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Proofpoint Email Protection and Microsoft Defender for Office 365
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Contents
Advice From Real Users 4-9
Top Review by Topic of Proofpoint Email Protection and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 10-11
Overview 12
Reviews From Real Users 13-16
Reviews By Users Who Have Researched Both Solutions 17-20
Vendor Directory 22-23
Top Email Security Vendors 24-25
Top Email Security 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor 26
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Advice From Real Users
PROS
"The stability is very good." [Full Review]
reviewer197
7531
"The spam filter for email is good." [Full Review]
Mohamed-
Kamal
"It's a mature product." "It does a good job in detection." [Full Review]
Sathish Mani
"The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the blocking capabilities, it blocks a lot of potential threats." [Full
Review]
Larry Etzler
"Its main defense is to stop malicious emails from coming through." "There is a sandbox environment where you can open
malicious or suspicious emails to make sure that they're not malicious, instead of taking the risk of having your employees do
it." "This is definitely something that everybody needs nowadays, especially with the rise in cyber attacks." [Full Review]
reviewer162
4176
"The most valuable features of Proofpoint Email Protection are the performance from being on the cloud." [Full Review]
Anuraj Nair
"The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the dashboards and their visibility, easy configuration, and artificial
intelligence." "Additionally, the reports are very important and helpful." [Full Review]
reviewer162
5004
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CONS
"The initial setup is complex." [Full Review]
reviewer197
7531
"Proofpoint has a lot of false alarms." [Full Review]
Mohamed-
Kamal
"The false positives are an issue." [Full Review]
Sathish Mani
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve on the training." "Every organization is different and to fine-tune it to block
everything properly there needs to be better training." "Sometimes it can block some of the information it shouldn't." [Full
Review]
Larry Etzler
"I want Security Awareness Training in there as a package deal." "A lot of companies are starting to value email security a little
bit more and take it a little bit more seriously, and the great product that we link together with a lot of these sales is a training
product called Security Awareness Training." "It is an upsell that we do with Proofpoint, and it is definitely something that I
reviewer162 recommend everybody with email security to look into." "It would be great if Security Awareness Training is included with the
4176
email security." [Full Review]
"Proofpoint Email Protection could improve by reducing the price." [Full Review]
Anuraj Nair
"You only receive one model in Proofpoint Email Protection and the other ones you have to purchase at a high price." "There
should be more available with the solution and additional models should be less expensive." [Full Review]
reviewer162
5004
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PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE
"I rate the price of Proofpoint Email Protection a four out of five." [Full Review]
Larry Etzler
"It is on a yearly basis." "Their floor for SMB doesn't matter." "The user count is 100 users and below at $2,500 a year.Its cost is
higher than other solutions." "It is probably about 20% to 30% higher than what you would get with Microsoft." "There are no
additional costs." "All costs are factored in.It can be improved pricing-wise so that it is affordable for the SMB market." [Full
reviewer162 Review]
4176
"The licensing cost of Proofpoint Email Protection is a lot higher than other solutions, such as Barracuda." [Full Review]
Anuraj Nair
"Clients pay for an annual subscription of Proofpoint Email Protection." "Every client always finds it expensive." [Full Review]
Gerald
Ashokan
"The solution charges per user per month to use it." "There are not any additional fees in addition to the standard living fees."
[Full Review]
DavidGriffith
s
"Pricing has recently been increased and the cost is a downside" [Full Review]
reviewer175
9677
"It is multiple times more expensive, which made it very much less attractive." [Full Review]
reviewer155
0484
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PROS
"Threat Explorer is one of the features that I very much like because it is a real-time report that allows you to identify, analyze,
and trace security attacks." [Full Review]
Prateek
Agarwal
"It also gives the vulnerability status according to the versions you have selected." "Let's say you have Google Chrome." "It
mentions the versions it has, and it updates." "Within two hours of an update, it is reflected in the dashboard." "That's really nice
to have." [Full Review]
Rajitha
Jayasekera
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is the ease of use." [Full Review]
reviewer137
8728
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a stable solution." [Full Review]
reviewer178
3893
"The deployment capability is a great feature." [Full Review]
reviewer103
0527
"The solution is very easy to use." "All you have to do is to assign the license to the end-user and it's done." "The customer will
only have the feature activated, and the solution will monitor the emails to determine if they are a threat or not." [Full Review]
Basil
AlEfranji
"The basic features are okay and I'm satisfied with the Defender." [Full Review]
reviewer175
3173
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CONS
"There is room for improvement with the UI." [Full Review]
Prateek
Agarwal
"In one of the reports I can get the exact place where a vulnerable file resides." "But for that, I need to explicitly go into the
device and check." "If they could include that file part in the report, without my having to go to the device itself, that would
help." [Full Review]
Rajitha
Jayasekera
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 could improve by giving customers information on techniques to prevent threats." "For
example, information about best practices on how to protect their own devices against hackers and scammers, such as
educational information or training." "This would help others have a better understanding of cyber security." "Additionally, there
reviewer137 can be more security features added." [Full Review]
8728
"We are always looking for others tools to increase automation on tasks." "There can be better integration with other solutions,
such as PowerPoint and email." [Full Review]
reviewer178
3893
"Too many false positives and lacks an accurate capability to detect malicious SharePoint sites." [Full Review]
reviewer103
0527
"They can improve their security in a way where a customer can know if all their attachments are safe or not to open through a
report." "The solution does its job perfectly, but it never reports to the customer whether those attachments have been
stopped before or not." [Full Review]
Basil
AlEfranji
"I'd like some additional features any product can give me to protect our environment in a better way." [Full Review]
reviewer175
3173
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PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE
"The solution saves money so we have seen a return on investment." [Full Review]
Prateek
Agarwal
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 comes with Microsoft Windows." "It is free with the operating system." [Full Review]
reviewer137
8728
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is an add-on to the Office license." "Many customers are purchasing this solution." [Full
Review]
Basil
AlEfranji
"For licensing, it's usually a yearly package for customers who are subscribed to Office 365, but they can also pay on a monthly
basis." [Full Review]
reviewer1231
281
"Defender is a little bit more expensive as compared to others." "We are in the manufacturing environment." "So, we don't have
a high budget for all of our endpoint devices." "Its cost is a major concern for us." [Full Review]
BCOng
"From the pricing point of view, like any other product in the market, there is scope for negotiation." [Full Review]
tauk2mi
"It's a user-base subscription." [Full Review]
reviewer138
8559
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Top Reviews by Topic

Proofpoint Email Protection Microsoft Defender for Office 365
VALUABLE
FEATURES reviewer1515735 reviewer1501215
The solution offers very good flexibility. You can Some of the valuable features on the email side
blacklist or whitelist with ease. Their entire are anti-phishing, anti-malware, and Safe Links.
dashboard is excellent. It's completely user- Anything that has the word "safe" in it is
friendly, it's easy to navigate. Anything you need essentially made to defend against the common
to get done, you can do right from the dashboard, email vulnerabilities that you would see in similar
which is incredible. What makes it so easy is the products. Without these features, it does not have
features of Proofpoint and how secure it is. You nearly the capabilities. On the information
could have no IT experience and go in there and protection side, the best features are probably the
control Proofpoint. If your company says "Hey, we data loss prevention policies that cover the whole
need somebody to control Proofpoint," you could suite of Office 365 applications. I will explain it a
hire a kid ... [Full Review] little mor... [Full Review]
reviewer1501215 Rajitha Jayasekera
There's Microsoft Office 365 email protection. The The most valuable feature is the score. By looking
one good thing they have over Microsoft is their at the score, you can identify if you are at risk or
incredible search engine. That's why our clients not. It also gives the vulnerability status according
like it. They like the search engine because they to the versions you have selected. Let's say you
can search anything to do with their messages have Google Chrome. It mentions the versions it
incredibly easily. This allows them to find has, and it updates. Within two hours of an update,
troubleshooting issues. That's a big selling point. it is reflected in the dashboard. That's really nice
There are some tools within it that are amazing. to have. It gives me everything I need, visibility-
Even from a configuration standpoint, it's a wise. It also helps prioritize threats across our
hardened system. It's never been penetrated, so enterprise and that's very important. T... [Full
that's another gr... [Full Review] Review]
Sathish Mani Vishnu-Reddy
The targeted attack protection that we use has Defender for Office 365 can help your
been great, as has the email filtering and the rules organization configure policies, analyze threats to
that we have set for Proofpoint. The quarantine your organization and respond to attacks. It is
capabilities are very useful. You can scale the important to note that there are different levels of
solution. It's a mature product. It does a good job protection and capabilities depending upon which
in detection. [Full Review] version of Office365 license you have. The best
features we found most valuable are Forwarding
Report, Safe Attachment Files Types, Treat
Protection Status, Malware Detected in Email, URL
Threat Protection and many more. [Full Review]
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Top Reviews by Topic

Proofpoint Email Protection Microsoft Defender for Office 365
ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT reviewer1515735 reviewer1501215
The Secure Mail aspect should have an Outlook There needs to be an improvement in having the
add-in, instead of an external dashboard that product work across multiple operating systems
outside users have to access. If we send a and have better support for non-Microsoft file
payment to one of our customers or an ACH or a types. Defender for Office 365 handles the
form to fill out, they have to go through this entire Microsoft supported file types, but MIP is limited.
subscription process on a separate website to This solution does what it needs to do, but it does
read the secure mail. It should be like Ignite, not go to the depth of if it was working with MIP, a
where you can access the internal portal so then holistic information protection system. It does not
our customers aren't having to go through all support all the file types an organization might
these hoops just to read an email that we're trying use. For example, AutoCAD B1 for manufacturing
to send them securely. ... [Full Review] or defence-... [Full Review]
reviewer1501215 Rajitha Jayasekera
Not one of them is one hundred percent when it In one of the reports, I can get the exact place
comes to reputation scores. It doesn't matter where a vulnerable file resides. But for that, I need
which solution — none of them are. Not one of to explicitly go into the device and check. If they
them is a hundred percent on false negatives or could include that file part in the report, without
false positives. Proofpoint scores way up there my having to go to the device itself, that would
along with Cisco. You used to have a choice with help. [Full Review]
Proofpoint which one you use. They may be using
multiples now, too. Proofpoint is the main tool for
blocking spam because it denies the connection
altogether. I know for a fact that I can set
Proofpoint up to what th... [Full Review] Vishnu-Reddy
The custom alerts have to improve a lot. Though

Sathish Mani the system is very good, we have to go and check
inside the admin panel to look at all kinds of
reports. We won't get any mail alerts that highlight
for us, for example, "today this many of spam
The false positives are an issue. There are many attacks have happened". Or "these many emails
false positives that come in, which you report to have been blocked." We have to manually go into
Proofpoint. Sometimes they take time to update the admin panel and have to check it out. It would
those things. They say there's an option that we be nice if there are custom email
can use to report false positives. However, it is not notifications/alerts. Right now, there are additional
a quick remedy. You go and report it, and still, you features such as mobile ... [Full Review]
have to take action on it and clear those emails
getting blocked. It's too cumbersome. We don't
have the option to scan a password-protected
attachment. I have to either blindly whitelist it as it
w... [Full Review]
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Overview
SOLUTION Proofpoint Email Protection Microsoft Defender for Office 365
OVERVIEW Proofpoint Email Protection is a machine learning Microsoft Defender for Office 365 protects all of
email gateway that catches both known and Office 365 against advanced threats like business
unknown threats. Through Target Attack email compromise and credential phishing, and
Protection, emails will be analyzed and potentially automatically investigates and remediates attacks.
blocked from advanced threats while users gain With Defender for O365 you get Integrated threat
visibility around these threats. The technology can protection for all of Office 365 that gives you:
also classify various types of email and can be
deployed both on premises or as a cloud service. - Native protection for Office 365 with built-in
In addition, users can tag suspicious emails to protection that simplifies administration, lowers
help raise user awareness and track down any total cost of ownership, and boosts productivity.
email quickly....
- Unparalleled scale and effectiveness with...
SAMPLE Blocket, University of Waterloo, Lincoln Memorial Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is trusted by
CUSTOMERS
University, WellSpan Health, U-Haul, Carestream companies such as Ithaca College.
Health, Westinghouse
TOP Cisco Secure Email vs. Proofpoint Email Protection Proofpoint Email Protection vs. Microsoft Defender
COMPARISONS Compared 16% of the time for Office 365
Compared 21% of the time
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 vs. Proofpoint
Email Protection Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat
Compared 12% of the time Protection vs. Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Palo Alto Networks WildFire vs. Proofpoint Email
Protection Fortinet FortiMail vs. Microsoft Defender for Office
Compared 11% of the time 365
TOP INDUSTRIES, Construction Company ... 9% Financial Services Firm ... 13%
BASED ON Consumer Goods Company ... 18% Logistics Company ... 13%
REVIEWERS*
University ... 18% Comms Service Provider ... 25%
Retailer ... 27% Manufacturing Company ... 25%
TOP INDUSTRIES, Government ... 6% Financial Services Firm ... 7%
BASED ON Financial Services Firm ... 8% Government ... 8%
COMPANIES
READING REVIEWS* Comms Service Provider ... 11% Comms Service Provider ... 11%
Computer Software Company ... 18% Computer Software Company ... 19%
COMPANY SIZE, 201-1000 Employees ... 10% 1-200 Employees ... 27%
BASED ON 1001+ Employees ... 35% 201-1000 Employees ... 33%
REVIEWERS*
1-200 Employees ... 55% 1001+ Employees ... 40%
COMPANY SIZE, 1-200 Employees ... 26% 1-200 Employees ... 28%
BASED ON 201-1000 Employees ... 16% 201-1000 Employees ... 18%
COMPANIES
READING REVIEWS* 1001+ Employees ... 58% 1001+ Employees ... 54%
* Data is based on the aggregate profiles of PeerSpot Users researching this solution.
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 review by a real user
Helps us target software vulnerabilities and update software sooner
Associate Tech Lead at a comms service

