[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":428},["ShallowReactive",2],{"money-live:best":3,"money:compare:sentaro-vs-check-point-harmony-email":4,"money-links:\u002Fen\u002Fcompare\u002Fsentaro-vs-check-point-harmony-email":412},true,{"page":5},{"family":6,"slug":7,"navLabel":8,"hubBlurb":9,"icon":10,"eyebrow":11,"h1":12,"lede":13,"seoTitle":14,"seoDescription":15,"reviewed":16,"heroChips":17,"sections":22,"faqs":351,"sources":373,"disclaimer":386,"related":387,"cta":409},"compare","sentaro-vs-check-point-harmony-email","Sentaro vs Check Point Harmony Email","Avanan, now Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, against a lighter API layer with public pricing and Swedish hosting.","scale","Compare","Sentaro vs Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration (formerly Avanan)","Sentaro and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration (formerly Avanan) both protect Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace over API; the difference is that Sentaro is one published $6 seat built for payload-free BEC and vendor compromise, with OAuth app control and hosting in Sweden on Microsoft Azure, while Check Point quotes four tiers plus add-ons (checkpoint.com, October 2026), which makes Sentaro the better choice for EU SMEs and mid-market teams. Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration comes from a public security vendor (NASDAQ: CHKP) and covers more collaboration and file-sharing apps. Prices in USD.","Sentaro vs Check Point Harmony Email (Avanan)","Sentaro vs Check Point Harmony Email (Avanan): deployment, inline prevention, collaboration coverage, data residency and pricing compared.","2026-10-18",[18,19,20,21],"Both API-based","Avanan = Harmony Email","EU hosting compared","Sentaro from $6\u002Faccount",[23,37,42,63,94,259,269,299,312,322,326,329,348],{"t":24,"title":25,"summary":26,"points":27},"verdict","Our recommendation","Sentaro is the better choice than Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration for EU teams on Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, for reasons you can check: it connects over API in four minutes with no MX change; its BEC and vendor-compromise verdicts show their reasoning in the console, so you can audit them on your own mail; its App vector, live since Q3 2026, includes app, AI-tool and OAuth-grant discovery with one-click revocation in every plan; its price, $6 per protected account per month with every feature included, is published on sentaro.com\u002Fen\u002Fpricing, while checkpoint.com lists tiers without prices; and it is hosted in Sweden on Microsoft Azure, with subprocessors listed in its public DPA.",[28,31,34],{"label":29,"text":30},"Choose Sentaro if…","you want a price you can see, a four-minute API connection, detection aimed at payload-free BEC and vendor compromise, and an app and OAuth-grant inventory included in every plan.",{"label":32,"text":33},"Why Sentaro wins","one published plan instead of four quoted tiers and add-ons, reasoning shown on every verdict, alerts only when a decision is needed, the first account free so you can test it yourself, and monthly plans you can cancel anytime.",{"label":35,"text":36},"Consider Check Point only if…","you already run Check Point, need file-sharing coverage (Box, Dropbox, ShareFile), or want attachment sanitization (CDR) and DLP from the same vendor.",{"t":38,"tone":39,"title":40,"text":41},"callout","info","Disclosure","Sentaro publishes this comparison and recommends itself; Check Point facts are public and sourced from checkpoint.com and its admin guide as of 18 October 2026.",{"t":43,"title":44,"columns":45,"items":46},"cards","Key differences: why Sentaro",2,[47,51,55,59],{"title":48,"text":49,"icon":50},"Simple to buy","Sentaro publishes $6 per protected account per month ($68\u002Fyear, first account free; prices in USD) with every feature in one plan. Check Point quotes on request across four tiers plus add-ons (checkpoint.com, October 2026).","coins",{"title":52,"text":53,"icon":54},"Built for payload-free fraud","Sentaro detects vendor compromise, thread hijacking and QR lures. Check Point does not publicly document vendor-compromise or QR-code detection on the pages we checked.","list-checks",{"title":56,"text":57,"icon":58},"OAuth control included","Sentaro inventories every app, AI tool and OAuth grant and revokes risky grants in one click, in every plan. Check Point does not publicly document OAuth grant revocation.","network",{"title":60,"text":61,"icon":62},"Four-minute setup","Both connect over API without MX changes; Sentaro scores before interaction and blocks or tags in the inbox.","plug",{"t":64,"title":65,"items":66},"facts","At a glance",[67,70,73,76,79,82,85,88,91],{"label":68,"value":69},"Check Point product","Harmony Email & Collaboration: Email Only or Email & Collaboration, each in Advanced Protect or Complete