# Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention vs Mimecast Advanced Email Security Comparison
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## AI Generated Summary
- Users report that Mimecast Advanced Email Security excels in its sandboxing capabilities, achieving a score of 9.4, which reviewers mention provides robust protection against advanced threats. In contrast, Check Point SandBlast Network also offers strong sandboxing features but scores slightly lower at 9.7, indicating a competitive edge in this area.
- Reviewers mention that Mimecast's anti-spam functionality is highly effective, with a score of 9.1, making it a preferred choice for organizations focused on email security. Check Point SandBlast Network, while also strong in spam filtering with a score of 9.2, is noted for its comprehensive multi-network capability, which users say enhances overall network security.
- G2 users highlight that Mimecast's ease of use is rated at 8.0, making it user-friendly for administrators. In comparison, Check Point SandBlast Network has a lower ease of use rating at 7.4, which some users report can lead to a steeper learning curve for new users.
- Users on G2 report that Mimecast's quality of support is rated at 8.5, with many reviewers mentioning responsive customer service. Check Point SandBlast Network has a slightly higher support rating of 8.6, indicating that both products provide solid support, but Check Point may have a slight edge in customer satisfaction.
- Reviewers mention that Mimecast's advanced threat intelligence and protection features score 9.0, which users say is crucial for proactive email security. Check Point SandBlast Network also offers advanced threat protection but is particularly noted for its incident management capabilities, which users report are comprehensive and effective.
- Users say that Mimecast's reporting and analytics features are rated at 8.5, providing valuable insights into email security performance. In contrast, Check Point SandBlast Network's reporting capabilities are rated higher at 9.0, with users mentioning that its intelligence reports are particularly useful for understanding network threats.



| | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 18 | 320 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Mid-Market (64.7% of reviews) | Mid-Market (68.4% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention

Pros:
- Ease of Use (2 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (2 reviews)

Cons:
- Cost (1 reviews)
- Expensive (1 reviews)

### Mimecast Advanced Email Security

Pros:
- Email Security (40 reviews)
- Ease of Use (36 reviews)

Cons:
- Complexity (17 reviews)
- Email Filtering Issues (16 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (10 reviews) | 9.0 (252 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 7.8 (10 reviews) | 8.0 (258 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 8.0 (206 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 9.2 (6 reviews) | 7.9 (206 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.8 (8 reviews) | 8.3 (245 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.4 (6 reviews) | 8.7 (205 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.8 (10 reviews) | 8.9 (246 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### Mimecast Advanced Email Security

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

Yes

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Network Sandboxing

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention** | 8.9/10 | 8 |
| **Mimecast Advanced Email Security** | N/A | N/A |

#### Sandbox

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Sandbox** | 9.5 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Evaluation

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Malware Evaluation** | 9.3 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Automatic Submission** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Automatic Evaluation** | 9.3 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Malware Probability Scores** | 7.9 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Unified Threat Management (UTM)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention** | N/A | N/A |
| **Mimecast Advanced Email Security** | N/A | N/A |

#### Security - Unified Threat Management

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Antivirus** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Whitelists** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Antispam Filtering** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Content Filtering** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Web Filtering** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Firewall** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Administration

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Reports & Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Dashboard** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Cloud Email Security

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention** | N/A | N/A |
| **Mimecast Advanced Email Security** | 8.5/10 | 139 |

#### Administration

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Intelligence Reporting** | Not enough data | 8.0 (117 reviews) | 
| **Email Integration Suppor** | Not enough data | 8.4 (121 reviews) | 
| **Access Management** | Not enough data | 8.2 (117 reviews) | 
| **Data Loss Prevention** | Not enough data | 8.2 (101 reviews) | 

#### Maintenance

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Auditing** | Not enough data | 8.1 (116 reviews) | 
| **Allow and block lists** | Not enough data | 8.9 (122 reviews) | 
| **Compliance** | Not enough data | 8.5 (108 reviews) | 
| **Archiving** | Not enough data | 8.6 (115 reviews) | 

#### Security

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Anti-Malware/Anti-Spam** | Not enough data | 9.0 (134 reviews) | 
| **Encryption** | Not enough data | 8.2 (110 reviews) | 
| **Quarantine** | Not enough data | 9.0 (129 reviews) | 
| **Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)** | Not enough data | 8.8 (124 reviews) | 
| **Anti-Phishing** | Not enough data | 8.8 (127 reviews) | 
| **Account takeover prevention** | Not enough data | 7.7 (88 reviews) | 

### Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention** | N/A | N/A |
| **Mimecast Advanced Email Security** | N/A | N/A |

#### Automation

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Metadata Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Response Automation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Continuous Analysis** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Functionality