provider with 201-500 employees
Rajitha Jayasekera
WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY USE CASE?
We mainly use it to identify software vulnerabilities. It reports all the software vulnerabilities installed in our web stations and
servers.
HOW HAS IT HELPED MY ORGANIZATION?
With Defender for Office 365, we have been able to increase the security posture across our organization. Within the first
month of using this product, we realized that benefit.
When it comes to software vulnerabilities, we can target them and update the software as soon as we see that there is a
vulnerability. And then we can make sure that they are updated and check that the update process was successful within a
different department. That has really helped us improve our productivity.
The solution saves us time because we don't have to go here and there to identify things. It's a single portal that has all the
details we need. Their support is also good. These features have, again, helped us improve our productivity a lot. It saves us
about 25 percent of our time.
It has also saved us money because we don't have to pay for other security products like Nessus. This solution has almost
everything we got from other products, so we don't have to go for an additional solution. It's saving us about 50 percent, cost-
wise.
Our time to detect threats has decreased. With products like Nessus, until their scan runs, we are not aware whether a threat
is fixed or not. But with Defender, within one to two hours that information is reflected. With Nessus, sometimes we had to wait
a day to see that information reflected in the portal. Because we are aware of issues earlier, we can act on them sooner.
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WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE?
The most valuable feature is the score. By looking at the score, you can identify if you are at risk or not.
It also gives the vulnerability status according to the versions you have selected. Let's say you have Google Chrome. It
mentions the versions it has, and it updates. Within two hours of an update, it is reflected in the dashboard. That's really nice
to have.
It gives me everything I need, visibility-wise. It also helps prioritize threats across our enterprise and that's very important. That
means we can identify the critical vulnerabilities first and keep an eye on other vulnerabilities. By looking at the dashboard, I
immediately get an idea of how critical an issue is and we can fix vulnerabilities before they result in an attack.
It has also helped eliminate looking at multiple dashboards, giving us one XDR dashboard, which has made our security
operations really easy. We can also create internal tickets within the portal itself. We can assign them to people and see how
long it took them to close the tickets. That makes things really easy.
WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT?
In one of the reports, I can get the exact place where a vulnerable file resides. But for that, I need to explicitly go into the
device and check. If they could include that file part in the report, without my having to go to the device itself, that would help.
FOR HOW LONG HAVE I USED THE SOLUTION?
I have been using Microsoft Defender for Office 365 for about two years.
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
It is stable.
There are bugs here and there, but they have been able to rectify them.
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WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE SCALABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
It's scalable. It discovers almost all of the workstations and servers across our organization. We have about 3,000 endpoints.
HOW ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?
Whenever we ask a question, they provide us with a solution. I'm happy with their technical support.
HOW WOULD YOU RATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?
Positive
WHICH SOLUTION DID I USE PREVIOUSLY AND WHY DID I SWITCH?
We previously used Nessus. We switched mainly because of the cost and the integration. With Nessus, we had to install an
agent, but with Defender, since we were already using it, we could just turn it on with the cloud portal and deploy it very
easily.
HOW WAS THE INITIAL SETUP?
I wasn't involved in the initial setup, but in terms of maintenance, we push it through Windows Update so we don't have to
explicitly do any updates.
WHAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH PRICING, SETUP COST, AND LICENSING?
I would recommend Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
If you already have a deployment method, like CCM or something similar, it will be easy. Even if not, there are several other
deployment methods that could support any scenario.
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WHICH OTHER SOLUTIONS DID I EVALUATE?
We already had an Office subscription, so we just started a trial and we were happy with it and we went with it.
WHAT OTHER ADVICE DO I HAVE?
In terms of a best-of-breed strategy rather than a single vendor security suite, a single vendor security suite is good when it
comes to deployment and manageability. It's easy.
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Researched Microsoft But Chose Proofpoint

