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Head-to-head · Email Security Gateways

Check Point Email Security vs Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Check Point Email Security #5 in Email Security Gateways 8.8/10 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Check Point
Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection #10 in Email Security Gateways 8.3/10 Pricing on request · 14-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 5 features Visit Hornetsecurity

Check Point Email Security leads on 1 check, Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreCheck Point Email Security · 8.8/10
  • Free trialboth
  • Most featuresCheck Point Email Security · 5 of 5

Check Point Email Security scores higher on our rubric for email security gateways: 8.8 against 8.3 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #10.

Check Point Email Security offers google workspace support; Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection doesn't.

Check Point Email Security is the better fit for organizations needing layered email defenses. Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection is the better fit for microsoft 365 protection suites.

  • Check Point Email Security fits best

    Organizations needing layered email defenses

  • Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection fits best

    Microsoft 365 protection suites

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Side by side

Feature Check Point Email Security 8.8/10 Visit ↗ Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.8 8.3
Ranking #5 in Email Security Gateways #10 in Email Security Gateways
Best for Organizations needing layered email defenses Microsoft 365 protection suites
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price — —
Free plan — —
Free trial 14 days 14 days
Free trial length 14 days 14 days
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 10 integrations 7 integrations
Features Check Point Email Security 5/5 · Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection 4/5
Outbound filtering ✓ ✓
Impersonation protection ✓ ✓
Malware sandboxing ✓ ✓
Microsoft 365 support ✓ ✓
Google Workspace support ✓ (best) —
Specs
Deployment model Hybrid Hybrid
Our review
Pros
  • Protects incoming, internal, and outgoing email
  • Combines URL protection, sandboxing, and attachment sanitization
  • Supports Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and collaboration apps
  • Combines filtering, sandboxing, URL analysis and BEC detection
  • Adds archiving, continuity, backup and recovery across higher plans
  • Integrates with Microsoft 365, Teams, OneDrive and Entra ID
Cons
  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • No free plan is available
  • Data Loss Prevention is limited to Complete Protect
  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • No free plan is offered
  • Its ecosystem focus is Microsoft 365 rather than Google Workspace
Our verdict

Check Point Email Security is an API-based inline protection service for SaaS email and collaboration applications. It is designed for organizations that need layered defenses across incoming, internal, and outgoing email, including…

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Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection is a cloud-based security suite for organizations using Microsoft 365. It brings together spam, malware and phishing filtering with advanced threat protection, malware sandboxing, URL rewriting, quishing…

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  1. Check Point Email SecurityEmail Security Gateways 8.8Pricing on request · 14-day trial
  2. Hornetsecurity 365 Total ProtectionEmail Security Gateways 8.3Pricing on request · 14-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Check Point Email Security — where it wins

    • Protects incoming, internal, and outgoing email
    • Combines URL protection, sandboxing, and attachment sanitization
    • Supports Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and collaboration apps

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires contacting sales
    • No free plan is available
    • Data Loss Prevention is limited to Complete Protect

  • Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection — where it wins

    • Combines filtering, sandboxing, URL analysis and BEC detection
    • Adds archiving, continuity, backup and recovery across higher plans
    • Integrates with Microsoft 365, Teams, OneDrive and Entra ID

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing requires contacting sales
    • No free plan is offered
    • Its ecosystem focus is Microsoft 365 rather than Google Workspace
  • Check Point Email Security8.8/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial

    Layered protection for email, collaboration apps, account takeover, and data loss.

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  • Hornetsecurity 365 Total Protection8.3/10 · Pricing on request · 14-day trial

    A broad Microsoft 365 protection suite with layered email security and data recovery.

    Visit HornetsecurityFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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