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Network Capability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Network Visibility** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Scalability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Incident Management

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Incident Logs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Incident Alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Incident Reporting** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Intelligent Email Protection

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention** | N/A | N/A |
| **Mimecast Advanced Email Security** | 8.7/10 | 138 |

#### Administration

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Compliance** | Not enough data | 8.5 (112 reviews) | 
| **Intelligence Reporting** | Not enough data | 8.6 (124 reviews) | 
| **Email Clients** | Not enough data | 9.1 (127 reviews) | 
| **Role-Based Rules** | Not enough data | 8.9 (127 reviews) | 

#### Detection

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Exfiltration Detection** | Not enough data | 8.3 (115 reviews) | 
| **Activity Monitoring** | Not enough data | 8.5 (119 reviews) | 
| **Real-Time Detection** | Not enough data | 8.9 (126 reviews) | 

#### Protection

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Targeted Attack Prevention** | Not enough data | 9.0 (125 reviews) | 
| **Policy Enforcement** | Not enough data | 9.0 (130 reviews) | 
| **Spam Filtering** | Not enough data | 9.1 (133 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Intelligent Email Protection

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | 7.9 (8 reviews) | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | 8.1 (8 reviews) | 

### Secure Email Gateway

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention** | N/A | N/A |
| **Mimecast Advanced Email Security** | 8.9/10 | 135 |

#### Functionality

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Anti-Spam** | Not enough data | 9.1 (133 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Anti-Malware** | Not enough data | 9.2 (133 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Anti-Phishing** | Not enough data | 8.8 (133 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Filtering Functionality** | Not enough data | 9.0 (131 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Quarantine** | Not enough data | 9.0 (131 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Outbound Email Monitoring** | Not enough data | 9.1 (126 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Advanced Threat Intelligence/Protection** | Not enough data | 9.0 (129 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Archiving** | Not enough data | 8.8 (123 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | 8.5 (130 reviews) ✓ Verified | 
| **On-prem deployment** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | 

#### Agentic AI - Secure Email Gateway

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Threat Intelligence

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention** | 9.3/10 | 7 |
| **Mimecast Advanced Email Security** | N/A | N/A |

#### Orchestration

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Asset Management** | 8.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Security Workflow Automation** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Deployment** | 9.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Sandboxing** | 9.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Information

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Proactive Alerts** | 9.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Malware Detection** | 10.0 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Intelligence Reports** | 9.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Personalization

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Endpoint Intelligence** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Security Validation** | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Dynamic/Code Analysis** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Generate Attack Scenarios** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Generate Threat Detection Rules** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Generate Threat Summaries** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Agentic AI - Threat Intelligence

| Feature | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories

**Unique to Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention (4):** [Unified Threat Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/unified-threat-management-utm), [Network Sandboxing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/network-sandboxing), [Threat Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/threat-intelligence), [Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/network-traffic-analysis-nta)

**Unique to Mimecast Advanced Email Security (4):** [Intelligent Email Protection Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/intelligent-email-protection), [Cloud Email Security Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-email-security), [Secure Email Gateway Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/secure-email-gateway), [Browser Isolation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/browser-isolation)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention | Mimecast Advanced Email Security | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 5.9% | 15.7% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 64.7% | 68.4% | 
| **Enterprise** | 29.4% | 16.0% | 

### By Industry

#### Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention

- **Information Technology and Services:** 23.5%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 17.6%
- **Consumer Services:** 11.8%
- **Banking:** 11.8%
- **Telecommunications:** 5.9%
- **Security and Investigations:** 5.9%
- **Retail:** 5.9%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 5.9%
- **Gambling & Casinos:** 5.9%
- **Computer Software:** 5.9%

#### Mimecast Advanced Email Security

- **Legal Services:** 9.3%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 8.0%
- **Financial Services:** 6.4%
- **Construction:** 4.5%
- **Computer Software:** 4.2%
- **Insurance:** 3.5%
- **Law Practice:** 3.5%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 3.2%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 3.2%
- **Non-Profit Organization Management:** 2.6%
- **Other:** 51.6%

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## Top Discussions

### Check Point SandBlast Advanced Network Threat Prevention

No discussions available for this product.

### Mimecast Advanced Email Security

- Title: [Has anyone implemented ingesting the Audit logs from Mimecast into Graylog?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/has-anyone-implemented-ingesting-the-audit-logs-from-mimecast-into-graylog) — 3 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "I have not, I just use the built in alerts and mxtoolbox for mail flow."
- Title: [What is Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-mimecast-email-security-with-targeted-threat-protection-used-for) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection is used to defend against phishing, malware, ransomware, and impersonation attacks.... It provides..."

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