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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Smarsh

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Smarsh Enterprise Platform is a unified, cloud-native solution designed to future-proof enterprise communications data strategies. Its technologies include elastic compute, natural language processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence.N/A
    Pricing
    Proofpoint EssentialsSmarsh
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Proofpoint EssentialsSmarsh
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Proofpoint EssentialsSmarsh
    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business and Smarsh
    Feature
    Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Smarsh
    -
    Ratings
    Anti-malware10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizability9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threat Detection10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sandboxing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tools9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Proofpoint EssentialsSmarsh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Proofpoint EssentialsSmarsh
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Smarsh
    This appliance is well suited for organizations that have a need to monitor, moderate, or log social networking site use or the use of any website. It is a very solid tool for any information security department to have at their disposal.
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    Pros
    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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    Smarsh
    • Discovery: It allows for easy discoveries by the compliance and cyber security departments.
    • Ethical walls: This keeps certain departments from talking to each other.
    • Very granular control. This is a big product meaning you can get very detailed with it.
    • Once it's configured and running, we hardly ever have any issues.
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    Cons
    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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    Smarsh
    • Its configuration options were very large and required a good deal of time to learn all of the various settings.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Proofpoint
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    Smarsh
    It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Smarsh
    This was the only appliance of its kind that I have used. Other devices have different capabilities for web filtering such as the checkpoint firewalls, but none of them offered the overall solution that was deployed with this product at that time.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Smarsh
    • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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