Likelihood to Recommend Exasol is suited to applications requiring fewer & larger queries (reporting/data analytics/business intelligence tools). Its per-query overhead makes it unsuitable as an operational database (those are optimized for many & smaller queries.)
Read full review I have been able to create customized simulated phishing campaigns that are really testing our users ability to "spot the fake." That coupled with the training campaigns that are included make it much more likely that our users will be better prepared to protect our organization by being able to recognize common industry threats, and brings awareness to less common threats that are out there. I love that they have a shared folder full of relevant, recent real-world scams that we can choose from to train our user base.
Read full review Pros We have found Exasol to be very fast at summarizing large data sets. It has been a great backend for both reporting tools and data analytics/business intelligence. Combined with the fact that data import is also very fast it makes it ideal for a real-time ELT architecture. Exasol is low maintenance. No indexes to maintain (The database auto-manages them) and very little tuning is required. Query processing is optimized for high throughput and high parallelization. This means that even under high loads performance degrades gracefully as opposed to having "pile-ups" and "meltdowns". This has made it a very reliable database for us. Read full review Analysis and classification of phishing emails using machine learning Response to reporting users with personalised emails template Automatic response and actions using integration with Microsoft Good dashboard with reporting and KPI Integration with others product to improve scan and analysis It improves users' security awareness and behavior as receiving an immediate response with the analysis result improves the ability to recognize a phishing email Read full review Cons Exasol doesn't have some of the advanced enterprise-y features found in some other large corporate database systems (e.g. native row-level and column-level security). However it's pretty customizable (SQL pre-processing, virtual schemas, powerful user-defined-function frameworks) so many of these features can be implemented manually. Read full review Enhancing the automated response capabilities, such as directly initiating remediation processes or integrating with other cybersecurity tools, could further streamline the threat management process. Implementing a feedback system where users can be informed about the outcome of their reported emails might encourage more proactive engagement. the reporting tool is not as streamlined on mobile devices as it is on desktops. Enhancing mobile functionality would be beneficial Read full review Likelihood to Renew Phish ER has reduced the time my team and I spend on reported emails by over 80%. With the volume of emails reported and a small team this is a must have.
Read full review Usability I gave it 9/10 instead of 10/10 only because it lacks in a few advanced enterprise features that require manual workarounds. Otherwise our users have had no problem getting up to speed with it (other than SQL syntax issues that are specific to it, but that's true of any DB)
Read full review The configuration is a bit complicated, but easy once you get the hang of it. Once configured, it is easy to manage our malicious emails that are reported by our staff.
Read full review Support Rating I have had only positive experiences with their support. They are fast, knowledgeable, and courteous. Online support requests get picked up within hours. I've only once had to use their hotline and that was for an emergency. There was even one minor non-security bug report that I reported and which they fixed in the following week's minor release. I was quite impressed.
Read full review Support has been easy to get along with and easy to understand.
Read full review Implementation Rating Work with support or rep for some basic steps, the rest is pretty straight foward.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We looked at some others too, but was 5 yrs ago so I don't recall the list. Exasol had the best performance per cost, outstanding performance, and was easy to evaluate. Even their community addition running on my laptop was faster than our existing reporting solution.
Read full review KnowBe4 PhishER has a lot of features that other companied does not have. Its AI capability, integration with VirusTotal, PhishRIP and PhishFlip features make it totally different from other solutions. Its Phish Alert Button directly installed on users Outlook without affecting them and the reporting technique is very simple, just clicking on the Phish Alert Button and the email will be directly reported to the KnowBe4 PhishER dashboard. KnowBe4 PhishER dashboard is a very good example of centralized dashboard where you can find all things related to that reported email.
Read full review Return on Investment When we first migrated to Exasol (from a MySQL-backed reporting tool) our clients spent over an order of magnitude less time waiting on reports and since then it has opened up possibilities for reporting and analyzing data that were simply not possible beforehand. Read full review It has greatly increased phishing / security awareness by our staff by having a designated button & process for reporting phishing emails It provides greater protection through the ability to delete emails from multiple recipients even if not all of them reported the email It saves time for me to have to evaluate whether or not an email reported is a real threat through the ML/AI/VirusTotal scores Read full review ScreenShots KnowBe4 PhishER Screenshots