks by implementing a prevent-first approach. Learn More about Check Point Sandblast

Check Point Software Technologies

Symantec Advanced Threat Protection is a single unified solution that uncovers, prioritizes, and remediates advanced attacks. The product fuses intelligence from endpoint, network, and email control points, as well as Symantec’s massive global sensor network, to stop threats that evade individual security products. It leverages your existing Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Email Security.cloud investments, so it does not require the deployment of any new agents. You can deploy a new installation of Symantec Advanced Threat Protection and start to discover suspicious activity in under an hour. Using the proven technology in Symantec Insight reputation based detection, Symantec SONAR behavioral analysis with the new Symantec Cynic sandbox and file analysis platform, Symantec Advanced Threat Protection provides better detection and prioritization than other vendors, allowing security analysts to “zero in” on just those specific security events of importance.

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Sample Customers

Edenred, State Transport Leasing Company (STLC), Edel AG, Laurenty, Conseil Départemental du Val de Marne, Koch Media

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