We compared Darktrace and Proofpoint Email Protection based on our users reviews in six parameters. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Users praise Darktrace for its valuable features, detection capabilities, autonomous nature, behavioral analytics, and AI capabilities, making it a valuable tool for network security. However, Darktrace is acknowledged as complex and expensive, with some users finding it challenging to set up. In contrast, Proofpoint Email Protection receives praise for its ease of use, fast deployment, and reliable technical support. The pricing of Proofpoint Email Protection has mixed feedback, but the support is highly regarded. Overall, Darktrace may have an advantage in advanced threat detection, while Proofpoint Email Protection may have an advantage in simplicity and support.
"It gives us visibility into threats and, for endpoints, it helps us to prioritize threats. We used to have a lack of visibility, but now our time to detect and respond has decreased."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is the ease of use."
"Safe attachments, safe links, policies, and the ability to protect from zero-day threats are the most valuable features."
"Defender for Office 365 has helped eliminate having to look at multiple dashboards and that is the aspect I like most about it. It is simpler, effective, and convenient. The users like the process efficiency."
"The deployment capability is a great feature."
"Since we have started using the solution, there have been fewer compromises."
"The technical support is good and quick to resolve issues."
"The solution is very easy to use. All you have to do is to assign the license to the end-user and it's done. The customer will only have the feature activated, and the solution will monitor the emails to determine if they are a threat or not."
"We are able to detect a lot of things, actually, and see what is happening in our network."
"The solution is outstanding from a monitoring perspective."
"The most valuable feature is the solution's ability to trim out the false positives and point your attention to the real important stuff."
"Ability to see events and exactly what traffic or website the device had tried to connect to that raised the alert or issue."
"The initial setup is simple."
"One member of staff is enough for deployment and maintenance because Darkforce is AI-driven. It does a lot of things by itself."
"It provides a comprehensive, detailed view of network activity and whatever is happening inside it."
"The most valuable feature of Darktrace is the AI that detects abnormal network activity."
"The most valuable features are the business email compromise protection and targeted attack prevention."
"The stability is very good."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"They have customized security rules, mature rules, anti-virus protection, as well as email authentication similar to SPF, DKIM, and DMARC."
"The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the blocking capabilities, it blocks a lot of potential threats."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Proofpoint Email Protection is the central location dashboard for viewing all the related information for risk."
"The spam filter for email is good."
"The product must provide better malware detection."
"We are always looking for others tools to increase automation on tasks. There can be better integration with other solutions, such as PowerPoint and email."
"Microsoft Defender for Office 365 must improve the overall management style, including the GUI. It also needs to change the filters so that it is easy to whitelist and blacklist data."
"One area for improvement is support, in terms of being able to reach them and, especially, technical support for configuration."
"The phishing and spam filters could use some improvement."
"Too many false positives and lacks an accurate capability to detect malicious SharePoint sites."
"Several simulation options are available within 365, and the phishing simulation could be better."
"The UI needs to be more user-friendly."
"It would be good if they can include some endpoint protection for remote workers. Nowadays, most people are working remotely. Therefore, they should include some type of sensors that can be installed on the endpoint in order to directly report the main usage and protect remotely. Phone protection will also be a great feature to add to Darktrace."
"It takes time to go through the interface and pick up things. If it were a more straightforward interface, then it would free up time."
"The initial setup is more complex and time-consuming than some solutions."
"Upper management wasn't sold on the value proposition."
"The solution could be easier to use."
"Needs to improve its collaboration with local partners."
"The program is quite expensive."
"I would like to see more protection in the endpoint. Especially because we have a lot of people using VPNs. If they would improve end point security, it would give more control there."
"Proofpoint Email Protection is an expensive solution."
"The email DLP portion could be a bit easier."
"The solution could be improved with the addition of PLP and email encryption features."
"The product's deployment is complex and requires technical knowledge."
"Integration and filtering out who you want and don't want to have integrated ID could be improved."
"The solution could lower its price."
"We find the cost to be prohibitive."
"The initial setup is complex."
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Darktrace is ranked 12th in Email Security with 66 reviews while Proofpoint Email Protection is ranked 1st in Secure Email Gateway (SEG) with 46 reviews. Darktrace is rated 8.2, while Proofpoint Email Protection is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Darktrace writes "Great autonomous support, offers an easy setup, and has responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proofpoint Email Protection writes "A reasonably priced product that offers protection to emails, along with spam filters". Darktrace is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon, Vectra AI, SentinelOne Singularity Complete, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and ExtraHop Reveal(x), whereas Proofpoint Email Protection is most compared with Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP), Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Cisco Secure Email, Fortinet FortiMail and Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration. See our Darktrace vs. Proofpoint Email Protection report.
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