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Armor vs. Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Armor

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AArmor is a cloud and mobile security solution. The vendor’s value proposition is that this solution was purpose-built to deliver the highest level of defense and control for an organization’s critical data, no matter where it’s hosted. The vendor says they are so confident in the ability of their solution to protect an organization’s data that they back it with their Cyber Warranty Guarantee.N/A

    Proofpoint Essentials

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AProofpoint Essentials provides protection against spam, phishing and other email threats, as well as social media protection, user roles and restrictions, and other protections oriented around the needs of small business.N/A
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    ArmorProofpoint Essentials
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    ArmorProofpoint Essentials
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ArmorProofpoint Essentials
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Armor and Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
    Feature
    Armor
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    Ratings
    Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    ArmorProofpoint Essentials
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    Sophos Email
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    User Ratings
    ArmorProofpoint Essentials
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    ArmorProofpoint Essentials
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Armor
    Armor gives you what you need to be successful regardless of technical ability. If you can maintain the systems yourself, you are definitely ahead of the game with their service. If you're not prepared to configure and maintain the systems, they do a pretty good job of getting it set up during the onboarding process so that you don't need to dig into the technical guts too much. If you find yourself in over your head, their support staff can handle it for you in most cases.
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    Proofpoint
    I would definitely recommend it for fast and easy deployment with no need of constant managing solution. It is a solid solution that will do all what you need for the email security. Especially when you have a small IT team or even do not have enough experienced specialists to handle email security questions - Proofpoint is what I would recommend to use. I gave it 9 of 10 points only because of the price, you can find find more cheap solutions on the market.
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    Pros
    Armor
    • Security - we have requirements met right out of the box and the implementation of new resources is done with security in mind.
    • Speed - We can scale resources easy and the infrastructure is fast and efficient.
    • Responsiveness - Support tickets are handled very fast with almost immediate solutions.
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    Proofpoint
    • For basic protection, the Solution has an Antivirus, Zero hours Filtering, and Impostor protection.
    • Targeted attacks - URL and Attachment Defense.
    • Content filtering.
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    Cons
    Armor
    • Authentication and access against the secure messaging portal is overkill when the response I'm logging in to see merely says, "yes, we have your message. An agent will respond shortly". There should be an option to receive updates like this through email.
    • The online portal that allows us to clone servers is very slow to respond. More than once I've spun up an additional server due to the lack of visual feedback on the initial request.
    • The web application firewall does not seem to be sophisticated enough to differentiate between logged in administrators and end users. We use a CMS system which allows admins to create scripts. These often get barred by the WAF even though they are not malicious.
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    Proofpoint
    • I don't have [a lot] of bad things to say about the software its all positives in my book
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    Support Rating
    Armor
    Approximately 50% of all messages we receive are automated. Either that an agent will be assigned, has been assigned, or a ticket is closed. I'd like to see more 'real' interaction, and less box ticking, though I appreciate process has to be followed. That's the one point off. Everything else is very good.
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    Proofpoint
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    Armor
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    Proofpoint
    As already wrote, Proofpoint is perfect solution to be deployed quickly without requiring any additional resources or services. Good email tracking logs, excellent reporting features. Great filtering mechanism. Cost effective pricing.
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    Return on Investment
    Armor
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    Proofpoint
    • Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business has a simplified management.
    • It has a Basic Archive and Legal Hold & eDiscovery Management.
    • Integrated DLP that gives benefits to any organization.
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