Non-Check Point shops (Defender for O365 or Abnormal better), modern AI-behavioral leadership buyers (Abnormal wins), or buyers wanting transparent pricing.
Organizations on Check Point Infinity / Harmony stacks (firewall, endpoint, SASE) wanting unified email security as part of a single Check Point platform.
Why we say this
Editorial pulled these weaknesses from Avanan’s product card in our Top 10 Email Security Software for 2026:
- ! Outside Check Point-anchored stacks the value proposition is weaker
- ! Behavioral AI lags Abnormal materially
- ! Innovation pace steady rather than aggressive post-Check Point
- ! Management UX functional but not best-in-class
- ! Support inconsistency reported
- ! Brand visibility lower than Abnormal in net-new evaluations
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Best for
Enterprises (1,000-100,000+ employees) on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace adding an AI-behavioral overlay on top of Defender for O365 or a legacy SEG to catch BEC, ATO, and vendor email compromise.
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Large regulated enterprises (financial services, healthcare, federal) wanting a mature SEG with the broadest archive / DLP / compliance bundle and willing to pay premium pricing under PE ownership.
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Mid-market and enterprise buyers (500-50,000 employees) wanting an integrated bundle of email security + continuity + archive + awareness training under a single vendor, particularly in the UK and EU.
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Last updated 2026-05-09. Editorial verdict based on the published Top 10 Email Security Software for 2026 ranking. Disagree? Tell us.