Proofpoint Information Protection vs. Smarsh

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Proofpoint Information Protection
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Proofpoint's Enterprise Privacy platform includes supports messaging security with data loss prevention and email encryption.N/A
Smarsh
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
The 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 Information ProtectionSmarsh
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Proofpoint Information ProtectionSmarsh
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
Proofpoint Information ProtectionSmarsh
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Proofpoint Information ProtectionSmarsh
Likelihood to Recommend
Proofpoint
Best suited for organizations that are dealing with high volumes of protected/personsal or financial information that must be kept secure
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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
  • User administration is very intuitive and simple.
  • Rules are quickly implemented allowing solid email incidence response.
  • Enterprise support is spectacular offering to go above and beyond whenever necessary.
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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
  • Continue to improve on the receiving side when the message is delivered through the system
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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
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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
  • Stronger security posture.
  • Able to quickly respond to SPAM/Phishing campaigns.
  • Business is more adaptive and agile in the security space.
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Smarsh
  • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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