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Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. Sonian (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forcepoint DLP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AForcepoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protects sensitive data everywhere it resides and moves, across endpoints, cloud apps, web, email, and on-premises environments. It delivers unified policy management and centralized control from a single console.N/A

    Sonian (discontinued)

    Score4.8 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Cloud Archive, or Sonian, was a file archiving option developed by Sonian and acquired by Barracuda Networks in November 2017. It has been discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    Forcepoint DLPSonian (discontinued)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Forcepoint DLPSonian (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Forcepoint DLPSonian (discontinued)
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    Forcepoint
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
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    Features
    Forcepoint DLPSonian (discontinued)
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and Sonian (discontinued)
    Feature
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Sonian (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Data Encryption6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Symantec Data Loss Prevention
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Symantec Data Loss Prevention
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Forcepoint DLPSonian (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (35 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (12 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Forcepoint DLPSonian (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forcepoint
    -Where companies need to secure their attachment, which goes outside, means from their company to outside -Where companies need to ensure their client's personal information -Where companies need DLP. They need to look for Forcepoint only, as they have the upper hand over the rest of their competitors.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We have had a couple of legal inquiries which required us to review emails for a user or users. Using the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service, we have been able to perform searches quickly, narrowing or expanding the search criteria is easy, resulting in exactly what we were looking for. This has saved us with claims for collections, as well as a couple of legal HR matters. It is my trusted go to application.
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    Pros
    Forcepoint
    • It has predominantly protected us from unauthorized parties and has provided us with better visibility and control over our data.
    • This software has also successfully prevented us from both malicious and accidental tasks, which are quite flexible actions when it comes to the violation of data loss prevention policies.
    • This product has been successful in improving compliance and even mitigating compliance violations, which further facilitated IT security.
    • I think there is room for improvement, as the user interface is slightly rough and difficult to adopt in the beginning. The software also hangs up at a few instances, which leads to some wasting of time and annoyance, but other than that, this software is good. The technical staff should work on the complexities for a better user experience.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Sonian search is rightly praised for ease of use, scale, performance and accuracy.
    • Sonian archive can be deployed rapidly without the need for costly professional service engagements.
    • Seamless process to import PST files into the archive.
    • Sonian has a high focus on compliance and governance which is reflected with their fast and accurate search function.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Forcepoint
    • Forcepoint technical support--specially for users who go with essential support--is challenging to get support on time. You need the ticket to be raised long beforehand to get support from TAC. However, in the case of enterprise support, its is not like this technical person will come on a priority basis.
    • However it comes with higher prices, especially for SMB, it is allowed to pay that amount for support only.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Speed is slow sometimes
    • The Outlook plugin does not always find all emails when searching
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forcepoint
    We have been fairly happy with the product and how it has worked. We have looked at other vendors for url filter and such and have not found one that meets our needs or does what we have been doing with Websense. The product has been fairly stable and we have only had a few issues in the past. We have all seen that it was one of the highest leaders from the Gartner Group Magic Quadrant for Web Gateways.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Usability
    Forcepoint
    For us, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention was difficult to administer, did not work well when it did work, was incredibly expensive for the feature set you get, and was difficult to uninstall when we moved on from the software. Once it was fully set up, it worked occasionally for us.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    It performs as expected with no exceptions.
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    Support Rating
    Forcepoint
    Support from Forcepoint has been lacking. When calling in with a high priority issue we rarely are able to work with a technician immediately. The queue waits are very long and when you get through there are no support engineers available and we need to wait for a call back for hours it seems.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We only need support when initially setting it up. We really have not had to call for user or help support on this product. It has always worked and is always easy to use.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Forcepoint
    User friendly solution that makes it easy to deploy and manage. Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention very effective to protecting our valuable data on endpoints and where data lives like in the Cloud, server and on-premises disk drives and its valuable to just set policies once and start utilizing Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention solution.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Sonian is a pure SaaS solution and is easy to manage and use. It's cost effective and does exactly what it says on the tin
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Forcepoint
    • The exchange of financial documents with customers creates extreme risk as data loss could result in financial and reputation damage to the customer. The cost of deploying Forcepoint is fractions of pennies compared to the potential financial impact of data loss.
    • There is some administrative overhead associated as false positives are inevitable, requiring a manual review and a potential loss of productivity.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • We have been able to reduce a lot of store space by moving all PST files to the archiver.
    • Users love how easy it is to find old emails that were deleted long ago.
    • Some users now rely on this service
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