Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Avanan

8.2 /10

What is Avanan?

Avanan is a cloud email security platform that pioneered and patented a new approach to prevent sophisticated attacks. The platform uses APIs to block phishing, malware, and data leakage in the line of communications traffic. This means we catch threats missed by Microsoft while adding a transparent layer of security for the entire suite that also protects other collaboration tools like Slack.

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Avanan Ratings

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93 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+99 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Avanan?

0% Negative

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 93

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Hosted Email Support

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

Reporting Components

Email Retention and Archiving

URL and Malware Detection

Data Loss Prevention

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

Encryption and Decryption

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 92

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

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Cloud Email Security

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Avanan Reviews

Evan P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

All Around Great Product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Avanan from other similar products?

Avanan is an excellent product. Setup and installation takes no time and you start seeing benefits immediately. My favorite part of this product is the ability to easily mass delete phishing messages from users mailboxes. It is able to give you great insight to what unauthorized programs are being used on the network with the Shadow IT reporting category. The Data Loss Prevention section makes it easier to manage your sensitive data by blocking or encrypting email messages automatically. Avanan also gives you insight to login attempts in an easy to read dashboard. The added benefit of being able to scan OneDrive and SharePoint to search for malware makes this product a no brainer. Avanan blocks more phishing and spam than Office 365 by itself. If you use Office 365 and you want to enhance your security to take advantage of all the cloud opportunities this product is just the thing you need.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ability to remove phishing messages from users mailboxes easily.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I couldn't find anything I didn't like. It sounded like they are always improving and adding new features as well.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have the money for it, it is a great product that is easy to integrate and use, so I wouldn't think twice about getting it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Gabriel G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

No longer losing sleep over phishing mail!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Avanan from other similar products?

No experience with another platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of implementation and their technical support team.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing really comes to mind

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Do the trial/POC and see for yourself how this platform can plug up a huge security hole on your email platform.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

Easy to use, sets up in minutes.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Avanan Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+99 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Avanan?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection Active code detection and execution.

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing Heuristic detection techniques that recognize common characteristics of phishing attacks.

Anti Malware Signature Detection Comprehensive signature malware detection capabilities through threat intelligence sourcing.

Hosted Email Support Integration and support capabilities with third-party hosted email providers.

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection Basic inbound blocking using multitude of triggers: IP address, content, header, and other reputation-based identifiers.

Reporting Components Lightweight controls and components that are easily embeddable and reusable. Integration with common apps such as Word, Excel, etc.

Email Retention and Archiving Inbound and outbound logging capabilities.

URL and Malware Detection Live detection and following of URL embedded links and execution of active content.

Data Loss Prevention Detection of potential data breaches by monitoring, detecting and blocking the electronic transmission of sensitive data.

End User Spam Visibility and Controls End-user email digest release capability and client integration for fine tuning.

Encryption and Decryption Advanced capabilities to encode data and information with visibility and controls.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

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Cloud Email Security

Data Loss Prevention

Avanan Reviews

Evan P.

All Around Great Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Gabriel G.

No longer losing sleep over phishing mail!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Easy to use, sets up in minutes.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Anti Malware Behavioral Detection

Anti Phishing and Spear Phishing

Anti Malware Signature Detection

Hosted Email Support

Anti Spam and Bulk Email Detection

Reporting Components

Email Retention and Archiving

URL and Malware Detection

Data Loss Prevention

End User Spam Visibility and Controls

Encryption and Decryption

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features