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Check Point Harmony Mobile vs Cisco Secure Client (including AnyConnect) comparison

 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Harmony Mobile
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Threat Defense (1st)
Cisco Secure Client (includ...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
70
Ranking in other categories
SSL VPN (4th), Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (4th), ZTNA as a Service (8th), Cisco Security Portfolio (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Check Point Harmony Mobile and Cisco Secure Client (including AnyConnect) aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Check Point Harmony Mobile is designed for Mobile Threat Defense and holds a mindshare of 20.1%, up 18.3% compared to last year.
Cisco Secure Client (including AnyConnect), on the other hand, focuses on SSL VPN, holds 15.5% mindshare, up 12.6% since last year.
Mobile Threat Defense
SSL VPN
 

Featured Reviews

Vikas Gawali - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides security for mobile devices, safeguarding against threats
Check Point Harmony Mobile offers several advantages. It ensures your mobile device is highly secure for accessing Teams, Zoom calls, Outlook, and other business-related applications. Its robust security features protect your device comprehensively. Additionally, Harmony Mobile allows you to access office files, web files, and other services directly from your mobile device. Install the agent on your mobile, scan with Check Point, and apply the policy. After this setup, you can securely access all these services via your mobile device. It provides pre-detection, pre-emulation, encrypted file access, and decrypted file access features.
VinaySingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Connect securely from any location with reliable and easy multifactor authentication
Whenever I am away from the office, I use Cisco Secure Client to connect to the office network, accessing the secure network to place calls to our secure servers that are built on-premise. It is used across our domain, including telecom and app networks, primarily for IT connectivity across the…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of the solution are threat emulation, threat extraction, URL detection, antimalware, antivirus, and IPS."
"It is a stable solution."
"It has been very easy to implement and deploy."
"The solution was easy to deploy and provided a useful security enhancement for mobile devices."
"I really like the application scanning feature that scans all of the installed applications, and not only what appears in the add or remove apps, and then reports the results in the console."
"The simple navigation offered by the graphical user interface is excellent."
"The anti-phishing and scanning of SMS are the most valuable aspects of the solution. Sometimes we will get some SMS and they will try to redirect you to malicious links. If you have SandBlast Mobile, it helps you prevent clicking on those malicious links."
"The most impressive thing is the SSL VPN Portal."
"This solution is stable. There have been no technical issues."
"Cisco Secure Client's AnyConnect VPN's reliability has been absolutely wonderful, as well as the ability to connect from any network, regardless of location."
"It's fairly easy to set up."
"It is reliable and easy to configure, and the Cisco Firewall can last for many years."
"The most valuable feature is the connection feature."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client provides a secure way for users to access our systems remotely."
"The solution provides secure and easy access to corporate network resources."
"It's easy to handle. You can have it on Windows, Linux or Mac, that's quite useful."
 

Cons

"The feature set between the Android and Apple devices is not fully equal."
"The deployment in the Android system is very simple but in the case of iOS, it is more complicated so the users require attention from our CAU."
"It would be super helpful if there were more details around the risks that were found on our mobile devices."
"Integration needs improvement. We use Check Point for email. We use Check Point Capsule Workspace and I wish that it tied into that better and was integrated with their email application so that when it's secure, then they're able to access their email and it could be deployed as one group instead of two separate applications. It's a little bit more work for us to deploy both of those so it'd be nice if they could be integrated."
"We had some issues with loopback VPN DNS filtering stopping working periodically, however, this is something that we could probably iron out with support."
"The interface could be more user-friendly. They should improve the look and feel."
"At times, when configuring policies, the tool takes some time to apply the policy."
"In the next release, I would like to see a Wi-Fi scanner to be able to identify whether a wireless network is malicious before you join it."
"I think, in general, most of the applications are slow, but this is everyday stuff. I think this is more related to the link speed — the links, the lossage, etc."
"Behavior analytics and other newer technologies should be integrated into the solution."
"The price could be reduced."
"In the next release, Cisco should add a chat feature."
"I have been working with the same interface for the last ten years. I would say that it needs some improvements made."
"Even when your internet speed is good, once you connect to the VPN the speed gets automatically reduced, which is worrisome."
"If there's any cloud version available, instead of on-premise, that would be ideal."
"The GUI needs to be upgraded."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is a very expensive product."
"Check Point pricing is better than Symantec."
"The price is okay. Per user, it should be something like five or ten dollars. But, we usually get discounts that drive the cost down."
"At the moment, the price is good, but there is always scope for amelioration when it comes to pricing. When pricing is lower, it can make a customer buy the product. Customers ask us about the price of the product before allowing us to explain the functionality to them."
"Regarding the cost of licenses, each device consumes one, even if it has both professional and personal profiles."
"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product. You can opt for a one-year, three-year, or five-year license."
"Check Point Harmony Mobile's pricing is good."
"We didn't actually purchase the software. It was given to us by Check Point. We are using it as a test bed for possible future customers."
"The initial cost is the ASA and other items, but after that, it is relatively inexpensive."
"It costs around 80,000 Indian rupees for a hundred licenses, so approximately $1,020 USD."
"My company has a three-year or a four-year license. In scenarios attached to a solution where the product may be reaching an end-of-support or end-of-life phase, Cisco provides OS support in such environments."
"The price is okay."
"We are in the North African region, and Cisco products are expensive for us. On a scale from one to ten with one being very affordable and ten being expensive, I'd rate the price at eight."
"The licensing costs are reasonable."
"The solution is reasonably priced and costs $600 for a five-year license in our scenario."
"It is not a free solution and the user needs to buy license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
27%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Educational Organization
49%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Government
4%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Check Point Harmony Mobile?
The most valuable features of the solution are threat emulation, threat extraction, URL detection, antimalware, antivirus, and IPS.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Check Point Harmony Mobile?
It is very cheap. It costs around one point eight dollars per user.
What needs improvement with Check Point Harmony Mobile?
Harmony Mobile has some limitations. For instance, you can only access it via Check Point's platform. After installation, two profiles may be created: a business profile and a personal profile.
What do you like most about Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client?
The tool is user-friendly, robust and easy to use in any environment.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client?
Cisco Secure Client is a reasonable solution in terms of cost. I wouldn't be aware of the specific pricing details, as my sales team would handle that.
What needs improvement with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client?
Creating a profile for the users might be good. Additionally, if user authentication has already been done on a device, such as a Microsoft Indian portal, maybe there could be connectivity directly...
 

Also Known As

Check Point Mobile Access, Check Point SandBlast Mobile
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Samsung Research America, Mississippi Office of the Secretary of State
MST, Molina Healthcare, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Arup, New South Wales Rural FireService