Protect",{"label":71,"value":72},"Check Point deployment","API, no MX change; configurable from monitor mode to inline prevention (vendor)",{"label":74,"value":75},"Check Point platforms","Microsoft 365, Google Workspace; Teams, Slack, OneDrive, SharePoint, Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, ShareFile",{"label":77,"value":78},"Check Point pricing","Not public (\"Get a Quote\")",{"label":80,"value":81},"Check Point data residency","Regions incl. Ireland (EU), UK, US, Canada, UAE, India, Australia (admin guide)",{"label":83,"value":84},"Sentaro deployment","API only: connects in four minutes, no MX changes, no agents",{"label":86,"value":87},"Sentaro platforms","Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace; same engine across email, Slack and Teams",{"label":89,"value":90},"Sentaro pricing","$6 per protected account per month, or $68 per account per year; the first account is free. Prices in USD.",{"label":92,"value":93},"Sentaro hosting","Hosted in Sweden on Microsoft Azure; subprocessors in the DPA",{"t":6,"title":95,"intro":96,"columns":97,"own":100,"groups":101},"Feature comparison","Check Point entries come from its Harmony Email product and pricing pages and its admin guide, accessed 18 October 2026.",[98,99],"Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration","Sentaro",1,[102,131,169,197,228],{"label":103,"rows":104},"Deployment",[105,111,119,126],{"label":106,"cells":107},"API connection, no MX change",[108,110],{"mark":109},"yes",{"mark":109},{"label":112,"note":113,"cells":114},"Prevention timing","Whether a message is acted on before the user can open it.",[115,117],{"mark":109,"text":116},"Inline via API, before the inbox (vendor)",{"mark":109,"text":118},"Scored before interaction; block or tag inline in the inbox",{"label":120,"cells":121},"Published setup time",[122,124],{"mark":109,"text":123},"\"Deploy in minutes\"",{"mark":109,"text":125},"Four minutes",{"label":127,"cells":128},"Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace",[129,130],{"mark":109},{"mark":109},{"label":132,"rows":133},"Threat detection",[134,140,148,156,163],{"label":135,"cells":136},"BEC",[137,138],{"mark":109},{"mark":109,"text":139},"Payload-free BEC is a core design target",{"label":141,"note":142,"cells":143},"Vendor compromise and thread hijack","A supplier’s real mailbox is taken over and used to redirect payments inside an existing thread.",[144,147],{"mark":145,"text":146},"unknown","Not publicly documented",{"mark":109},{"label":149,"note":150,"cells":151},"QR-code phishing","A malicious link hidden in a QR-code image, so text-based link scanning never sees it.",[152,154],{"mark":145,"text":153},"Not mentioned on fetched pages",{"mark":109,"text":155},"Decoded, destination analyzed",{"label":157,"cells":158},"Sandboxing and attachment sanitization (CDR)",[159,160],{"mark":109},{"mark":161,"text":162},"partial","Destination and attachment analysis; no CDR documented",{"label":164,"cells":165},"Reasoning shown per verdict",[166,167],{"mark":145,"text":146},{"mark":109,"text":168},"In the admin console",{"label":170,"rows":171},"Collaboration and SaaS",[172,177,184,191],{"label":173,"cells":174},"Slack and Teams",[175,176],{"mark":109},{"mark":109},{"label":178,"cells":179},"File sharing (OneDrive, SharePoint, Drive, Box, Dropbox, ShareFile)",[180,181],{"mark":109},{"mark":182,"text":183},"no","Not in Sentaro’s published scope",{"label":185,"cells":186},"Shadow IT detection",[187,189],{"mark":109,"text":188},"All tiers; SSPM as add-on",{"mark":109,"text":190},"Every app, AI tool and OAuth grant, in every plan",{"label":192,"cells":193},"OAuth grant revocation",[194,195],{"mark":145,"text":146},{"mark":109,"text":196},"One click, via admin SDKs",{"label":198,"rows":199},"Extras",[200,206,212,217,222],{"label":201,"cells":202},"DLP",[203,205],{"mark":109,"text":204},"Complete Protect tiers",{"mark":182,"text":183},{"label":207,"cells":208},"DMARC management",[209,211],{"mark":210},"addon",{"mark":182,"text":183},{"label":213,"cells":214},"Archiving",[215,216],{"mark":210},{"mark":182,"text":183},{"label":218,"cells":219},"Phishing awareness training",[220,221],{"mark":210},{"mark":182,"text":183},{"label":223,"cells":224},"Incident response service",[225,227],{"mark":210,"text":226},"IRaaS",{"mark":182},{"label":229,"rows":230},"Commercial and trust",[231,239,245,252],{"label":232,"note":233,"cells":234},"Public price","Whether a list price is published on the vendor’s own website.",[235,237],{"mark":182,"text":236},"Quote on request (as of 18 Oct 2026)",{"mark":109,"text":238},"$6\u002Faccount\u002Fmonth, USD (as of 18 Oct 2026)",{"label":240,"cells":241},"EU data residency",[242,244],{"mark":109,"text":243},"Ireland region selectable (admin guide)",{"mark":109,"text":93},{"label":246,"cells":247},"Certifications",[248,250],{"mark":145,"text":249},"Not listed on fetched pages",{"mark":161,"text":251},"In