Deep Instinct Prevention Platform vs ZoneAlarm comparison

Deep Instinct and Check Point Software Technologies are both solutions in the Anti-Malware Tools category. Deep Instinct is ranked #17 with an average rating of 9.0, while Check Point Software Technologies is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.5. Deep Instinct holds a 0.9% mindshare in Anti-Malware Tools, compared to Check Point Software Technologies’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Deep Instinct users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Check Point Software Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

ZoneAlarm and Deep Instinct Prevention Platform are competing in the cybersecurity industry. Deep Instinct holds the upper hand due to its advanced AI features and superior threat prevention capabilities.

Features: ZoneAlarm provides a two-way firewall, antivirus protection, and network security. It also includes browser security, identity protection, and advanced download protection. Deep Instinct stands out with its AI-driven threat prevention which offers high accuracy in pre-execution malware detection, predictive analytics for unknown threats, and minimal false positives.

Room for Improvement: ZoneAlarm can enhance its documentation clarity and improve real-time protection features. The deployment could be more intuitive, and the interface may benefit from modernization. Deep Instinct may face challenges with ease of use, requiring some users to undergo training. It could improve its deployment complexity and reduce initial costs for wider accessibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ZoneAlarm is known for its ease of installation and efficient support channels, facilitating a seamless experience. Deep Instinct, though more complex to set up due to its AI-driven capabilities, offers responsive and knowledgeable customer service support.

Pricing and ROI: ZoneAlarm is cost-effective, offering low initial setup costs and strong ROI with consistent performance. Deep Instinct, while having a higher initial cost, provides significant ROI through its advanced threat prevention and AI-driven solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

Deep Instinct Prevention Pl...

Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools

17th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (36th)

ZoneAlarm

Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools

19th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of Deep Instinct Prevention Platform is 0.9%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ZoneAlarm is 2.4%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Anti-Malware Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Deep Instinct Prevention Platform	0.9%
ZoneAlarm	2.4%
Other	96.7%

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Tom Foal

CTO at Klaatu IT Security Ltd

Stops ransomware before it executes and reduces response time for the team

A potential area of improvement for Deep Instinct Prevention Platform is their focus on file uploads and large data storage, backups, and other related areas. It is difficult to think of what they could improve, but low information provided by the system when it detects something is one area, particularly in scripting. Deep Instinct Prevention Platform detects malicious scripts but it needs better measures, perhaps signing scripts, so we can be sure that a script is created by a client, not by some malware. It is really about helping us triage incidents effectively, so a bit more help with the analysis of incidents, particularly what the Deep Instinct Prevention Platform agent has discovered, would be beneficial. We need to know what it has spotted that makes it suspect malware.

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Bala_Krishna

Director at esupport Solutions Pvt ltd

Security suite has protected individual devices from threats, while installation and network features require improvements

BIG-IP is actually the LTM, Link Load Balancer, which comes with ASM, meaning Application Security Module. It consists of multiple modules, such as ASM, SWG, and a domain DNS manager. ZoneAlarm allows defining trusted and public networks, which helps maintain security in public Wi-Fi environments. It offers comprehensive protection, securing PCs against threats. Users do not experience any system slowdowns while scanning. Harmony Browser protects all your browsing activity and is bundled with Harmony Endpoint and Harmony Connect. It provides a small but effective security layer and sometimes comes packaged with the larger Harmony suite.

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Pros

"Deep Instinct’s prevention-first approach to stopping unknown ransomware and malware is the reason why we purchased the product. The pre-execution versus post-execution is a big piece for us where it is able to stop something before it even hits the box or desktop. That was one of the big reasons why we went with Deep Instinct."

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"I like the dashboard. It looks very simple."

"It's just a single agent that has everything in it... With the EDR solutions, you have to install it, then you have another service history installed, and you have behavioral analytics, etc. With this, everything is in a single small "box," a small agent that has pretty much got everything."

