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30 Ratings
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Based on 30 reviews and ratings
7 Ratings
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Based on 7 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business ranks higher in 1 feature set: Secure Email Gateway
Secure Email Gateway
8.5
Cisco Secure Email
85%
9.4
Proofpoint Essentials
94%
Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business ranks higher in 7/7 features
Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business ranks higher in 7/7 features
Anti-malware
8.5
85%
11 Ratings
9.1
91%
2 Ratings
Cusomizability
8.4
84%
11 Ratings
8.6
86%
2 Ratings
Data Loss Protection
8.5
85%
10 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
Threat Detection
8.5
85%
11 Ratings
9.1
91%
2 Ratings
Sandboxing
8.4
84%
11 Ratings
10.0
100%
1 Rating
End-to-End Encryption
8.6
86%
10 Ratings
9.6
96%
2 Ratings
Management Tools
8.4
84%
11 Ratings
9.4
94%
2 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
Cisco Secure Email
88%
11 Ratings
10.0
Proofpoint Essentials
100%
3 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
Cisco Secure Email
87%
2 Ratings
Proofpoint Essentials
N/A
0 Ratings
Usability
8.7
Cisco Secure Email
87%
4 Ratings
Proofpoint Essentials
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
8.6
Cisco Secure Email
86%
5 Ratings
Proofpoint Essentials
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Secure Email
All businesses will benefit from Cisco Secure Email this is because all modern businesses face email threats, for instance spamming and malware. With this software, you no longer have to worry about such threats. In addition, you also enjoy end-to-end email encryption.
Human Resources Assistant
Them AdvertisingMarketing & Advertising, 51-200 employees
Proofpoint Essentials
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.
IT Department Manager
Acceptance Solutions GroupFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Pros
Cisco Secure Email
- Simple deployment
- Mature email security solution
- Integrating on prem and cloud security solution
- Very update in current security threats
- Strong support
Senior Technical Specialist
Synnex Metrodata IndonesiaInformation Technology & Services, 201-500 employees
Proofpoint Essentials
- For basic protection, the Solution has an Antivirus, Zero hours Filtering, and Impostor protection.
- Targeted attacks - URL and Attachment Defense.
- Content filtering.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employeesCons
Cisco Secure Email
- Email blocking using header-from address.
- Spam reporting to Cisco needs to be improved.
- Clustering: active-active mode would be nice.
- Creating filters from GIU.
- Filters samples or database built-in the box would be super nice.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employeesProofpoint Essentials
- I don't have [a lot] of bad things to say about the software its all positives in my book
IT Support
Cypress HealthcareHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco Secure Email
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Proofpoint Essentials
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Usability
Cisco Secure Email
Cisco Secure Email 8.7
Based on 4 answers
Good interface, easy to use and set up. If there were any issues, there is very good documentation and videos that one can follow for additional setup and best practices. As typical with most Cisco solutions, there are more features than needed for our purposes but good to know they are there in case of future needs
Network Architect
BSSTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Proofpoint Essentials
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Cisco Secure Email
Cisco Secure Email 8.6
Based on 5 answers
It provides us with another layer of defense and has proven to be a great asset and return on investment. Nothing is perfect but this is definitely something to evaluate if you are in the market looking to implement a new email gateway solution or upgrade from something that you already have in place.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Law Practice Company, 1001-5000 employeesProofpoint Essentials
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Secure Email
Cisco Secure Email gives granular control over configuring the rules and policies for organization users. Additionally, it's available with on-premise support, which is where other solutions lack. It gives complete protection for emails with next-generation malware protection, file reputation, and sandboxing technologies. It can also give you control over outgoing emails.
Senior Technical Consultant
iValue InfoSolutions Pvt. Ltd.Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
Proofpoint Essentials
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.
IT Department Manager
Acceptance Solutions GroupFinancial Services, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Cisco Secure Email
- We are able to send emails securely thanks to encryption features.
- We are able to protect our business email system thanks to threat detection features.
Company Admin
Instant Waste ManagementRenewables & Environment, 51-200 employees
Proofpoint Essentials
- 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.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees