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Check Point Harmony Mobile vs IBM MaaS360 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)
IBM MaaS360
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) (9th), Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. Check Point Harmony Mobile is designed for Mobile Threat Defense and holds a mindshare of 20.1%, up 17.9% compared to last year.
IBM MaaS360, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), holds 4.1% mindshare, down 4.4% since last year.
Mobile Threat Defense
Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
 

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.
Bijay Kumar Swain - PeerSpot reviewer
Ability to segregate data, well-suited for medium enterprises and installation is quick
We have some challenges. If we look at the challenges we face in the market, there are a few products like Sophos, where there are features of MaaS360, and the IBM EDR product, ReaQta. So, there are features from both ReaQta and MaaS360 available in Sophos, as well as a few other products, which we have challenges in replacing. MaaS360 definitely caters to a few of the requirements, but when someone is going for a solution, all the features are not available in MaaS360. It is like a combo, MaaS360, and IBM ReaQta, that is, EDR, ReaQta. Both of them, together as a combo plan, actually offer a very good proposition in terms of market competitors. There are a few products like Sophos and another product which have features from both endpoint detection and response and mobile device management. Because we have two different products with those features, we face challenges in proposing a particular product for the client. It is like a marketing challenge. The way other competitor products are available in the market. So it is better to have a different positive team, but, again, to remain in competition and have better scalability. So, IBM needs to integrate a few features that the competitors have in their products. No doubt, this is a different product, MaaS360. We call it MDM. We call it endpoint mobile device management. Then we call it different names that MaaS360 falls into. But when we are talking about competitor products, to remain in the competition, you need to have features that others provide. IBM surely has those features in other products, but not in MaaS360. The only challenge was replacing already existing competitor products with MaaS360. So, that’s the only area where we struggle because they always come with those requirements that they are already getting in the competitor’s product, which is not available in IBM’s MaaS360. So this product lacks some features, like Unified Endpoint Management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It also enables us to see where privacy is a concern, apps that are leaking privacy. Having an idea as to how these apps are being protected offers some level of security to the device and back into our corporate network."
"We have had a lot fewer attacks thanks to this solution."
"It monitors all the URLs that a user goes to on their phone and so we can see what they're looking at and we can limit that. Certain topics are not allowed to be accessed. They're monitoring their apps and they rate them based upon how big of a security risk that individual app is based on their ratings. And so we're able to limit those as well and allow people to have some that may be a low risk, but still a risk, but we may allow that for our users whereas we block medium and high risk."
"We have applied MFA so that no one can bypass this security and the users/employees can access their resources very easily, securely, and seamlessly."
"The product's initial setup phase is very straightforward."
"You can block infected devices from accessing corporate data."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the filtering, interface configuration, and threat management."
"The usability is the most valuable feature. It's really easy to use. It's a durable solution. I don't have any breaches. It is a good solution from that angle."
"Asset management is the most valuable feature and integral for device inventory."
"The solution is quite stable."
"Remote enablement feature and access to internal resources on the VPN."
"My customers value the ability to control all their devices from a central point in IBM MaaS360."
"MaaS can force people to lock their phones. Not everyone likes having a PIN and other security features on their phones, but this sets a requirement that you can't get your emails unless you have a PIN on your phone. That was a good feature, and we were able to easily increase the PIN from four digits to six digits. Overall, it was pretty user-friendly."
"We've found the scalability to be very good."
"Mobile Device Configuration with policy applying: This significantly reduces time of device configuration."
"The implementation phase of IBM MaaS360 was pretty easy."
 

Cons

"Harmony has more support for Android OS as opposed to iOS. You need a third-party MDM solution to integrate with iOS. If you don't have an MDM, your app can't scan on an iOS device. The solution can scan everything on Android. It sees all your apps."
"The product does not provide deep capabilities for sharing specific data to users or groups separately, nor does it provide visibility as to whether a user has access to the data or not."
"The interface could be more user-friendly. They should improve the look and feel."
"The solution's false positive detection could be improved to reduce unnecessary alerts, the app's performance optimized to minimize device impact, and policy management simplified for easier deployment."
"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."
"From a user's perspective, of course, it is always better when it is cheaper in price."
"I would like to see more visibility into the actual devices that it's protecting. In some cases, you don't want to see a lot. However, for our purposes, I would like to see more information about the applications which are installed, then have more control over what can and what cannot be installed."
"The feature set between the Android and Apple devices is not fully equal."
"IBM MaaS360 can improve the location reporter. There is a 15-minute delay and this does not allow for any usefulness."
"IBM MaaS360 can improve the information provided for DLP control. Some of our customers would benefit from this."
"The price could be lower."
"They should allow for the building of custom reports with graphics."
"The interface is clunky and the layout is a bit outdated. Also, I don't think MaaS360 has as many features as Intune. It doesn't integrate with Office as seamlessly as Intune does, which isn't surprising, given that Intune and Office are Microsoft products."
"IBM MaaS360 needs to have stronger points when it comes to the area of BYOD."
"The UI has room for improvement."
"The product needs to improve tech support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 quality, price, and support ratio are very good."
"Pricing is a little high."
"Users have to pay a yearly licensing fee for each device, which is cheap."
"Regarding the cost of licenses, each device consumes one, even if it has both professional and personal profiles."
"Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."
"When I purchased the product for one of our company's clients, I realized that the price of the product was competitive."
"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."
"I feel the pricing to be very high."
"The licensing structure is broken down into levels, each with different functionalities available. Depending on your license, there may be additional fees for extra features."
"IBM products are expensive compared to the tools offered by its competitors. IBM MaaS360 is an expensive tool."
"IBM MaaS360 is cheaper compared to other alternatives. Others are at least three to six times costlier."
"There are other solutions cheaper than IBM MaaS360, such as Microsoft Intune."
"I rate IBM MaaS360's pricing a six out of ten."
"IBM products are a little pricey."
"I rate IBM MaaS360’s pricing a six out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
27%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
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.
Microsoft Intune vs IBM MaaS360 - which to choose?
Our organization researched both Microsoft Intune and IBM MaaS360 when considering the type of endpoint security tool that we wanted. Ultimately we decided to choose IBM MaaS360 to secure and manag...
What do you like most about IBM MaaS360?
We introduced the product as part of the SOC-2 requirement. The tool's most valuable features include keeping the operating system updated, tracking software inventory, controlling computer adminis...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM MaaS360?
IBM products are a little pricey, so it’s expensive. I would rate the pricing and licensing model a seven out of ten, with ten being expensive. It is more on the expensive side. So, my recommendati...
 

Also Known As

Check Point Mobile Access, Check Point SandBlast Mobile
Fiberlink MaaS360, MaaS360
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Samsung Research America, Mississippi Office of the Secretary of State
Bancroft, Garuda Indonesia