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Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business vs. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security

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    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

    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ATrend Micro offers the InterScan Messaging Security secure email gateway with anti-spam, advanced threat & data loss prevention, and encryption capability.N/A
    Pricing
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    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
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    Features
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    Secure Email Gateway
    Comparison of Secure Email Gateway features of Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business and Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    Feature
    Proofpoint Essentials for Small Business
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Anti-malware10.02 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customizability9.02 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Data Loss Protection10.01 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Threat Detection10.02 Ratings7.83 Ratings
    Sandboxing10.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    End-to-End Encryption10.02 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Management Tools9.02 Ratings6.42 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    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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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is well suited for bigger companies with huge numbers of incoming and outgoing emails. It is really easy to configure, and once setup, there is not much to be done. So this requires minimal administration efforts. However, as the reporting is weak, if this is essential for a company, then it would be better to look into other alternatives.
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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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    Trend Micro
    • Deep Discovery analyzer provides sandboxing and deep threat analyses
    • DLP capabilities are also good. It has a number of pre defined DLP templates
    • Works very well against targeted attacks
    • Lowers impact at the email gateway as it filters away the email in the cloud
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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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    Trend Micro
    • Higher false positive rate for Spam detection.
    • Logging can be difficult to search.
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    Support Rating
    Proofpoint
    No answers on this topic
    Trend Micro
    Easy to use, easy to pull data, easy to see what is going on in our specific environment.
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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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    Trend Micro
    Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is much cheaper than Kasprsky Security for Email Server. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is easier to install and the maintenance effort required is much less than this required by Kasprsky Security for Email Server. However Kasprsky Security for Email Server does have a better GUI and does indeed offer a better protection degree. However, taking into account that both were tested behind a firewall, most of the threats had already been eliminated there...
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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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    Trend Micro
    • We have been able to see threats more easily now than before and have become more aware towards them
    • The IT infra footprint has become more secure and controlled
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