Small business▲+1Since September 2026: 6% → 7%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
7%from 6% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 10 pointsRank 4 → 2 of 52
Check Point · 5 categories · RankedCheck Point Harmony SASE
145Judge labels
6First choices
38Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
5Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
6% in SASE for small business buyers
Rank 7 of 45 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 39% of its 18 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Check Point Harmony SASE →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business2 of 57
6%30 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market7 of 45
2%18 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise48 of 48
0%7 labels
under the label threshold
In sase · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Check Point Harmony SASE for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASE platforms | Network and edge | 2% | 7 of 45 | 39% | 18 | criticized challenger | ▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Zero trust network access | Network and edge | 2% | 8 of 66 | 33% | 30 | criticized challenger | ▼−1Since September 2026: 2% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Enterprise browsers | Security operations | 0% | 27 of 80 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Google Password Manager at 26% | |
| DNS filtering | Network and edge | 0% | 48 of 94 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by DNSFilter at 59% | |
| Next-generation firewalls | Network and edge | 0% | 31 of 83 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Fortinet FortiGate at 73% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
Since September 2026, Check Point Harmony SASE held within the floor in all five categories: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · SASE · by segment
Mid-market▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
2%from 5% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 9 pointsRank 5 → 7 of 43
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 39 → 46 of 46
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASE | 5% | 2% | ▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 5 → 7 of 45 |
| ZTNA | 2% | 2% | ▼−1Since September 2026: 2% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 7 → 8 of 66 |
| Enterprise browsers | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 27 of 80, unchanged |
| DNS filtering | 0% | 0% | newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now. | New this edition | Rank 48 of 94, unchanged |
| Firewalls | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 25 → 31 of 83 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated Check Point Harmony SASE across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Check Point Harmony SASE across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct25 labels2
Paraphrase17 labels1
Comparative25 labels1not counted in share
Budget-constrained26 labels3
Scale-constrained12 labelsNone
Negative40 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative145 labels in all, every segment counted; 6 of the 7 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“If your absolute priority is a low upfront cost with transparent, predictable pricing, Check Point’s Harmony SASE is a top choice.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · SASE · budget prompt · first choice
“Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) and Netskope ZTNA are the top recommendations” Mistral Small · ZTNA · direct prompt · first choice
“"Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) is a cloud-based zero-trust platform combining ZTNA with a Secure Web Gateway."” Muse Glimmer 30B · ZTNA · comparative prompt · alternative
“It is a solid option for companies that need a balance between advanced security features and ease of management.” Mistral Small · SASE · paraphrase prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Avoid or delay: Any vendor from the DEF CON research until you verify their remediation is architectural, not just patched” Kimi K2 · ZTNA · negative prompt · hard negative
“High complaint rate (46% negative), slow connections, complex setup... Avoid if simplicity is key.” Grok 4.20 · SASE · negative prompt · hard negative
“Hard-coded encryption keys (CVE-2025-3831) that exposed customer data through diagnostic logs” DeepSeek V4 Flash · ZTNA · negative prompt · hard negative
“When to avoid: If log security or crypto hygiene is critical.” Grok 4.20 · ZTNA · negative prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Check Point Harmony SASE, over the 142 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Check Point Harmony SASE was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Check Point Harmony SASE, over the 142 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Check Point Harmony SASE was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Check Point Harmony SASE. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 139 of the 142 answers that named Check Point Harmony SASE and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
cyberpress.org45
g2.com43
cybersecuritynews.com42
guideflow.com42
petronellatech.com36
fortinet.com32
devopsschool.com31
zendikt.com31
expertinsights.com29
startwithidentity.com29
360 of the 360 domain citations in answers naming Check Point Harmony SASE came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Check Point Harmony SASE stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where Check Point Harmony SASE stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 70 a month (“check point harmony sase”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 1 a month
- Its own site
- It sits on Check Point's site (checkpoint.com), so there are no site figures for it alone
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
2%
rank 7 of 45 in SASE
Segment leader
35%
Cato Networks
- First choices
- 6 across its categories
- Named in
- 142 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 139 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as Check Point Harmony SASE
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Check Point Harmony SASE; a claim can dispute any of them.
Perimeter 81 13Check Point 8Check Point SASE 7Check Point Harmony SASE (formerly Perimeter 81) 3Check Point (Harmony SASE / Perimeter 81) 1Check Point (Harmony SASE / Quantum SD-WAN) 1Check Point (Quantum SASE) 1Check Point / Harmony SASE / Perimeter 81 1Check Point Harmony SASE (ex-Perimeter 81) 1Check Point Harmony SASE / formerly Perimeter 81 1Check Point Harmony SASE/Perimeter 81 1NordLayer / Perimeter 81 1Perimeter 81 (Check Point) 1Perimeter 81 (by CyberArk) 1
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The company
Check Point is the company behind Check Point Harmony SASE.ShowHide
The company
Check Point is the company behind Check Point Harmony SASE.
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Company recordsIn its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- Check Point's workspace security platform (formerly Harmony) prevents sophisticated attacks across emails, web applications, devices, and remote corporate access.
- For
- modern enterprise; hybrid workforce; remote and hybrid workforces; IT professionals
- Customers named
- NQM FundingSouthern CyberVisoryFutureSafeElectric AI
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting
What Check Point Harmony SASE's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: checkpoint.com/harmony, checkpoint.com/harmony/sase, checkpoint.com/lp/check-point-sase, checkpoint.com/lp/checkpoint-sase-ps, checkpoint.com/solutions/secure-access-service-edge. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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- where Check Point Harmony SASE is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Check Point Harmony SASE, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.