Review by a real user:
Tech manager at MKTech
Mohamed-Kamal
The stability is good.
The spam filter for email is good.
The solution can scale.
We have found the initial setup to be straightforward.
I have some concerns about Proofpoint mail flow rules. It's not smart.
Proofpoint has a lot of false alarms. Even their mail flow rules are not the best thing. Mimecast and Microsoft Office 365 are
better than them. Many emails are marked as spam unnecessarily. I've had issues and have had to open many tickets.
I've used the solution for five years.
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
The stability is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.
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While most of my clients have under 100 users, my understanding is if it works for 100, it can work for 1,000 or 10,000 users.
Scaling shouldn't be an issue.
I've talked to support about creating rules and the issues we've had. I've had to open many tickets with them.
For example, last month our web application sent an invoice for one of the customers, and it relayed the email on behalf of the
customer domain. This email was marked as phishing. Even when the SBS was correct and the DCOM was correct. I opened a
ticket. The rule didn't work. They responded fast. Even though I have problems, I find them to be responsive.
I have used Defender, Proofpoint, and Mimecast. I use them daily for different companies and have subscriptions for all three.
In my company, we use Defender.
Mimecast and Microsoft are better than Proofpoint when it comes to mail rules. On Proofpoint, the rules don't work as
expected.
The solution is straightforward and simple to set up. It's not overly complex.
I'm a freelancer working to support some companies that are using Proofpoint.
Sometimes I create a subscription for them and configure everything from scratch; sometimes, I take it already configured and
just maintain it.
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Anyone with basic knowledge of the solution and how to configure items will not have an issue with this product.
I'd rate it seven out of ten based on the mail flow issues I have witnessed.
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Researched Microsoft But Chose Proofpoint

Review by a real user:
Senior Manager - Cybersecurity Operations at

Likewize
Sathish Mani
The targeted attack protection that we use has been great, as has the email filtering and the rules that we have set for
Proofpoint. The quarantine capabilities are very useful.
You can scale the solution.
It's a mature product. It does a good job in detection.
The false positives are an issue. There are many false positives that come in, which you report to Proofpoint. Sometimes they
take time to update those things. They say there's an option that we can use to report false positives. However, it is not a
quick remedy. You go and report it, and still, you have to take action on it and clear those emails getting blocked. It's too
cumbersome.
We don't have the option to scan a password-protected attachment. I have to either blindly whitelist it as it will get blocked
since an email with attachments normally gets scanned. We'd like to have some mechanism in place where we can scan these
protected attachments or whitelist the domain.
I've been working with the solution for two years.
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We purchased some licenses, and we are using all of them. For us, scalability is not a problem. We have been able to scale it.
We have more than 5,000 people working on the product.
Technical support is good. The expertise that they offer is good. The only thing that I have a problem with is we have our
support operations in India and their availability for a call can be mismatched. That would normally take some time. You don't
get a suitable person in the time zone available around the clock.
We did not previously use a different solution.
I was not there when it was deployed. We only manage at the application level.
We do not need that many admins to maintain it. We might need three or so. Most of the time, it's only checking on the
blocked emails, which are actually good emails, and sometimes if there are investigations required and maintenance, they
would handle those tasks. At a minimum, you need three, depending on the size of your organization. They would maintain it
for the shift, for fixed operations hours, not on a rotational basis. You might have to put in more resources if you have
rotational.
WHAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH PRICING, SETUP COST, AND LICENSING?
Depending upon your company's revenue, you can make up your mind about whether you want to invest that money or not.
However, the offering is niche in the market today compared to other products, like Exchange Online Protections, which is an
evolving product. It's growing. In contrast, Proofpoint has been around in the listing for quite some time, so they mature in
terms of detection of suspicious emails and its email filtering system. Of course, while the pricing is rather fair, clients would
always prefer to pay less.
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I cannot speak to the exact price.
The price is fixed. It doesn't change according to companies. It gives you multiple package options, so you can pick what suits
you.
You also get other add-on services, which if you've got a subject matter expert within Proofpoint, then you don't have to buy
additional personnel from them to coordinate. You wouldn't need a customer success manager or somebody doing a health
check for it. That might increase your cost.
Next time, if I get an opportunity to reapply for a license, I might think of removing some of the add-on services, which might
reduce the cost or the overall price that we are paying today. I don't know the actual standalone product cost, meaning what
would be the product cost alone. It's dealt with by our procurement team, or they can check with Proofpoint to see the product
pricing.
WHICH OTHER SOLUTIONS DID I EVALUATE?
I have cross-checked this solution with Defender right now. We're doing a cost-benefit analysis and seeing if it makes sense
for us to use it at all or not.
I'm a customer and end-user.
We are using Proofpoint Essentials right now.
When you are an SME, every product company is trying to promote a product and sell it to you; however, if you don't know
how it functions and its capability and effectiveness, then you probably end up buying what you need. Constantly evaluate any
product you're buying. I've seen Proofpoint used in the last three companies that I worked with, so I have a lot of experience
with this particular solution.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
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Vendor Directory For Email Security

