Seamless Integration and Top-Notch Threat Intelligence
What do you like best about the product?
I greatly appreciate the excellent integration with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Setup was straightforward, and the validation of email traffic and user behavior has helped us respond more quickly to incidents.
The threat intelligence feeds appear to be very up to date, which gives us greater confidence in our overall email security posture.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't particularly like the alert system; it can be overly sensitive. Sometimes it flags harmless links or internal messages as false positives, wasting time checking them.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It gives us greater visibility into shared files and collaboration tools.
We analyze activity on platforms like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace without the need for additional tools.
Real-Time Phishing Defense Strengthens Cloud Email Response
What is our primary use case?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration protects our cloud-based email and cloud collaboration platforms, primarily Microsoft 365, from phishing, malware, and account takeover attempts.
I use Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration to protect against phishing or account takeover attempts by having a user receive an email that appeared to be a Microsoft 365 login alert with a convincing subject line and branding. However, Harmony flagged it immediately due to a suspicious sender domain and a malicious link embedded in the message.
What is most valuable?
One aspect that stands out in my day-to-day use of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is how seamlessly it integrates into our existing workflows without disrupting users.
The best feature of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is advanced threat prevention because Click-Time Prevention rewrites URLs and scans them when clicked, blocking access to malicious sites even if the email appears legitimate.
URL scanning and Click-Time Protection in Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration have been critical in our environment, especially as phishing attacks become more sophisticated.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration integrates smoothly with Microsoft 365 via API, so there is no need for agents or complex setup.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration has positively impacted my organization, resulting in faster incident response with real-time alerts and detailed threat insights, enabling our team to act quickly when something suspicious is flagged.
After deploying Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, my organization reported a significant reduction in phishing incidents and faster response times to email-based threats.
What needs improvement?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration could be improved by making the experience easier.
While the dashboard of Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is powerful, a cleaner layout or customizable views would help users focus on the most relevant alerts and metrics without digging through layers.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is very stable for our organization and is a great tool.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is a tool with scalability and other great features.
How are customer service and support?
I have not interacted with customer support for Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, but I know that in other tools, Check Point customer support is great and very collaborative about any issues or problems.
How would you rate customer service and support?
What was our ROI?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration saves time, saves money, and provides more security.
There are significant savings with Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration in terms of money saved and time saved.
What other advice do I have?
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is deployed in my organization in the public cloud.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration is a very complete tool for the next generation of our security. I rate this product an eight out of ten.
Comprehensive Security Made Easy with Harmony – Excellent Support and Seamless Integration
What do you like best about the product?
Harmony scans email attachments and shared files using threat emulation and sandboxing, catching unknown malware that traditional tools might miss.Security teams can manage email, collaboration, and endpoint protection from a single dashboard—simplifying operations and improving visibility. HEC includes DLP-style functionality for emails + collaboration tools,inspecting attachments, content, subject/body for sensitive data and preventing inappropriate sharing.Easy to implement and customer support is so great.
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislike as of now. We like the solution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Stronger Security Posture With real-time threat detection and prevention, our organization experiences fewer successful attacks and reduced exposure to risk.Harmony helps meet data protection standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 by enforcing access controls and preventing data leaks.The centralized dashboard allows IT teams to monitor threats, enforce policies, and respond to incidents across all communication channels from one place.
Comprehensive AI-Powered Protection for Email and Collaboration Apps
What do you like best about the product?
Harmony Email & Collaboration uses AI and real-time link analysis to detect and block phishing attempts before they reach the inbox.The system continuously monitors for suspicious activity, helping organizations respond quickly to potential breaches.Unlike many email-only security tools, HEC extends protection to collaboration apps like Teams, Slack, and OneDrive, which are increasingly common attack vectors.It leverages ThreatCloud intelligence, which continuously updates with the latest global threat data — strengthening protection in real time. Easy to implement and support is so great.
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislike as of now this solution. Product is so great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
By using threat emulation and sandboxing, it identifies and neutralizes unknown threats that traditional antivirus tools might miss.Organizations experience fewer successful phishing attempts and malware infections, leading to safer communication.Granular policy settings help meet regulatory requirements and protect sensitive data.he platform gives dashboards, traceability, incident logging, unified quarantine and integrations which can speed up investigations.
Excellent Threat Detection, But Too Many False Positives
What do you like best about the product?
Highly Accurate Threat Detection
Inline Email Protection
What do you dislike about the product?
Frequent False Positives
Limited Third-Party Integrations
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Advanced Phishing and Malware Attacks
Effective AI Email Security, but Google Integration Lags Behind Microsoft
What do you like best about the product?
