Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection vs. Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Proofpoint Advanced Threat Detection is a suite of threat detection products including Attack Protection for Email, SaaS applications, Mobile Defense, Threat Response, and Threat Intelligence.N/A
Proofpoint Essentials
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Proofpoint 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
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Secure Email Gateway
Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Product A and Product B
Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection
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Ratings
Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
9.7
2 Ratings
15% 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
Proofpoint Advanced Threat ProtectionProofpoint Essentials for Small Business
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(6 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Proofpoint Advanced Threat ProtectionProofpoint Essentials for Small Business
Likelihood to Recommend
Proofpoint
It is great out of the box and uses AI and machine learning to identify threats with minimal input. It does need to be configured and tuned to meet the needs of the organisation. Industry specific software that sends or receives emails may be affected by this product.
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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
Proofpoint
  • Spam filtering.
  • Automatic retrieval of malicious emails that have gotten through the filter but were later detected using sample data across all the organizations Proofpoint has as customers.
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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
Proofpoint
  • With our current setup we need to add new users manually.
  • Reports aren't that intuitive.
  • Mailboxes have to be removed manually.
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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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Usability
Proofpoint
Proofpoint offers a lot of products, but they are not particularly well integrated. They all look different, and there is no central location to access them all from, which is disappointing. However, I do know they have a big push for upgrading the UI and usability, so this should improve in the coming months I hope.
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Proofpoint
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Support Rating
Proofpoint
Even though the product is good, the support can be lacking at times. The support needs to know their product inside and out, but there are times in which we figure out things before their support does. I feel as if we should not be able to fix issues that their support cant fix, hence the main reason for support.
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Proofpoint
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Alternatives Considered
Proofpoint
Proofpoint's Advanced Threat Protection, in the past, has identified threats whereby Microsoft's Advanced Threat Protection did not.
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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
Proofpoint
  • PP blocks 5-10 emails per day which are spam or malicious
  • I only get a small number of emails per week which are spam
  • The only malicious emails I receive are from our internal security team which bypasses the PP threat protection
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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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