Proofpoint Email Protection vs. Virtru

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
Virtru
Score 9.6 out of 10
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Virtru in Washington DC offers email encryption software and persistent data security, privacy and loss prevention.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Free Trial
YesNo
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 Email Protection
9.2
78 Ratings
9% above category average
Virtru
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Ratings
Anti-malware10.076 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizability10.075 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Loss Protection8.748 Ratings00 Ratings
Threat Detection9.075 Ratings00 Ratings
Sandboxing9.257 Ratings00 Ratings
End-to-End Encryption9.358 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Tools8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Proofpoint Email ProtectionVirtru
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(95 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(2 ratings)
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Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(5 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Proofpoint Email ProtectionVirtru
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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Virtru
Of all the products out there that integrate with Google, we found Virtru to be the most user-friendly for both our users and the recipients. At the same time, its logging capabilities provide the trail we need for sensitive information. This is one tool for us that has generally been "setup and forget" which helps with the I.T. Dept workload.
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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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Virtru
  • Email encryption without installing or exchange keys with the recipient.
  • Email DLP that is easy to configure and maintain.
  • Application Gateway that encrypts email sent directly from SaaS application (ex. Zendesk, SalesForce).
  • Protect attachment with restriction like time, print, and copy.
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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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Virtru
  • Support for all AWS / Amazon services
  • Specialized functionality for sales teams
  • Easy one click integration with CRM tools
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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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Virtru
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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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Virtru
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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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Virtru
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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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Virtru
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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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Virtru
Others were far more expensive
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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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Virtru
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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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Virtru
  • HIPAA Compliant.
  • security
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