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Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention vs. Symantec Email Security.cloud

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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

    Symantec Email Security.cloud

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASymantec Email Security.cloud filters unwanted messages and protects users from targeted attacks. The service has self- learning capabilities and Symantec intelligence to deliver highly effective and accurate email security. Encryption and data loss prevention help you control sensitive data. It supports Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps, on premises or hosted Microsoft Exchange, and other mailbox services, delivering always-on, inbound and outbound messaging security. It is designed…N/A
    Pricing
    Forcepoint DLPSymantec Email Security.cloud
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    Pricing Offerings
    Forcepoint DLPSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
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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 DLPSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Data Preparation
    Comparison of Data Preparation features of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and Symantec Email Security.cloud
    Feature
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Symantec Email Security.cloud
    -
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    Data Encryption6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention and Symantec Email Security.cloud
    Feature
    Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention
    -
    Ratings
    Symantec Email Security.cloud
    9.6
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Forcepoint DLPSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Small Businesses
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    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Symantec Data Loss Prevention
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Sophos Email
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Symantec Data Loss Prevention
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Forcepoint DLPSymantec Email Security.cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (35 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Forcepoint DLPSymantec Email Security.cloud
    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.
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    Broadcom
    If you don't want to have any spam or malware in your mailbox, Symantec Email Security.cloud is the solution to choose. Also, if you need to have some security features, like DLP, it has them embedded!
    We have also been using reporting a lot to see how many emails have been sent, where they delivered, and so on.
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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.
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    Broadcom
    • Advanced scanning of email and threats beyond simple Antispam services
    • Sandbox testing of attachments prior to delivery of email to test against malicious threats such as Ransomware
    • Spearphishing prevention to avoid impersonation attacks and potential wire transfer requests
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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.
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    Broadcom
    • Outbound encryption could be improved to allow for advanced connections to other organizations' PKI keyservers.
    • The user interface could be a little more friendly, finding advanced features sometimes takes a little more time with hunting and clicking to get to the correct page.
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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.
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    Broadcom
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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.
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    Broadcom
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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.
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    Broadcom
    In very tricky cases, it takes time to explain it to the support personnel as they don't get your problem from the first couple of emails.
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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.
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    Broadcom
    Barracuda's ESS is the premier product, it boasts outbound email encryption as an included service as well as all of the security features of Symantec Email Security.cloud. Sophos is on the same level as SES.c but is not quite as feature rich.
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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.
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    Broadcom
    • Our previous solution was very manual. The ROI has been in less manual intervention from the admins and freeing up their already busy schedules.
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