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Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection vs. Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AProofpoint 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

    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
    Proofpoint Advanced Threat ProtectionProofpoint Essentials
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Proofpoint Advanced Threat ProtectionProofpoint Essentials
    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
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    Features
    Proofpoint Advanced Threat ProtectionProofpoint Essentials
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection and Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
    Feature
    Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection
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    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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    Proofpoint Advanced Threat ProtectionProofpoint Essentials
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    Microsoft Exchange
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Proofpoint Advanced Threat ProtectionProofpoint Essentials
    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
    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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