Hoxhunt vs. Proofpoint Email Protection

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hoxhunt
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Hoxhunt, headquartered in Helsinki, empowers employees to shield their organisations with adaptive learning flows that transform how employees react and respond to the growing amount of phishing emails.N/A
Proofpoint Email Protection
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Proofpoint Email Protection is available as an on-premise or cloud based solution and blocks unwanted, malicious and impostor emails with granular search capabilities and visibility into all messages. Outbound controls include encryption and data loss prevention, while continuity capabilities ensure business communications can continue as normal in the event of an email outage. With Proofpoint's Email Protection, you can protect your people, data, and brand from today’s threats…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Hoxhunt
9.3
58 Ratings
10% above category average
Proofpoint Email Protection
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Single sign-on capability9.354 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.245 Ratings00 Ratings
Security Awareness Training
Comparison of Security Awareness Training features of Product A and Product B
Hoxhunt
9.0
70 Ratings
8% above category average
Proofpoint Email Protection
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Training Content Library9.162 Ratings00 Ratings
Multilingual Training Content8.438 Ratings00 Ratings
Training Gamification9.466 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry-Specific Security Training8.262 Ratings00 Ratings
Individualized Security Training Plans9.253 Ratings00 Ratings
Phishing Simulations8.569 Ratings00 Ratings
Security Reporting9.665 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with Security Tech Stack9.443 Ratings00 Ratings
Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Hoxhunt
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Proofpoint Email Protection
8.0
79 Ratings
5% below category average
Anti-malware00 Ratings10.077 Ratings
Customizability00 Ratings7.076 Ratings
Data Loss Protection00 Ratings6.049 Ratings
Threat Detection00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
Sandboxing00 Ratings7.058 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings10.059 Ratings
Management Tools00 Ratings8.075 Ratings
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User Ratings
HoxhuntProofpoint Email Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(70 ratings)
10.0
(96 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Usability
8.6
(11 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
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8.3
(5 ratings)
Product Scalability
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(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Hoxhunt
If emails are used for confidential communication, Hoxhunt is a HUGE benefit. I have caught myself feeling lax over emailing and clicking links. Hoxhunt makes you really evaluate safety and legitimacy of the emails that are received. We even have laughs about it at staff meetings where staff admit to getting "hoxhunted" and clicking a fake link.
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Proofpoint
Well suited: Proofpoint does a pretty good job at protecting us from spam emails. I was able to block a lot of emails coming from SendGrid by blocking SendGrid emails with a custom spam filter. However, SendGrid has a lot of legit emails too so I was able to create another rule to allow those emails from certain people, then block the rest. That way business need was met but spam emails are blocked. Less Appropriate If you are trying to monitor internal to internal emails Proofpoint is probably a little over featured for that.
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Pros
Hoxhunt
  • Training Packages - They cover a wide range of topics that spam emails, social media and physical security such as USB sticks
  • Achievements as incentives - The gaming style of collecting achievements and stars for reporting emails or completing training incentivizes people to engage in a consistent and enthusiastic way.
  • Training Emails - They are able to replicate phishing emails in a realistic way, so it isn't easy to spot straight away meaning we now look at every email with a critical eye which makes us safer.
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Proofpoint
  • Spam - catches these emails before hitting the inbox.
  • Daily digest - provides users with a list of the emails that were blocked and allows them to choose to release them if they are legitimate emails.
  • Ensures that emails coming into our organization is safe for our users and verifies the email is coming from stated senders email server.
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Cons
Hoxhunt
  • I wish you could report emails without having to open them.
  • It's hard to have access to your dashboard except when you're reporting an email.
  • Would be nice if you kept us informed of other trends in cybercrime in addition email scams.
  • I'd like to learn more about deep fakes and if there's a way to protect oneself... Is there a way to detect those?
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Proofpoint
  • Proofpoint could offer more frequent training opportunities to customers at all levels of expertise.
  • Proofpoint can always continue to strive to keep its product a leader in the industry.
  • Proofpoint's support site could be overhauled to provide a more logical flow.
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Likelihood to Renew
Hoxhunt
Hoxhunt has been great! End users learn quickly and throughout their daily work
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Proofpoint
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Usability
Hoxhunt
it is very easy to use. it is clear and provides information as to why the type of email is one to look out for. It automatically takes you to the required information when you have spotted that it is a Hoxhunt email.
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Proofpoint
Very robust and solid product in protecting our emails. The engineers who assisted with our implementation was very knowledgable and great to work with. Easy to use by end-users. Administration and management are also easy for IT. Great dashboard and reporting tools for business reviews.
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Reliability and Availability
Hoxhunt
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Proofpoint
There were no appliance errors or unplanned outages during five years of operation.
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Performance
Hoxhunt
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Proofpoint
Most important thing is the performance of processing mails. Even in a complex environment the system keeps performing on a very high Level.
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Support Rating
Hoxhunt
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Proofpoint
We use ProofPoint support quite often to fix issues and assist with setting up features and rules. Each time we have created a ticket, they have been very helpful and respectful. Each ticket has been treated with the appropriate SLA time and attention. We also enjoy the regular check-ins from the engineers when tickets are open but we get busy with other tasks.
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Alternatives Considered
Hoxhunt
Symantec was something I used in my previous company, it had some issues once in a while where I had to re-generate the code for my new ID. I know its for over all protection, but if I didn't have my phone that day, I'd be unable to log in. Hoxhunt helps that way as there is a SSO authentication and needs the fingerprint, I guess it works different for different companies based on their regulations and privacy protection. Haven't really used any other tool like this
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Proofpoint
We previously used halon anti-spam, which lasted us well until our organization really started to grow and it was not able to keep up with the amount of mail we were receiving. The support is also nothing compared to Proofpoint's professional services offering. Halon was also not able to have the complex rules that Proofpoint can offer.
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Scalability
Hoxhunt
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Proofpoint
You can add a lot of agents to your environment if you need them. And you can operate hardware appliances and virtual appliances in the same cluster.
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Return on Investment
Hoxhunt
  • Mitigating potential threats allows for a continuous workflow
  • Reducing the incidence of information leakage allows the company to maintain its competitiveness based on its capacity for innovation.
  • It allows our IT security department to detect those users who need better cyber security training.
  • The efforts of our IT engineers are now focused on finding improvements, and not on solving problems derived from the computer infection.
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Proofpoint
  • Having easy-to-reach backups of all employee emails has made Proofpoint worth it by itself. That plus the countless times that spam/malicious emails did not make it through to the intended person that could have potentially cost the organization a lot of money.
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ScreenShots

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