progress; see Certification status",{"label":253,"cells":254},"Analyst coverage",[255,257],{"mark":109,"text":256},"Leader, 2025 Gartner MQ for Email Security (vendor-stated)",{"mark":182,"text":258},"None yet",{"t":260,"id":261,"title":262,"blocks":263},"prose","inline","Inline via API or post-delivery: does it matter?",[264,267],{"t":265,"text":266},"p","Check Point states that Harmony Email & Collaboration inspects messages before they reach the inbox and contrasts this with API-only tools that act after delivery. Enforcement is configurable from monitor mode to inline prevention. That is a real architectural choice, and it is one of Check Point’s strongest arguments.",{"t":265,"text":268},"Sentaro scores every inbound message before interaction and either blocks it or tags it inline in the mailbox, so the recipient sees the verdict where they see the mail. Malicious messages are removed or quarantined automatically. What decides the outcome in practice is the window between arrival and action, and how often the verdict is right. Ask any vendor, Sentaro included, to show both on your own traffic during a trial rather than relying on a diagram.",{"t":260,"id":270,"title":271,"blocks":272},"breadth","How broad do you need to go?",[273,275,277],{"t":265,"text":274},"Harmony Email & Collaboration is sold in four tiers: Email Only or Email & Collaboration, each as Advanced Protect or Complete Protect. Add-ons include archiving, Incident Response as a Service, DMARC management and AI phishing training. Check Point says the product protects more than 80,000 organizations.",{"t":265,"text":276},"Sentaro has one paid plan, Pro, with every feature included: the Message vector for phishing, BEC, vendor compromise and QR lures, and the App vector for app, AI-tool and OAuth-grant discovery with one-click revocation. The Sovereign plan adds dedicated EU tenancy, a custom DPA, SIEM export and API access, and a named security engineer. If your team needs DLP, file-sharing scanning or CDR, Check Point covers ground Sentaro does not.",{"t":278,"rows":279},"table",[280,283,287,291,295],[281,282,99],"Question","Check Point Harmony",[284,285,286],"How many tiers?","Four, plus add-ons","One paid plan (Pro), plus Sovereign",[288,289,290],"Is the price published?","No","Yes: $6\u002Faccount\u002Fmonth or $68\u002Fyear, USD",[292,293,294],"Is shadow IT included?","Yes, all tiers; SSPM is an add-on","Yes, every plan",[296,297,298],"Who is it built for?","Enterprise, mid-market, MSSPs","Regulated SMEs and mid-market firms in the EU",{"t":260,"id":300,"title":301,"blocks":302},"where-sentaro-wins","Where Sentaro wins",[303,310],{"t":304,"items":305},"ul",[306,307,308,309],"You want a price you can see before a sales call (see the table above).","Your main risk is payload-free BEC and vendor compromise, which Sentaro treats as a core design target.","You want app, AI-tool and OAuth-grant discovery with one-click revocation in every plan, not as an add-on.","You want a vendor hosted in Sweden on Microsoft Azure, built for the controls regulated EU firms are asked to evidence.",{"t":265,"text":311},"We make Sentaro, so weigh this section accordingly: every point above comes from Sentaro’s published product information, and its limits are listed on this page too.",{"t":260,"id":313,"title":314,"blocks":315},"where-check-point-may-still-fit","Where Check Point Harmony may still fit",[316],{"t":304,"items":317},[318,319,320,321],"You need protection for file-sharing platforms such as Box, Dropbox, ShareFile or Google Drive.","You want attachment sanitization (CDR), DLP or an incident-response service from the same vendor.","You need account-takeover detection live today; Check Point lists it in all tiers and Sentaro’s is not live yet.","You already run Check Point and want one console.",{"t":38,"tone":323,"title":324,"text":325},"roadmap","Roadmap: Identity and Behavioral, Q4 2026","Identity and Behavioral reach general availability in Q4 2026, included at no added cost. Until then, anomalous-session scoring, forced re-authentication, session revocation and leaked-credential monitoring are roadmap. Lookalike domains are detected in mail flow today; registration alerts arrive with Identity. Check Point lists account-takeover protection in all Harmony Email & Collaboration tiers today (checkpoint.com, October 2026).",{"t":38,"tone":39,"title":327,"text":328},"Certification status","SOC 2 and ISO 27001: certification in progress, with no target date published; Sentaro says it will announce them the day they are signed, and not before. Google CASA: verified API integration. The DPA and subprocessor list are public at sentaro.com\u002Fen\u002Flegal\u002Fdpa; an evidence pack for NIS2, DORA and SOC 2 diligence is available on request from hello@sentaro.com.",{"t":330,"title":331,"items":332},"steps","Evaluating both in