Abnormal Security Abnormal Security McAfee McAfee Email Gateway [EOL]
Area 1 Security Area 1 Horizon McAfee McAfee Email Security Appliance [EOL]
Armorblox Armorblox Menlo Security Menlo Security Email Isolation
Avanan Avanan Micro Focus GWAVA [EOL]
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Email Security Gateway Micro Focus Micro Focus Voltage SecureMail
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Essentials Microsoft Microsoft Forefront Protection [EOL]
Broadcom Symantec Messaging Gateway Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Online Protection
Check Point Check Point Anti-Spam and Email Security Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Office 365
Software Blade
Mimecast Mimecast Email Security with Targeted
Check Point Check Point Harmony Email & Threat Protection
Collaboration
mxHero mxHERO for Legal
Cisco Cisco Secure Email
N-able N-able Mail Assure
Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense
OpenText Webroot Web Security [EOL]
Clearswift Clearswift SECURE Email Gateway
OPSWAT MetaDefender Email Security
CSIS Security Group PhishDB
Perception Point Perception Point Advanced Email Security
Cyren Cyren EmailSecurity
Proofpoint Proofpoint Email Protection
datto Bitdam
Retarus Retarus Email Security
Egress Egress Intelligent Email Security
Return Path Return Path .EQ Suite [EOL]
ESET ESET Mail Security
RPost RPost RMail
Forcepoint Forcepoint Email Security
SonicWall SonicWall Email Security
Fortinet Fortinet FortiMail
Sophos Sophos Email Appliance [EOL]
Fortinet Fortinet FortiMail Cloud
Sophos Sophos Email
GoSecure GoSecure Email Security Platform
TESSIAN Tessian Defender
GreatHorn GreatHorn Email Security
TESSIAN Tessian Enforcer
HelpSystems Agari
TESSIAN Tessian Guardian
Hornetsecurity Hornetsecurity Email Encryption
TitanHQ TitanHQ SpamTitan
INKY Technology INKY
TitanHQ EncryptTitan
IRONSCALES IRONSCALES
Trellix FireEye Email Security
Ivanti LetMobile [EOL]
Trellix The Email Laundry [EOL]
J2 Global VIPRE Email Security
Trend Micro InterScan [EOL]
Kaspersky Kaspersky Security for Mail Server
Trend Micro Trend Micro Email Security
Kiteworks Kiteworks
Trend Micro Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
KOBIL KOBIL Trusted Notification [EOL]
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Vendor Directory
Trustwave M86 Security MailMarshal [EOL] WatchGuard WatchGuard XCS [EOL]
Trustwave Trustwave Secure Email Gateway Xcitium Comodo Dome Secure Email Gateway
Vade Security Vade Cloud Email Security Zix ZixMail [EOL]
Valimail Valimail Defend Zix Zix Email Encryption
VIPRE Security VIPRE Email Security Cloud Zix AppRiver Email Security
VIPRE Security VIPRE Email Security Server Zix Zix Email Threat Protection
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Top Email Security Vendors

