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Email security · November 2026 Edition
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs IRONSCALES
Two of fourteen models named Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration first on the direct prompt; two named IRONSCALES. Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and IRONSCALES by twelve and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration carries 35 labels and IRONSCALES 23, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share8%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels3523A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft Defender for Office 365 was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration · Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs IRONSCALES · Abnormal AI vs Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the email security page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIRONSCALES
Direct22
Paraphrase11
Comparative10
Budget-constrained10
Scale-constrained01
Negative001 against Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration · 1 against IRONSCALES
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and IRONSCALES were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 90 answers naming Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and the 72 naming IRONSCALES. In those answers IRONSCALES took the first choice four times and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration five.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and IRONSCALES stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | |||||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration IRONSCALES first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration on the left and IRONSCALES on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and IRONSCALES stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.MiniMax M2.5Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES alternatives: Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration first, IRONSCALES not the choice
1 of 14 modelsIRONSCALES was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashAbnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
IRONSCALES first, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration not the choice
1 of 14 modelsCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Muse Glimmer 30BIRONSCALES alternatives: Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security alternatives: Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email Protection
Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 alternatives: Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Mistral SmallMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 alternatives: Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Qwen 3.7 FlashProofpoint Email Protection alternatives: Abnormal AI, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security
Kimi K2Mimecast Email Security alternatives: Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection
GPT-6 LunaAbnormal AI alternatives: Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Grok 4.20Microsoft Defender for Office 365 alternatives: Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
DeepSeek V4 FlashAbnormal AI, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 alternatives: Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection, Mimecast Email Security
Llama 4 MaverickMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 alternatives: Barracuda Email Protection, ContentCatcher, SpamTitan
GLM 4.7 FlashXMimecast Email Security alternatives: Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Microsoft Defender XDR, Proofpoint Email Protection
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
IRONSCALES leads by six points.
IRONSCALES12%#2 of 10Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration6%#4 of 10Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%#4 of 9IRONSCALES8%#5 of 9Enterprise
The order flips: Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration leads at enterprise.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration4%#5 of 10IRONSCALES0%#10 of 10What the models said about Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Weak DLP (Data Loss Prevention) capabilities - Steep learning curve for administrators” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best Overall SMB Protection: Avanan (by Check Point) ... consistently ranks as one of the best "set-it-and-forget-it" platforms” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Consider Abnormal Security or Avanan. API integrations avoid MX record routing complexity” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Go with Avanan or Abnormal Security. Both take under 15 minutes to demo/deploy via API” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about IRONSCALES
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“significant drop in recommendation confidence (from 9% to 2%)... indicating potential issues with performance, reliability, or user satisfaction” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Best overall customer satisfaction / AI-native mailbox protection: IRONSCALES. High willingness to recommend and rapid API deployment.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with either IRONSCALES or Check Point/Avanan” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Start with Proofpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, or IRONSCALES” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 vs IRONSCALESAbnormal AI vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationAbnormal AI vs IRONSCALESMimecast Email Security vs Check Point Harmony Email & CollaborationMimecast Email Security vs IRONSCALESCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs Barracuda Email ProtectionIRONSCALES vs Proofpoint Email ProtectionIRONSCALES vs Barracuda Email ProtectionAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full email security standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.