"It has a very low false-positive ratio. That is important because it means we're not wasting time... We're able to run that entire 20,000-endpoint base with just a handful of engineers."

"Its false positives are very low, because the behavior analysis engine double checks them."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The most important thing is that it is for prevention. It prevents attacks of any type of malware. Normally, what we've seen in other products is that they are not for prevention. They isolate a possible threat that they don't understand or know about, and then they check it with our database to see if it needs any correction or elimination. This means that the threat is already inside a customer's base, whereas Deep Instinct prevents a threat from getting in. Prevention is basically done by an agent in each installation, PCU, or product. An agent has its own intelligence to be able to detect if it should stop a threat or not. It has been taught. It is like a brain that has been taught to react according to any possible threat. Deep Instinct is very light. It doesn't take too much CPU attention or memory. It doesn't slow down the performance. You don't really realize any change in the performance, which makes it very different from other solutions. They are usually heavy for the users."

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"This antivirus is regularly updated, and the updates can be scheduled."

"The solution maintains reasonable scalability."

"It gives us security for the users' mobiles and ends up protecting us in a significant way."

"The product's most valuable feature is the detection engine due to its ability to identify threats."

"It is easy to use through interfaces and easy to configure each of the customizations we created based on the characteristics that we wanted."

"ZoneAlarm protects all computers from viruses, spyware, and hackers."

"It is quick and easy to configure."

"Personally, I find the Game Mode of the Firewall very useful."

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Cons

"I would like to see improvement in the user interface so that the user has more control. For example, it would be good if a user could change their grouping if they want to be part of another group. Or if I want to right-click and scan a specific file that I just imported, that would be helpful. Sometimes you just want to do an extra scan to make sure you're safe."

"There's an issue in the installation process where you can't install it unless you disable the built-in Windows Bitdefender antivirus. So, you have to manually disable Microsoft Bitdefender in order to install Deep Instinct. So, that makes it impossible to do a network rollout unless you manually visit each computer, which is ridiculous."

"The Deep Instinct client stops working when you have two servers and you add high availability or Windows Failover Cluster mode. It doesn't work in a clustered mode. I haven't yet had time to go back and talk with their support and get it fixed. It would be good if they can make the installation independent of an actual user. Currently, its installation is dependent on the actual user being logged in. For example, a computer has to be logged in for the installation to happen. If it is not logged in, then on the cloud platform, it is going to show that the client is offline. On the management side of the cloud platform, we would like to have the administrators segregated by logical entities. We have told them that on their cloud management platform, we would like to be able to segregate clients into different logical entities or organizations so that the administrators are able to manage only those entities that are within their designated organization."

"The interface on the endpoint could be a little more descriptive and more valuable. It doesn't always tell you the data you need to see. Improvement there would be very helpful."

"I think it's probably the administration, especially the administration platform, which could be improved in the solution. It's clunky and hard to navigate, especially for inexperienced technicians."

"When things get done automatically, I would appreciate more logging of what's happening in the background... we should be able to backtrack from the log that gets uploaded to our cloud instance and see, forensically, what the root cause was."

"If they can bring some additional, complementary solutions, like network scanning and the like, that will help. If they had some sort of a firewall which could help detect DDoS attacks and other things, it would be an improvement"

"I would like a little more training for the admins."

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"The solution's efficiency in threat containment and overall protection needs improvement."

"Some of our users say that the interface is a little bit outdated for 2020, and want it to be more modern and cozy."

"They need to update and improve the features available for Mac."

"We'd like better performance of the network equipment. There are high-speed environments where an immediate response is required."

"They should release a single update with all the necessary characteristics to avoid being in a cycle of consecutive updates."

"Currently, the client is only available for the Windows Operating System but it would be good if it were released for Mac OS as well."

"ZoneAlarm should be a light application that does not take too much memory in mobile phones."