Over professionals have used PeerSpot research. Here are the top vendors based on product reviews, ratings, and comparisons. All
reviews and ratings are from real users, validated by our triple authentication process.
Chart Key
Views Comparisons Reviews Words/Review Average Rating
Number of views Number of times compared Total number of reviews on Average words per review Average rating based on
to another product PeerSpot on PeerSpot reviews
Bar length
The total ranking of a product, represented by the bar length, is based on a weighted aggregate score. The score is calculated as follows:
For each ranking factor of Reviews, Views, and Comparisons, the product with the highest count in each ranking factor gets a maximum 18
points. Every other product gets assigned points based on its total in proportion to the #1 product in that ranking factor. For example, if a
product has 80% of the number of reviews compared to the product with the most reviews then the product's points for reviews would be 18
* 80% = 14.4.
Both Rating and Words/Review are awarded on a fixed linear scale. For Rating, the maximum score is 28 points awarded linearly between 6-
10 (e.g. 6 or below=0 points; 7.5=10.5 points; 9.0=21 points; 10=28 points). For Words/Review, the maximum score is 18 points awarded
linearly between 0-900 words (e.g. 600 words = 12 points; 750 words = 15 points; 900 or more words = 18 points). If a product has fewer than
ten reviews, the point contribution for Rating and Words/Review is reduced: 1/3 reduction in points for products with 5-9 reviews, two-thirds
reduction for products with fewer than five reviews.
Reviews that are more than 24 months old, as well as those written by resellers, are completely excluded from the ranking algorithm.
All products with 50+ points are designated as a Leader in their category.
1 Microsoft Defender for Office 365
21,472 views 16,309 comparisons 12 reviews 549 words/review 8.0 average rating
2 Proofpoint Email Protection
3 TitanHQ SpamTitan
2,803 views 1,099 comparisons 54 reviews 1,504 words/review 9.2 average rating
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4 Cisco Secure Email
5 Fortinet FortiMail
6 IRONSCALES
7 Perception Point Advanced Email Security
2,460 views 630 comparisons 14 reviews 1,224 words/review 9.0 average rating
8 Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration
9 Mimecast Email Security with Targeted Threat Protection
10 Barracuda Email Security Gateway
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Top Email Security 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor

Views
VIEWS
1 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 21,472
2 Proofpoint Email Protection 17,270
3 Cisco Secure Email 13,175
4 Microsoft Exchange Online Protection 9,395
5 Fortinet FortiMail 9,339
Reviews
REVIEWS
1 TitanHQ SpamTitan 54
2 Proofpoint Email Protection 19
3 Barracuda Email Security Gateway 18
4 Check Point Anti-Spam and Email 15

Security Software Blade
5 Fortinet FortiMail 14
Words / Review
WORDS /
REVIEW
1 Cisco Secure Email 1,523
2 TitanHQ SpamTitan 1,504
3 IRONSCALES 1,426
4 Perception Point Advanced Email 1,224

Security
5 Avanan 1,186
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About this report

This report is comprised of a list of enterprise level Email Security vendors. We have also included several real user reviews posted on
peerspot.com. The reviewers of these products have been validated as real users based on their LinkedIn profiles to ensure that they
provide reliable opinions and not those of product vendors.
About PeerSpot
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ensuring you get access to the right information and connect to the right people, whenever you need it.
PeerSpot helps tech professionals by providing:
• A list of enterprise level Email Security vendors

• A sample of real user reviews from tech professionals
• Speciﬁc information to help you choose the best vendor for your needs
Use PeerSpot to:
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• Request or share information about functionality, quality, and pricing
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• Get immediate answers to questions
• Validate vendor claims
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Advice From Real Users

Proofpoint Email Protection

"The stability is very good." [Full Review]

"The spam filter for email is good." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users

Proofpoint Email Protection

"The initial setup is complex." [Full Review]

"Proofpoint has a lot of false alarms." [Full Review]

"The false positives are an issue." [Full Review]

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Proofpoint Email Protection

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