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Check Point Harmony Mobile vs Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Harmony Mobile
Ranking in Mobile Threat Defense
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Symantec Endpoint Protectio...
Ranking in Mobile Threat Defense
4th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Mobile Threat Defense category, the mindshare of Check Point Harmony Mobile is 20.5%, up from 18.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile is 3.2%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Nurullah Kazar - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to use with a good dashboard and excellent threat protection
If you want a customized feature, it is generally rejected or takes too much time to integrate. If you face a problem on your console, only R&D from the support team can check the backend of the product. Sometimes this causes delays in solution time. The errors should be more visible to admin users. If you are responsible for regulations such as keeping your corporate important data in your country, this scenario is also possible with this product but sometimes it creates problems with viewing encrypted data.
Dennis O'Reilly - PeerSpot reviewer
An easy-to-deploy solution for mobile devices that has high stability and scalability
We use Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile for mobile devices like Android and Apple iOS Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile is very easy to deploy, and it is really easy to set up the policies. Since deploying to a mobile device is not your average deployment to a workstation endpoint or a…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best thing about the product is that it is transparent and does not impact the users."
"The Check Point SandBlast Mobile solution supports Android and iOS operating systems and allows for integration with Mobile Device Management (MDM)."
"You can block infected devices from accessing corporate data."
"Harmony Mobile is a unified security solution for user devices and internet connections. It protects devices from sophisticated attacks, including malware, and implements Zero Trust Access for comprehensive security."
"As a security solution for devices, it can benefit us in many ways, including providing us with data security, access control, network security, and more."
"The product's initial setup phase is very straightforward."
"Network protection, OS protection, application protection, and file protection are valuable. It is also easy to implement and manage."
"We've found that the product is quite stable."
"Your endpoint protection depends on the signature piece, so it's mainly for virus and malware protection, as well as also to control devices and applications."
"The most valuable feature is to be able to power up a device and wipe the data remotely."
"Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile is very easy to deploy, and it is really easy to set up the policies."
"The user interface is good. Managing and monitoring tools are also good."
"The biggest advantage it has is the VPN product that is incorporated into the solution."
"Integration is good. You can integrate them with an off-brand endpoint solution. It has quite a few integration features you can use."
"One of the features I found very nice in Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile is that it's good at scanning and fixing issues on its own. The solution is very good at finding a lot of applications and notifying you about systems that have issues. Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile can run headless without having to report back which I found very nice about it. I also like that the solution would create alerts when a certain amount of time lapsed for systems, and it would recommend going through and scanning the systems. As an actual endpoint protection product, Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile is good."
 

Cons

"It would be super helpful if there were more details around the risks that were found on our mobile devices."
"Harmony Mobile could be improved with increased built-in DLP coverage."
"The project point needs improvement."
"We know that for many companies, the management and administration of device and data security have been complex."
"The ability to integrate local and cloud technologies to create a hybrid scenario would be an upgrade."
"One thing that should be improved in the future of the ability to ensure that mobile devices are protected from connections in environments with unlimited connectivity."
"I think that the pricing for the Check Point products should be reconsidered, as we found it to be quite expensive to purchase and to maintain."
"There could be more automation features for the solution."
"The price is too expensive for the Egyptian market here. Compared to other products or the other competition here in the local market, they need to be more competitive cost-wise."
"For a lot of the issues my team experienced from Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile, Symantec said that getting the issues resolved would mean going through the partner that sold the product and creating an incident report to get the team to work on the actual company environment. A lot of the problems my team has been having from Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile were associated with Outlook for endpoint users who were being locked out of the Outlook application. Another area for improvement in Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile is its central web hub, where you're supposed to be able to update all of the endpoints because it wasn't reaching the endpoints. For example, even if the central web hub was able to see the endpoints and do the required scans, whenever you'd go to do a policy change, the policy change wouldn't propagate down to the endpoints. The central web hub allows you to monitor all of your endpoints and allows you to choose actions you'd want to do to each of the endpoints such as pushing down on updates or scanning the system. The problem my team usually gets is that majority of the time, whenever my team would do policy updates, the updates won't propagate down to the users, so it was very inconsistent. Needing to manually go through and scan systems is also an area for improvement in Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile. Currently, there's no way to automate its scanning process. A lot of the other issues started appearing in Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile during situations when people wanted to customize different applications. Symantec doesn't like people doing a lot of customizations. For example, the main problem in my company is users losing access to Outlook, but then my team discovered that there was a specific policy set that you could disable, and it would fix a lot of the Outlook issues. However, when you'd go to change that policy set and attach that to a user to overwrite policies on the user side, it just wouldn't do anything for that user. It wouldn't even show that the policy was updated, so this is what needs to be improved in Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile."
"It would be nice to have more flexibility regarding deployment."
"I'm not sure if there's anything lacking; I personally don't use the solution too much, so I'd have to look at it a bit and do some more research. I'm more on the operation side of things."
"When there is an attack attempt on mobile, there doesn't seem to be much of a notification."
"Application and device control needs to be improved. We also need to enhance login features for management to have good visibility of the events."
"Having better, real-time support would be an improvement over having to send an email."
 

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."
"I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."
"Its cost depends upon the number of users."
"Check Point provides a separate license in cases where organizations want to use this only on mobile devices, or laptops/desktops."
"The product pricing is reasonable for the security it provides."
"Choosing the correct set of licenses is essential because, without the additional software blade licenses, the Check Point gateways are just a stateful firewall."
"Pricing is a little high."
"The price is not so high. I would rate the pricing a three or four out of ten."
"You get the solution for free if you purchase the complete endpoint security licensing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
26%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Educational Organization
85%
Computer Software Company
3%
Healthcare Company
2%
Retailer
1%
 

Company Size

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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.
What do you like most about Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile?
Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile is very easy to deploy, and it is really easy to set up the policies.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile?
Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile comes inclusive of your endpoint security complete licensing. If you purchase complete licensing, Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile is added to that. You get t...
What needs improvement with Symantec Endpoint Protection Mobile?
Since deploying to a mobile device is not your average deployment to a workstation endpoint or a server, I would like to see more functions. It would be nice to have more flexibility regarding depl...
 

Also Known As

Check Point Mobile Access, Check Point SandBlast Mobile
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Sample Customers

Samsung Research America, Mississippi Office of the Secretary of State
Samsung, Optiv, Exchange, MobileIron, Check Point, McAfee, AirWatch
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