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Kiteworks vs. Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kiteworks

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AKiteworks empowers organizations to manage risk in every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content over numerous communications channels: email, file sharing, managed file transfer, APIs, and web forms. The Kiteworks platform unifies, tracks, controls, and secures sensitive content moving within, into, and out of an organization, significantly improving risk management and ensuring regulatory compliance. With on-premise, private cloud, hybrid and FedRAMP deployment…

    $15

    per year

    Proofpoint Essentials

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AProofpoint Essentials provides protection against spam, phishing and other email threats, as well as social media protection, user roles and restrictions, and other protections oriented around the needs of small business.N/A
    Pricing
    KiteworksProofpoint Essentials
    Editions & Modules
    Business
    $15
    per user/month
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KiteworksProofpoint Essentials
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    KiteworksProofpoint Essentials
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Kiteworks and Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
    Feature
    Kiteworks
    -
    Ratings
    Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Anti-malware00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Threat Detection00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Sandboxing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Management Tools00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    KiteworksProofpoint Essentials
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    KiteworksProofpoint Essentials
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kiteworks
    Kiteworks is very good for securely sharing files external to your company and doing so without your customers knowing who each other are. The interface is simple and relatively intuitive. We have had some issues in getting timely support from Accellion this past year, but they seem to be doing better lately.
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    Proofpoint
    I would definitely recommend it for fast and easy deployment with no need of constant managing solution. It is a solid solution that will do all what you need for the email security. Especially when you have a small IT team or even do not have enough experienced specialists to handle email security questions - Proofpoint is what I would recommend to use. I gave it 9 of 10 points only because of the price, you can find find more cheap solutions on the market.
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    Pros
    Kiteworks
    • Microsoft Office Plugins
    • Desktop Synchronization
    • Mobile Ability
    • Group chat
    • File Filtering
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    Proofpoint
    • For basic protection, the Solution has an Antivirus, Zero hours Filtering, and Impostor protection.
    • Targeted attacks - URL and Attachment Defense.
    • Content filtering.
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    Cons
    Kiteworks
    • Encrypting our files appears to be less than 100% complete
    • Software updates cannot be scheduled to take place automatically like their old product
    • Detailed activity logging is not available to administrators. You must submit the logs to Accellion for analysis.
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    Proofpoint
    • I don't have [a lot] of bad things to say about the software its all positives in my book
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kiteworks
    The main reason for selecting Kiteworks is that when sharing files with multiple customers, each customer has no idea who the other customers are. To do that in Teams would require users to create a private team for each customer, which would be very [time-consuming].
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    Proofpoint
    As already wrote, Proofpoint is perfect solution to be deployed quickly without requiring any additional resources or services. Good email tracking logs, excellent reporting features. Great filtering mechanism. Cost effective pricing.
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    Return on Investment
    Kiteworks
    • Before then kitework we used 3 different products. It was expensive and difficult manage.
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    Proofpoint
    • Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business has a simplified management.
    • It has a Basic Archive and Legal Hold & eDiscovery Management.
    • Integrated DLP that gives benefits to any organization.
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    Screenshot of The CISO Dashboard: See All Sensitive Content Entering or Leaving the EnterpriseScreenshot of Send Secure Email with Ease from MS Outlook, Web or MobileScreenshot of Share Documents Securely from Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook