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Email security · October 2026 Edition
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration vs Abnormal AI
Three of fourteen models named Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration first on the direct prompt; two named Abnormal AI. Both were named by all fourteen models and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration carries 35 labels and Abnormal AI 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share8%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%2%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels3542A 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.Proofpoint Email Protection was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration · Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs Abnormal AI · SpamTitan 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 modelsAbnormal AI
Direct32
Paraphrase10
Comparative03
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative131 against Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration · 1 against Abnormal AI
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 October 2026 Edition, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Abnormal AI were named in the same answer fifty-five times, of the 82 answers naming Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and the 111 naming Abnormal AI. In those answers Abnormal AI took the first choice eleven times and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration six.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Abnormal AI 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 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| 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 Abnormal AI first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration on the left and Abnormal AI on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration and Abnormal AI stood in it.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration first, Abnormal AI an alternative
3 of 14 modelsAbnormal AI was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration alternatives: Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, IRONSCALES
Mistral SmallCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Proofpoint Email Protection alternatives: Mimecast Email Security, Symantec Email Security.cloud
MiniMax M2.5Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security
Abnormal AI first, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration an alternative
2 of 14 modelsCheck Point Harmony Email & Collaboration was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.DeepSeek V4 FlashAbnormal AI alternatives: Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint Email Protection
GPT-6 LunaAbnormal AI alternatives: Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 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 alternatives: Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Perplexity SonarMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 alternatives: Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Mimecast Email Security
Grok 4.1 FastProofpoint 365 Total Protection alternatives: Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security
Qwen 3.7 FlashProofpoint Email Protection alternatives: Abnormal AI, IRONSCALES, Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Kimi K2IRONSCALES alternatives: Abnormal AI, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
GLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 alternatives: Abnormal AI, Barracuda Integrated Email Protection, IRONSCALES, Proofpoint Email Protection
Muse Glimmer 30BProofpoint Email Protection alternatives: Abnormal AI, Barracuda Email Protection, Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration, Guardian Digital, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, ThreatDown Email Security, Trustifi
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Barracuda Email Protection alternatives: IRONSCALES, Mimecast Email Security, Proofpoint Email Protection
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
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
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration leads by seven points.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration9%#5 of 10Abnormal AI2%#9 of 10Mid-marketThe figures above
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration leads by four points.
Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration8%#6 of 9Abnormal AI4%#7 of 9Enterprise
The order flips: Abnormal AI leads at enterprise.
Abnormal AI10%#3 of 8Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration0%#6 of 8What 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.
“Several major vendors (including Avanan/Check Point, Proofpoint, and Mimecast) scan emails by re-wrapping them or stripping headers” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best Overall for Security Efficacy and Collaboration Apps Avanan is widely considered a market leader because of its patented architecture.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Best for: Maximum detection strength and proactive blocking ... a market leader because of its unique architecture” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“such as Abnormal Security, Avanan, or Sublime) connect directly to your email provider via native APIs” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Abnormal AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Abnormal Security (caution, not avoid)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd shortlist Abnormal AI as the best add-on for catching business-email-compromise (BEC), vendor impersonation, and other attacks that slip past standard filtering” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“Abnormal Security is the top AI-native option for teams that need API-based detection of social-engineering attacks without gateway overhead.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“These solutions (such as Abnormal Security, Avanan, or Sublime) connect directly to your email provider via native APIs.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.