Avanan Cloud Email Security is an API-based solution tailored for cloud email gateways like Microsoft and Google Workspace. By leveraging an API, it enables smooth and straightforward implementation. Its AI-driven detection model proves effective at spotting phishing emails, BECs, spam, and various other threats, which significantly helps reduce the risk of email attacks in an efficient way.
What do you dislike about the product?
Avana Cloud Email Security is an API-based solution that delivers email protection by connecting directly with cloud email gateways like Microsoft and Google. However, it's worth mentioning that when Avana is used with Google, some features present in the Microsoft integration are not available. But Avana is one of the best product in it's segment.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Avana Cloud Email Security has been effective in reducing the delivery of spam emails to user mailboxes by quarantining true positive messages. It assists in blocking bulk emails and phishing attempts, which helps to decrease both spam and potential attacks targeting users.
Effortless Email Security with Minor Filtering Hiccups
What do you like best about the product?
I'm delighted with Harmony Email and Collaboration, which has been a great support since its implementation. It has made a huge difference in how we handle email security without adding extra steps or slowing anything down. It quietly filters out threats and builds trust in the tool, especially with so many people working remotely and sharing files across different platforms. It simply works and allows us to focus on getting things done instead of worrying about phishing or data breaches.
What do you dislike about the product?
One small thing I don't like about Harmony Email and Collaboration is that sometimes the filtering is too strict and blocks important emails, forcing me to spend time checking the quarantine or changing the settings, but overall, these are minor inconveniences compared to the level of protection it offers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us mitigate the daily risk of phishing and email attacks, especially with a team that works from different locations and relies on cloud-based tools and shared documents. We also achieve secure communication without disrupting our workflow, allowing people to collaborate freely and access resources without worrying about hidden threats or data leaks. The protection is very comprehensive, allowing security personnel to focus on other tasks with the confidence that Check Point provides.
User-Friendly Email Security with Excellent Microsoft Support, Some Gaps for Google Workspace
What do you like best about the product?
Check Point Avanan Cloud Email Security is straightforward to deploy thanks to its API integration. The Avanan dashboard is very user-friendly and easy to navigate, making it simple for email administrators to create or modify policies as needed. It includes all the essential modules, such as phishing detection, business email compromise detection, spam detection, real-time external URL detection, sandboxing, and more to mitigate modern day threads. As an administrator, you will find that you need to visit the dashboard less frequently compared to other solutions on the market.
What do you dislike about the product?
Check Point Avanan Cloud Email Security offers API-only integration, supporting just online email platforms like Microsoft and Google Workspace. While the integration with Microsoft through API works seamlessly and provides the full set of features, the experience with Google Workspace API integration is somewhat more challenging and lacks certain features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point Avana Cloud Email Security is effective in mitigating modern threats that target the email channel, which remains a major attack surface for attackers. Taking into account its full set of features and functionality, it also helps reduce spam emails. Additionally, the email digest feature allows users to release quarantined emails without needing to raise a concern.
Outstanding Real-Time Email Security with Granular Insights
What do you like best about the product?
Check Point’s real-time threat intelligence engine (ThreatCloud) does an excellent job at blocking phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and zero-day email attacks. It analyzes links, attachments, and sender reputations dynamically, not just based on static signatures.The dashboard provides granular insights into email traffic, spam statistics, blocked messages, and phishing attempts, which helps security teams fine-tune policies and demonstrate compliance. Easy to implement and support is so great.
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislike as of now. Product is doing great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Check Point’s solution uses AI/ML to analyze aspects of each email, including sender reputation, history, link/attachment behavior.The product uses an approach that analyses message characteristics (headers/envelopes) rather than relying solely on keyword matching, which gives higher accuracy.The solution supports email/attachment scanning, threat emulation/sandboxing, and other inspection.The centralised management + integrated threat intelligence means less manual overhead and better alignment with broader enterprise security infrastructure.
AI-Powered Security That Seamlessly Protects All Our Platforms
What do you like best about the product?
Uses AI-driven threat detection to identify and block sophisticated attacks before they reach users.Works smoothly with Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and other popular platforms, protecting not just email but also shared documents, calendars, and chat tools.Reduces IT overhead by automating many security tasks and providing clear visibility into system health. Easy to implement and easy to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
No dislike as of now. Product is doing great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It filters out malicious and irrelevant messages, and prioritizes important communications.Harmony uses advanced threat prevention to block phishing, ransomware, and malware before they reach users.It offers easy-to-use policy controls and automation.It enforces data loss prevention (DLP) policies and helps meet regulatory requirements like GDPR and HIPAA.