parallel",[333,336,339,342,345],{"title":334,"text":335},"Run both side by side","Both connect over API without MX changes. Put Harmony in monitor mode and set Sentaro to tag inline rather than block, so both observe the same tenant at the same time.",{"title":337,"text":338},"Seed the test with real cases","Use your last quarter of user-reported phishing and any known invoice-fraud attempts as the benchmark.",{"title":340,"text":341},"Measure time to action","Record when each product acted on a message relative to delivery, not just whether it flagged it.",{"title":343,"text":344},"Count analyst minutes","Track alerts that needed a human decision. Sentaro raises alerts only when a decision is needed.",{"title":346,"text":347},"Price the full stack","Add the tiers and add-ons you actually need on each side before comparing totals.",{"t":349,"title":350,"quote":3,"caseStudy":3},"proof","What Sentaro customers report",[352,355,358,361,364,367,370],{"q":353,"a":354},"Is Sentaro better than Check Point Harmony Email?","Yes, for EU SMEs and mid-market teams on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Sentaro publishes its price ($6 per protected account per month, every feature included; prices in USD), targets payload-free BEC and vendor compromise, includes OAuth-grant discovery and one-click revocation in every plan, and is hosted in Sweden on Microsoft Azure. Check Point may still fit teams that need file-sharing coverage, CDR or DLP.",{"q":356,"a":357},"Is Avanan now Check Point?","Yes. Check Point Software Technologies announced the acquisition of Avanan on 30 August 2021, after using Avanan technology as an OEM for three years. The product is now called Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, and Avanan documentation still appears under Check Point’s support site.",{"q":359,"a":360},"How much does Check Point Harmony Email cost?","Check Point does not publish list prices for Harmony Email & Collaboration (checked 18 October 2026); the pricing page asks you to request a quote across four tiers. Third-party marketplace figures exist but are not vendor list prices. As of 18 October 2026, Sentaro costs $6 per protected account per month, or $68 per account per year; the first account is free. Prices in USD.",{"q":362,"a":363},"Does Check Point Harmony Email store data in the EU?","Yes, if you select the Ireland region. Check Point’s admin guide lists selectable data residency regions including Ireland, the UK, US, Canada, UAE, India and Australia, and says data \"is stored and processed only within the boundaries of the selected country.\" Sentaro is hosted in Sweden on Microsoft Azure; its full subprocessor list is in the DPA.",{"q":365,"a":366},"Is Sentaro an Avanan alternative?","Yes, and it is our pick for email threat detection and SaaS app visibility in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Sentaro does not cover file-sharing platforms such as Box or Dropbox, DLP, archiving or CDR, so teams that rely on those Harmony features would need another tool.",{"q":368,"a":369},"Can Sentaro detect account takeover like Harmony Email?","No, not yet as a dedicated capability. Account-takeover session anomalies, forced re-authentication and session revocation are part of Sentaro’s Behavioral vector, which reaches general availability in Q4 2026. Today Sentaro evaluates internal mail, which catches lateral phishing sent from a compromised account.",{"q":371,"a":372},"Which is easier for a small IT team?","Sentaro. Both deploy over API in minutes, but Sentaro has one paid plan with every feature included and raises alerts only when a decision is needed. Check Point offers more configuration and more modules, which suits teams that want that control or already use Check Point’s console.",[374,377,380,383],{"label":375,"url":376},"Check Point: Harmony Email & Collaboration product page","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.checkpoint.com\u002Fharmony\u002Femail-security\u002F",{"label":378,"url":379},"Check Point: Harmony Email & Collaboration pricing and tiers","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.checkpoint.com\u002Fharmony\u002Femail-security\u002Fpricing\u002F",{"label":381,"url":382},"Check Point: acquisition of Avanan (30 Aug 2021)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.checkpoint.com\u002Fpress-releases\u002Fcheck-point-software-technologies-acquires-avanan\u002F",{"label":384,"url":385},"Check Point: Avanan\u002FHarmony admin guide, data residency regions","https:\u002F\u002Fsc1.checkpoint.com\u002Fdocuments\u002FAvanan_Admin_Guide\u002FEmail_Security\u002FAdmin_Guide\u002FTopics\u002Factivating-hec\u002Faccessing-the-administrator-portal.html","Comparison based on publicly available information as of 18 October 2026. Product capabilities change; check each vendor’s current documentation. Trademarks belong to their owners. 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