Proofpoint Email Protection vs. Trend Micro Email Security

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Proofpoint Email Protection
Score 8.8 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
Trend Micro Email Security
Score 7.5 out of 10
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Trend Micro Email Security stops phishing, ransomware, and BEC attacks, and uses an optimum blend of cross-generational threat techniques, like machine learning, sandbox analysis, data loss prevention (DLP), and other methods to stop email threats. The solution connects with other Trend Micro security layers to share threat intelligence and provide central visibility of threats across the organization. Trend Micro Email Security protects Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office 365, Gmail, and other…N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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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 Email Protection
9.2
78 Ratings
9% above category average
Trend Micro Email Security
9.0
6 Ratings
6% above category average
Anti-malware10.076 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Customizability10.075 Ratings8.46 Ratings
Data Loss Protection8.748 Ratings8.94 Ratings
Threat Detection9.075 Ratings9.16 Ratings
Sandboxing9.257 Ratings8.95 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption9.358 Ratings9.55 Ratings
Management Tools8.074 Ratings9.16 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Barracuda Essentials
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Barracuda Essentials
Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Barracuda Essentials
Barracuda Essentials
Score 9.2 out of 10
Barracuda Essentials
Barracuda Essentials
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Cloud Email Security
Cisco Cloud Email Security
Score 7.7 out of 10
Cisco Cloud Email Security
Cisco Cloud Email Security
Score 7.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Proofpoint Email ProtectionTrend Micro Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(95 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(2 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(5 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Proofpoint Email ProtectionTrend Micro Email Security
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Trend Micro
PRO: all companies that need an antispam, antivirus. It should not be activated if it is not possible to deactivate the anti-spam provided by the provider.
you have to check the in/out of the mail a few days to verify false positives and manage the rules.
CONS: It is too expensive for small companies, it's better to use services offered by the mail provider.
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Pros
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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Trend Micro
  • Trend Micro Email Security provides, among email Encryption and it's really helpful to protect the email from hackers.
  • It's very easy to sync with Microsoft™ Office™ 365, just one click to install.
  • Total cloud based security system so it's doesn't affect system memory, with very less memory space it could run very smoothly.
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Cons
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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Trend Micro
  • It would be great if there was a structure where users would approve or rate their own mails.
  • Outlook add-in would be nice.
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Likelihood to Renew
Proofpoint
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Trend Micro
The product really does everything it can and offers it very simply. In other words, after using it for many years like us, it feels as if the email system could not exist without Trend Micro Email Security. Using email in a corporate structure without this or any other product is the job of brave people.
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Usability
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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Trend Micro
Overall, Trend Micro Email Security does what is designed to do, however, it can be a bit frustrating tweaking the policies to get them just right due to the vagueness of some of the levels of protection available for some of the features (e.g., scales that range from "Low" to "Highest")
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Reliability and Availability
Proofpoint
There were no appliance errors or unplanned outages during five years of operation.
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Trend Micro
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Performance
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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Trend Micro
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Support Rating
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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Trend Micro
As a reseller, it can be difficult to locate the appropriate support number to call, however, once a case has been opened for a support request, it is generally resolved fairly quickly.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Trend Micro
I think Trend Micro Email Security gave us the best price along with the best overall features. We felt more comfortable using the Email Security along with the other Trend Micro products. It keeps our environment safe and has been a great way to help our end users through email issues. I would defiantly recommend this Trend Micro Email Security product to IT professionals a like.
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Scalability
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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Trend Micro
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Return on Investment
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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Trend Micro
  • eliminating the threat before it enters the organization makes the network more secure
  • You don't have to check all PCs when a user clicks on a fake link because the email is delete before.
  • eliminate spam and ads
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