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Forcepoint Email Security vs. Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Forcepoint Email Security

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AWebsense's Triton AP-Email is a messaging security platform and module extension of the Triton platform.N/A

    Forcepoint SWG

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe Forcepoint ONE Secure Web Gateway (SWG) is one of the three foundational gateways of the Forcepoint ONE all-in-one cloud platform. Forcepoint ONE SWG monitors and controlsany interaction with any website, including blocking access to websites based on category and risk score, blocking download of malware, blocking upload of sensitive data to personal filesharing accounts, detecting shadow IT, and optionally providingRemote Browser Isolation (RBI) with Content Disarm andReconstruction (CDR).N/A
    Pricing
    Forcepoint Email SecurityForcepoint SWG
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Forcepoint Email SecurityForcepoint SWG
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Forcepoint Email SecurityForcepoint SWG
    Considered Both Products
    Forcepoint
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    Forcepoint
    Chose Forcepoint SWG
    Forcepoint Web Security is a much more robust web protection suite than TRITON, and much easier to manage once it is implemented.
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    Chose Forcepoint SWG
    Overalll Websense provided the best protection for the money, with the ability to use SSL decryption on the Websense Content Gateway which Blue Coat did not offer at the time was critical to our decision.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    70%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Forcepoint Email SecurityForcepoint SWG
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Forcepoint Email Security and Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
    Feature
    Forcepoint Email Security
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-malware10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Detection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sandboxing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Forcepoint Email SecurityForcepoint SWG
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (76 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Forcepoint Email SecurityForcepoint SWG
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Forcepoint
    Forcepoint Email Security is perfect for set and forget. Very little do I need to get in and that's to tailor a policy there are minimal issues I have encountered since using the product.
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    Forcepoint
    Over the years, [in our experience], the maintenance of the Forcepoint Web Security solution proved to be more cumbersome and troublesome with each version upgrade. In addition, it did not transition well to support the large increase of remote workers. We also experienced weird incompatibilities with the client. We have since replaced this solution with Zscaler Internet Access, a cloud-based secure web gateway solution with a client that behaves as expected, is more flexible, and requires significantly less administration.
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    Pros
    Forcepoint
    • URL sandbox
    • File sandbox
    • Spam filter
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    Forcepoint
    • It prevents users from accessing websites that may have recently been created for the purpose of distributing malware.
    • It prevents users from accidentally or intentionally accessing websites that are considered inappropriate for a work environment.
    • It allows us to create different policies for different teams in our organization.
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    Cons
    Forcepoint
    • Speed is not the best but its email not instant chat
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    Forcepoint
    • The user access logs contain a lot of useless information. I understand this is very hard to tackle as I've seen this across any product that logs web activity.
    • I would like to see more customization options of website block pages.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    Forcepoint
    It is very stable, the organisation has "locked in" the product and has no plans to change or try another product. We have already renewed our 2019-2020 licenses. It is user friendly and people catch on easily when they first use it. The only downtime is when we install Microsoft updates! It has excellent reporting which help in determining how the organisation's Internet is used and also during both internal and external IT audits.
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    Usability
    Forcepoint
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    Forcepoint
    Despite the intimidating Linux CLI when you use the appliance for troubleshooting, the web security usability compensates as most of the Administration of the system is done there. It is GUI based and has an easy to use UI where one can navigate around rather easily like getting reports, checking alerts, looking the whole setup under deployment to check if all services are running in one place though there are other parts to the system.
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    Support Rating
    Forcepoint
    The support could be better, but the good thing is rarely having to call them.
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    Forcepoint
    The is a quick first response to acknowledge your issue and the Engineers never take more than two hours to fix an issue and we hardly get issues looking at the fact that the system is pretty stable. There is also a robust Knowledge Base in the site for known problems.
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    Implementation Rating
    Forcepoint
    No answers on this topic
    Forcepoint
    Research known issues with upgrading from the Support Knowledge base, this will enable you avoid road blocks along the way and reduce your dependence on Forcepoint Support
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    Alternatives Considered
    Forcepoint
    Since Forcepoint is used widely in our organization, the integration between DLP web and Mail is amazing, and I didn’t find a good reason to split services between vendors if I have all the package in one place
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    Forcepoint
    To be honest, once using Forcepoint for our Web Security, I have not wanted to look anywhere else. The dashboard gives me quick insight of threats, productivity, and bandwidth usage. Again, this is a layer in my security and it fills many holes. I feel safe and I do like I can just let it do its thing
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    Return on Investment
    Forcepoint
    • Even though Forcepoint solution is targeted high in terms of price, the added value it provides to an organization by securing their system in web and mail is tremendous
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    Forcepoint
    • Being a non-profit the cost is a bit higher than some competitors so our ROI takes a bit longer to recoup. I would really like to see better non-profit pricing.
    • The ease of doing a report on someone cuts down on the IT man-hours to do website tracking for managers as we can do it from a central point whereas in the past (prior to Forcepoint/Websense) we would have to ghost their machine to look for activity as well as their local servers.
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