"I would like it to be integrated with the Check Point centralization solution like Infinity Portal. It would be great to be able to manage it through the same website."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In comparison to the other products out there, it's exceptionally competitively priced. When you consider the lower administrative overhead that it facilitates, it's an absolute value."

"We are a nonprofit. The MSP had provides pretty decent nonprofit rates for us. This was one of the key factors that made us choose Deep Instinct over its competitors who were significantly more expensive."

"The pricing is a little bit expensive but we are satisfied with DI's performance."

"If I include the false positive rate and the detection rate in the comparison, Deep Instinct is worth its price."

"There are no additional costs on the price, and our company has a support contract, which bundles in those services anyway."

"Their pricing is very competitive. It is good, fair, and a lot cheaper than what we were doing with Cylance."

"Its pricing is too high, but that is not because of the product. It is expensive because of the cost of the console. You need a console to control the whole thing, but the console is expensive. You have to split this cost among all possible users. Normally, to be able to make it economically attractive, you need at least 1,000 agents, PCs, or users. If you have a customer with 300 to 500 agents, PCs, or users, it becomes too pricey."

"One thing about their licensing program that I like is that just one covers the server as well as on the endpoint as well as mobile devices. There is no complexity in calculating how many SKUs I need for mobile, for laptop, for desktop, and for servers. It's very simple and that makes it much easier to budget."

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"I rate the product pricing a seven out of ten."

"The pricing is reasonable, with a yearly renewal license costing seventy dollars."

"This is a freeware product and I recommend using it."

"We have to pay a yearly licensing fee for ZoneAlarm, which is cheap."

"We use the free version of the software, but it can be upgraded to the paid Extreme Security edition."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

Comms Service Provider

13%

Hospitality Company

10%

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Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	5

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Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Deep Instinct?

The product offers integration capabilities and is also easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Deep Instinct?

The price for Deep Instinct Prevention Platform is reasonable. It is about the same price as any other antivirus.

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What needs improvement with Deep Instinct?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ZoneAlarm?

ZoneAlarm has an acceptable price. Not much detail can be provided as I am not the one to judge the price.

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What needs improvement with ZoneAlarm?

Check Point support needs improvement. Currently rated at 9 out of 10, more support is required. There are some concerns on support that need addressing. The integration of new products with their ...

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What is your primary use case for ZoneAlarm?

I work with vendors such as F5 and deal with F5 as a reseller. I work with F5 BIG-IP regarding F5 Shape Security. BIG-IP Advanced WAF is what I work with regarding BIG-IP DNS or BIG-IP AFM. Advance...

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Overview

Deep Instinct PREVENTS >99% of UNKNOWN threats like ransomware and zero-days before they land inside your environment – not after. With both an agentless and agent-based approach, we ensure file-based and fileless attacks are prevented. To achieve this, Deep Instinct is pioneering the use of deep learning AI to prevent threats in <20ms, without requiring calls to the cloud for threat intelligence. Our ability to scale to the needs of the enterprise is unprecedented as is our delivery of the industry’s lowest false positive rate of <0.1%.

The Deep Instinct Prevention Platform combines industry-leading static analysis based on the only deep learning framework dedicated to cybersecurity and includes two solutions:

Deep Instinct Prevention for Applications is a flexible, containerized and highly scalable solution, deployed via API or ICAP, to scan million so files per day and prevent malicious files from entering storage environments.

Deep Instinct for Endpoints complements EDR solutions by preventing threats pre-execution, minimizing false positives, improving the productivity of SOC teams, and increasing the efficiency of the security stack.

To learn more, visit: https://www.deepinstinct.com.

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ZoneAlarm protects you by preventing hackers from remotely accessing and controlling your device, and lets you know which apps have excessive permissions so you can decide whether they threaten your privacy.

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Terma, Optix, Samsung Research Amercia, SF Police Credit Union, Independence Care System, Mattias Thomsen, Carmel Partners, Desert Research Institute, CRIF, FXCM Inc, US State Agency

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